So that's how they do it. I was just watching some nature show on grizzly bears and they mentioned that during the summer the bears climb way up into the mountains above the tree line and find tons of moths to eat among the rocks. They said the moths fly up to the cooler altitudes to 'hang out' during the hot summer weather. They were some kind of corn moth from the plains of Kansas, Oklahoma, Dakotas etc. How'd they know to go up there (the moths AND the bears)

"Large crops of pink, 8-10 oz that have a full, old-fashioned tomato flavor. Smooth, blemish free fruit are borne in large numbers over a concentrated time period, making this variety a favorite in Southern states for canning and eating. Strong determinate. 80 days, #4515 (30 seeds) $2.55" [Tomato Growers Supply seed blurb] My opinion is that description comes from somewhere other than a grower of Bradley, if you get my drift. I mean it seems to ape other seed blurbs for Bradley rather than the results I've experienced over the past 4 years growing Bradley. First of all, I agree with the 80 days to maturity from transplant. But I don't think I ever got a 10-ounce tomato off a Bradley plant. Maybe 8 ounces with plenty of them running 6 - 7 ounces. "Full, old fashioned flavor" maybe in a hot, dry summer but I'd describe it more on the sweet side of old fashioned and down right bland and watery if the season goes overly wet. Tends also to get soft inside with skin splits in overly wet conditions. I had some excellent results in containers, though, where I did get truly blemish free, 8 ounce, tasty fresh slicers. Concentrated set? Not so much. And surely not like many determinate canners that set one huge crop with maybe a second wind smaller crop then peter out completely. The Bradleys I've grown started yielding at 80 days from transplant and continued with reasonably generous yields until cool, low light conditions in autumn tended to shut them down or render the fruit tasteless. Bradley definitely is a producer though, and does have genes that are useful for increasing yield and standardizing fruit size when crossed with an heirloom like Cherokee Purple. I did that in 2007 and in 2008 grew the F1 that yielded more tomatoes of a uniform size (about 6 - 8 ounces) than any other regular size tomato in the garden ... like 8 - 12 fully ripe tomatoes per picking with two or three pickings a week at the peak season. Awesome. And in no way was the F1 Bradley x CP semi-anything. It was robust indeterminate and grew as long or longer than JD's Special C-Tex and Cherokee Purple as next door neighbors. Out produced them both, too. See below: Bradley x CP, one vine, one day.

AirBnbs often can provide daily maid service, fyi. We are using a driver from Tarifa (the port for our return from Morocco) to Seville, but I don't know the name (the Air Bnb in Seville is run by Spain Select and they are arranging a car for us). We are renting a car after that, for Seville-Ronda-Granada-Madrid. When will you be there?

I read this thread a few days ago and didn't have time to respond... I am about as far opposite you (and many of the others) as could be. I worked for an airline for 10 yr early in my working life and I was ready to travel at a moment's notice. I kept a bag in the trunk of my car! Still, I sympathize and can relate somewhat as my ex had terrible anxiety with flying-- to the point that he NEVER slept before a flight. It caused many arguments until I realized he just wasn't going to change. I think the thing that strikes me most about your worries is that they are all things that are out of your control. For many of us, me included, having no control is a recipe for anxiety (and sometimes for me-- bad behavior). I think the key is to recognize what you can control and what you can't. I liked the idea of planning an extra day for your trip-- a "throw away day". If everything goes smoothly, you have a bonus day.. if not, then nothing is lost. It doesn't sound like your uber planning is causing you stress-- in fact, it is part of the control you DO have over your trip. I would never go to such lengths but that's just my personality. I am the person running to the store on day 1 because I have forgotten a hairbrush or my new shoes I HAD to have gave me blisters. I say stick with your routine-- but be sure to plan a relaxing first day of vac. It will balance out. Mostly, I just wish you a wonderful trip!