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Shantihhh@aol.com (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 29 Dec 2002 12:20:45 EST 

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We arrived back home from a wonderful 3 week holiday in Thailand on 12-15.  
We visited tropical gardens, orchid gardens, relaxed, and ate so much 
wonderful seafood.

We arrived home in-between storms here in the San Francisco Bay Area to find 
our home heavily damaged from a leaking roof, which we had just had 
refurbished and repaired!  Five huge branches from a 50 year old elm tree 
came crashing down on our redwood deck lanai, benches, planters, and fencing, 
as well as some prized citrus and topiaries.

The mold and fungus in the walls, ceilings and carpets is making us quite 
ill.  Due to the holidays AAA insurance repair crews have dealt w/some 
issues, but not this mold problem.

We spent yesterday at the allotment, breathing fresh crisp air and finishing 
the winterizing that our daughter started in our absence.  I was amazed to 
see she had left 4 tomatoes, 1 eggplant and 4 chiles which are all still 
producing.

We picked many ripe chiles, a few Neon Eggplants, and a whole basket of green 
tomatoes.

Here at home I have so many green tomatoes, especially cherry types still on 
the vines.  I plan to pickle the dills w/my mil's recipe for Granny's Killer 
Diller's.  It uses Horseradish and has a nice kick.  LOL The larger tomatoes 
I am going to stuff with cabbage and pickle.  I think this is an Eastern 
European recipe.  It is in the Ball Blue book.  My daughter's boyfriend is 
from Croatia and she says they buy them at the deli all the time.  She 
thought they were from Bulgaria.  I am going to add fennel to some as that is 
the way they do the sauerkraut we love in Germany.

My planted garlic and onions are about 6" to 8' high already and we planted 
them right before Thanksgiving.  The chiles here in the raised beds still 
look good.  I think we best dig up the Habanaro, Serrano, a couple of the 
Thai Dragons and pot them up in the greenhouse to over winter.

I am hoping to plant some Broadbeans.  Do you think it is too late or too 
early here in zone 9b????

Mary-Anne
USDA Zone 9b
Sunset 14/15

"Who plants the seed beneath the sod, and waits to see, believes in God."

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We arrived back home from a wonderful 3 week holiday in Thailand on 12-15.  We visited tropical gardens, orchid gardens, relaxed, and ate so much wonderful seafood.

We arrived home in-between storms here in the San Francisco Bay Area to find our home heavily damaged from a leaking roof, which we had just had refurbished and repaired!  Five huge branches from a 50 year old elm tree came crashing down on our redwood deck lanai, benches, planters, and fencing, as well as some prized citrus and topiaries.

The mold and fungus in the walls, ceilings and carpets is making us quite ill.  Due to the holidays AAA insurance repair crews have dealt w/some issues, but not this mold problem.

We spent yesterday at the allotment, breathing fresh crisp air and finishing the winterizing that our daughter started in our absence.  I was amazed to see she had left 4 tomatoes, 1 eggplant and 4 chiles which are all still producing.

We picked many ripe chiles, a few Neon Eggplants, and a whole basket of green tomatoes.

Here at home I have so many green tomatoes, especially cherry types still on the vines.  I plan to pickle the dills w/my mil's recipe for Granny's Killer Diller's.  It uses Horseradish and has a nice kick.  LOL The larger tomatoes I am going to stuff with cabbage and pickle.  I think this is an Eastern European recipe.  It is in the Ball Blue book.  My daughter's boyfriend is from Croatia and she says they buy them at the deli all the time.  She thought they were from Bulgaria.  I am going to add fennel to some as that is the way they do the sauerkraut we love in Germany.

My planted garlic and onions are about 6" to 8' high already and we planted them right before Thanksgiving.  The chiles here in the raised beds still look good.  I think we best dig up the Habanaro, Serrano, a couple of the Thai Dragons and pot them up in the greenhouse to over winter.

I am hoping to plant some Broadbeans.  Do you think it is too late or too early here in zone 9b????

Mary-Anne
USDA Zone 9b
Sunset 14/15

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