Hi.

Rappa said:
I had a weird dream last night. I went to pick up my grandparents from school on my motorcycle. I parked it then went in to get them and when we came out my motorcycle had been stolen so I just dropped to the ground and started crying.
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Wild....
I didn't know you had a motorcycle.
 
I don't, lol. And Mire likes to wear her manteel as often as she can cause it still smells like Rappa-chest.
 
I remember on the way back from Memphis, Genkaku smelled like Rappa.
 
... It smells like ME thank you very much. My Osode is what smells like you.
 
Rappa, your dream still isn't as strange as the weirdest dream I've even had. I dreamt that Megan and I were chased out of a movie theater by were-poodles. French poodles to be exact; complete with the little red bows on their heads. Did I mention that Megan was also a midget in this dream?
 
That's just great Osse, your were-poodles and midget me just killed the thread. So in order to completely change the subject . . .

I'm in the process of planning my veggie garden for the '08 season. I've got 2 beds that measure 4' by 8', and plan on making a third before the end of April (4/27 is the last frost date here, so I need the bed ready by that time to have room for all my frost-intolerant plants).

Bed #1 is going to start with broccoli and bok choy in the early spring, and rotate to melons, zucchini, italian cranberry beans, and corn for the summer. The trio of beans, corn, and squash are called the "three sisters" by native americans, and have been companion planted for millenia. The squash (or melons/zucchini in my case, they're actually all just varieties of the same plant, so your cantaloupe is really just a super-sweet squash) trail along the ground, providing cover for the shallow roots of the corn. The corn grows tall and provides a trellis of sorts for the climbing vines of the beans, while the beans actually create nitrogen in the ground for the corn to feed on, thanks to a beneficial rhizome that lives on the roots of bean plants (which includes beans, pole beans, peas, and clover of all things).

Bed #2 will have beets and carrots on either side of a central trellis, which will bear peas in the spring and pole beans in the summer. The beets and carrots can be succesion-planted throughout the season, meaning whenever I pull up a grown plant I can then put seeds in its place to replace it. The peas start really early in the season (they're generally the first plants set out in the garden in the year, a full 6 weeks before the last frost) and the beans are planted in their shade after the last frost. Generally by the time the peas are ready to be pulled out, the beans are starting to climb and take over their space.

Bed #3 is my new bed, which I want to have ready in time to set out tomatoes, peppers, and basil. My tomatoes got a lot bigger than I expected last year, so I'm giving them more room this year. The variety I'm trying this year is called Costuluto Genovese, which are supposed to be an all-purpose indeterminate tomato that reaches up to 16oz per fruit. (Indeterminate means it continually sets fruit throughout the season, as opposed to most store-bought types which are determinate, all the fruits are set at the same time). I'm hoping it will be similar to the tomato I grew last year, which was a variety called Bisignano. They sound very similar in description, and the pictures of the Costuluto tomatoes look just like the Bisignano, only the new ones should be about twice as big. You'd be amazed at how many different varieties of tomato there are out there; I get gardening catalogs all the time, and most of the ones that sell veggie seeds have a 10-20 page spread dedicated entirely to tomatoes. I even got one catalog once called "Just Toamtoes" or something, and it literally was just tomatoes.
 
Sounds like an awesome plan. Also, obligatory MST3k Space Mutiny quote goes here:

"Are there any other of you that wish to confuse FREEDOM with TREASON!?"
"I'd like to confuse bok choy with cabbage, sir!"

Youtube in spoiler link (starts about 1:55 in):
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To be fair, bok choy is a cabbage. But then technically so is brussels sprouts, turnips, kale, rutabaga, mustard, cauliflower and broccoli. The genus brassica is one of the most diverse and flexible in the vegetable garden. That's why it can create freaks of nature like Romanesque broccoli
 
I love the one comment...
 
I think all of the FN crew is currently on my standby list. I might be able to get 1-2 of you in when I can rate in a little bit. I know I got you in my last batch, hun.
 
A "lovenugget" is what Jamal digs out of his sock every couple of weeks.
 
Oh man, I need to remember to use that as your rate-up post next time I can, lol
 
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