Hi, don't take this wrong as it is not my intention. I see that you are from Finland. Your English is good. There are several words that you use that could be changed, but the most important one would be "MINE". If you would replace the word "MINE" with the word "my" it would be much easier to read in the USA. As to your problem, I really do not have a good answer. My mother has a pear tree and the raccoons took every one of them off. Do you have Raccoons there?

Maybe he remembers being a 17 year old boy and dating and what went on and the sneaking bothers him. It would bother me also..I think your daughter and her boyfriend need to re earn his trust to fix his insecurities, even if it is more difficult than it should be. And it appears she IS trying to...but she also commited a fairly large trust issue so correcting it will take time. A lesson learned for her for sure. He on the other hand could also be face to face with the reality now of her age...and how quickly she will mature now. Once they date, the years go by quickly, and a daddy (especially step dad) can quickly take a back seat in her life from being the ONLY male in her life, to one who now has little control and notice in her life. Maybe that also bothers him, maybe he is pouting. I agree with others, since this is so out of character of him, he might also know, or suspect more than he is sharing...the worse thing tho that can happen is the two of you become divided in this....bad for both your daughter, both of your realtionships with her, and your marriage too. Over riding each others authority is not good, even in step relationship. I personally think it teaches children subtly to play parents against each other. And on another aspect, there is much guilt with it from both parents and child. And it is really tuff on a marriage. I know you want to believe she learned a lesson, and maybe she has, but what is wrong with a boy who went along with this too...that is what could be concerning the rancher....his "ethics and morals" are obviously not squared up with good values not matter how nice he seems up front. And ont the other hand, kids are still kids, and think like kids too...but that does not mean we should just accept that thought process either. Don't always take her word now where she is and what she is doing, randomly check on her, so she knows a repeat act might be busted. Maybe that would comfort rancher. He cant choose her dates for her tho. And if he is too anti boy against this boy, she will just sneak more and more...which is what caused her to sneak to begin with..instead put checks and balances in place..and dont be afraid to check on her often, no matter how much she gets annoyed. She commited the error of judgment and it should cost her a bit so she does not repeat the error. Feel no guilt over it. Good luck..raising teens is never fun is it. And step families make it ten times worse. I come from such a family myself. Good luck my heart goes out to you.

I'm having a good year so far, with fruit set on all 24 of my plants. In the Dallas area, it helps to get a jump on the season by using raised beds(the soil heats up faster) and by planting in the middle of March and covering the plants during cold snaps. I planted the majority of mine on March 7th this year and have some plants approaching 5 feet. At least 6 hours of sun a day, preferably 8 or 10, is needed to get the plants going early also. Of the 24 plants I have, four of them were not planted in raised beds and they are not nearly as big. Another thing about the raised beds is that they are filled with a soil blend that is fluffy and rich. I would highly recommend to anyone serious about growing tomatoes in the DFW area to try a raised bed(you can put 5 or 6 plants in a 4X8 ft bed). Good luck, Pete

Bobbie, my friend, you may be right. Who knows? However, if you download a laundry list all at once and have to reboot doesn't it seem a little logical that the reconfiguration could be placed in jeopardy with all the "floating" uninstalled O/S data? Also, if you limit the update installs and there is a concern you can readily identify the offender as one of two rather than speculating over an extended list. My antique DUN rate of 3 minutes a MB does not make it pleasant to have to redo any downloads. I am confident that my prior concern was due to doing all at once as when I returned to my personal discipline and installed them in pairs they updated fabulously. Thanks for your point of view. I guess it is the old story of whatever works for an individual is what works best. DA