I use both the gardening by moon phase site and FA together. So, take tomatoes.. According to the FA, planting dates in my zone are favorable from April 7th - 30th. Makes sense.. Also in FA, the moon is favorable from April 7th to 9th and then from the 24th to 30th. Boogie over to the Gardening by Moon Phase site and for toms, it is suggested that they be planted while the moon is in Scorpio, Cancer, Pisces and Libra. Back to FA.. April 4th - Cancer April 11th and 12th - Libra April 13th - Scorpio April 22nd through 24th - Pisces Ok, so it looks like these don't jive HOWEVER they say to set seed during the waxing of the moon a couple days before the full moon which would be the 7th - 9th (9th being the full moon). New moon is the 24th in case you were curious. It may sound like hogwash to a lot of people but I set seed some days before the full moon and got nothing. Figured I screwed up. A couple days before the Full Moon.. BAM. Holy Seedlings. Coincidence? Perhaps.. So bottom line, I am shooting for the weekend of the 11th of April to transplant outside. This is a school of thought that I have started getting into and I'm transplanting anyway so I figure, pay attention to what the moon is doing and take notes. Did that make sense? I got side tracked with visitors .. Try it and :) Happy Spring! Erin

I would probably start lactating at the sight of a tomato, true. I never thought breast feeding would come up in a tomato forum, but I appreciate an offbeat sense of humor ;) I don't have fish emulsion anymore anyway... doesn't go far with my sprawling hill of flowers. Makes me wish I still kept an aquarium just so I could continue bottling my own emulsion---learned that trick from a pet store several years ago. Unfortunately my fish went to heaven last year so that's no longer a possibility. But seriously, if you know any friends or neighbors with fish... tell 'em to save you some scum next time they clean the tank! Jessie

I have the McAfee Security Suite which updates automatically. I checked in the Security Center, as you instructed, and it does show that the Firewall, Automatic Updates, and Virus Protection are all enabled and working. The McAfee Suite has been installed on this computer since Day 1 and Spybot followed close behind. This is the 1st time, however, that Spybot found it to be a problem. I get the idea that this "problem" is a warning that something else (McAfee in my case) is overriding Microsoft's attempts to protect this computer? If so, then I should do nothing (i.e. do NOT allow Spybot to "fix" it)?

I also have a Jambalaya recipe that I concocted several years ago at a family gathering. I think there were 20 some people there, so the recipe as I've recorded it is rather large. (with nearly 7 lbs of meat!) I prefer it done this way, with the rice prepared separately, rather than cooking the rice with the rest of the dish, since if there are leftovers the rice absorbs all of the liquid, making the rice gluey and the rest of the dish dry. Also since several members of the group didn't want it too spicy, the amount of red pepper, cayenne pepper and tobasco were much less than I would otherwise have used, but adding tobasco after it is served works very well. JAMBALAYA 2 lb Chicken Breast (3/4" cubes) 1 lb Honey Ham (1/2" dice) 1 lb Hot-Italian Sausage (de-skinned and broken into pieces) 2/3 lb Andouille-style smoked sausage 2 lb uncooked shrimp (cleaned, de-shelled, and de-tailed, cut into thirds) 2 large sweet yellow onions chopped into 3/4" square pieces 2 red bell peppers (remove stems, seeds and membranes and cut into 1" by 1" pieces) 2 yellow bell peppers 4 cups of rice 2 large cans diced tomatoes 1 15 oz can tomato paste Olive oil 10 cloves garlic 2 tsp red pepper flakes 1/2 tsp black pepper blend (ground) 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 4 shakes Tobasco sauce 1 tsp thyme 1 tbsp chopped parsley In one large pan, cook onion in olive oil, add thyme and 3 cloves of garlic (chopped) until onion starts to turn translucent, then add bell peppers and cook another 10 minutes or so. In a different large pan, cook chicken and hot Italian sausage until both are lightly browned and mostly cooked. Empty both pans into large pot. Stir in tomatoes (including water from tomato cans) and the tomato paste. Bring to a low boil and reduce heat to a simmer and stir well. In the chicken pan, cook Andouille and ham over medium heat for 10 minutes, then add to large pot. Crush remaining garlic and other spices except parsley into large pot to suit taste. Cook rice separately while continuing to simmer large pot. When rice is done, remove large pot from heat and add shrimp stirring until it is cooked. Serve over rice, adding tobasco to taste, top with a pinch of parsley.