Garden update...

The last few day breakfast has been FIgs fresh off the trees. Very nice! The only problem is that I'm the only one that'll eat them dried. CHuck loves them fresh, but can't stand "newtons";>.
The wet weather we've had the last week has been good in general but as the 'Kinsey SIcks' put it, "every Silver Lining has a cloud". Fungus and Molds are going gangbusters and it looks like that watermelon is goingto be the ONLY one this yr. THe Thai Golden isn't affected and one of the European melons either, but considering one has bland and the other no fruits....
Got a pleasant surprise though. It looks like the Red Guava's getting a repreeve this Winter. I noticed a single fruit! The plants are root hardy here and do produce on new wood so it's fellow starts have potential to be more than a foliage plant here. If they do, I won't have to have so much space taken up by that small tree.
Ordered some Papaya seeds from the U of H Ag college for some that are early producers. I can start them this yr, overwinter them in the coldframe and plant them out the next Spring for fruits all Summer and Fall long. I've discovered through different lists that many "tropical" fruits can be grown here if grown as Biennials. Sure, I'd rather they were Perennial but every other yr with Work is better than nothing....
Can't wait till my Bananas get here. I ordered an Ornamental and a Dessert from an Ag station. I'll try the method mentioned in the 'Florida Gardener' to get it to fruit. I also put myself on the list for the 'Vente Cohol' a Hardy dessert Banana that actually Blooms early enough for it to ripen in zones 7 and 8. Needless to say, this is the reason it's so difficult to get. If tissue culture panns out, their may be Banana plantations in the States!
Truth,
Pat

Stalking....

I admit that I haven't Understood this Behavior since my mid 20's. Then, sure. I was Emotionally and TEmporally Immature and still hadn't done all the "Kubler-Rossing" of my Beleifs about "One, True and Only" in my Life. I'd worked(sorta;>) through the religous bit, though my Attitude was basically that Wicca was the perfect religion since you could "plug in" any God or Goddess. Relationship-wise? Not hardly. I still had all those old tapes of "One True and Only" running and so when my partner and I broke up, I went Mental. Driving by his work and home, asking friends about him, Hating his new boyfriend, sometimes Hating mutual friends who "Didn't Understand" and kept telling me to "get over it"...
Of course, I did. What did it? Falling in Love again. It made me realise that we are not all that Unique and Special. That there are an infinite number of Wonderful people out there who'll "fall" for you given the opportunity....and vice-versa.
When a chalice is broken, it may be glued back together but it will NEVER be WHole again. Sooner or later the flaws that broke it will repeat. Thank it for it's Service, bury it in the backyard and get out there!
Truth,
Pat