Vera, I'm still waiting on my first set of true leaves on my snapdragon 'Black Prince' sprouts. I sowed them pretty late though. I also sowed 'Rembrandt' that I bought from Valueseeds, and they have been in the ground for over a month, and are about as big as your third year snaps. I'll have to make a note about the 'Green Goliath' broccoli. Last year, I ripped out my broccoli in mid-July when it still hadn't even started to form a head. This year, I'm trying two kinds, Di Ciccio and Calabrese. They're still pretty small, so not sure if I'll get any this year either. This is the coolest, wettest June we've had since I moved here, which my lettuce is loving! They're the size of small shrubs, LOL. Thanks for sharing your pictures! Bonnie

Lord forgive me but I played hooky from church and got some plants in the ground from the swap. I feel like I'm racing against the clock with the time change looming in 2 weeks. I was glad to see Jeff's worries were in vain! (LOL). The turn out for the swap was great I thought and I think we actually had more food than in the Spring! As always I came away with a few plants I'd never heard of, one that comes mind is the Mexicana rose..excited about that one and many others. I'm always a little sad the day after though...kinda like Dec 26 when I was a kid. Time to make plans for spring though. It'll be here before we know it. My friend Kim wanted to come but it's alot of planning since she is caretaker for her mother who has dementia. Thanks to all who so generously gave me plants so I could give her some too. She plans to attend in spring. Till 2009!

Hi golis! Well, alrighty, then. The police were over there all night last night and well into the afternoon. Let me explain how the apts are set up: they are like ranch houses that are connected to each other, sorta like a duplex. The immediate next door neighbors were friendly with the lady--I've seen them going back and forth to each other's place, so that makes the next chapter even more bizarre. We get home about 6PM tonight, and so help me; my hand up, the murdered lady's immediate next door neighbors were having a loud racous party out in the common area, in front of the victims' apt ***WITH*** the police tape still up, the crime scene techs still running around, the coroner's office there, and several officers present. I thought I had completely lost my mind, but I have 2 fully sober witnesses to it, or even **I** wouldn't have believed it, and I'm standing there with my jaw on my chest. O.M.G. WTF is wrong with peeps now days? There's evidence/biohazard bags all over the place, and the kids are playing within several feet of them. A bloody mattress is (was) standing in the patio area, and peeps are eating and playing cards nearby. I am truly stunned. Where is that deserted island????????? (2 local TV channels tried to interview me, but I wouldn't, and we're supposed to go down to the police station and give a statement) (OH--I almost forgot--I was talking to my next door lady, and she was home on Tues, with her windows open, and she told me that she heard **everything**, but thought it was a screaming match between a couple. She didn't call the police, but did get suspicious when she saw the grandson taking out armloads of 'stuff'. She was bawling this morning b/c she told me that she will forever hear the screams and think that if she had called the police, one of them might have lived. Bless her heart--she's a good lady, and I feel so sorry for her--what a thing to live with.)

jessy: I looked thru many recipes on the Internet that are supposed to be Authentic, or Traditional. Some even gave a sort of Jewish history lesson. Most of them use Sugar. Some use Sugar and Honey.Some use Honey. Some use Milk ????? I know you are very Religious !!! What is the difference in your Challah. I don't make Challah. I make Braided Bread but not as neat as some others but I could if wanted to. The taste and texture is there so I use it also for my Cinnamon Bunns, Bagles and other things. Just curious to know the real difference !!!!! Lou