I was joking - people would think the quilted ones were fancier so I could ask more. Ball does more for the jars (haven't checked this year - last year was about $12/dozen compared to $8 for plain - and I just picked up 2 unopened older BOXES of quilted from Goodwill for $8/doz). Jars just keep going up each year. It was just 2-3 years ago I could get a dozen plain jars for $6.77 at WM, now it's at least $7.97 - maybe more this year. And I need lids too. Used my last box of RM lids, had to open a box of new lids& bands (I got a couple of those on clearance at grocery store last year). Still reusing jars (after we empty them I wash old lids & bands and store jars with those on top so can just pop jars in canner to heat and not have to wash again - just wash and heat new lids). Oh, and by the time I got the last jar filled the pan had set 5 minutes (I'm slow when I have to skim) and still floating a little. But I think part of it is that this is a syrup, not a setting type jelly/jam. Didn't cook it long enough (or have enough natural pectin) for that. Popped in a couple of replacement cherry toms today (broken stems) but holding off on more since it supposed to be 45 tonight (!) and I have to prep for market. Ones I planted 2 days ago look good, others are starting to look better now that it's dried out a *little* (only 1" of rain in the past 6 days), I'll fertilize tomorrow. Did you get a chance to look at my post on the Tomato thread? Do you think N only (bloodmeal) or light balanced fertilizer (Neptune's Harvest is liquid, can use that, maybe as a foliar feed, with only 30% chance of rain this weekend I guess, it's a 2-3-1, don't know if I need the P&K though since soil was pretty good, figured just N washed out?)? Time to go pick strawberries, clean the wet hay of the truck bed and start packing it for market. With all the tomato plants and the jams, fresh strawberries, I have to see if there's room on the table for some herbs (sprigs of oregano, I just got some tarragon from a friend last night to plant, and my cousin's mint)? Maybe some kale?

Hi Chandra, Since I live in southern OK, the best onion-planting date for me is mid-February. Central OK is roughly 100 miles north of me, so I'd guess around mid-Feb. to latest Feb./earliest March for central OK, depending on what the weather is doing. If it is especially cold or especially wet at the correct planting time, I might wait a week or two to plant, but the later you plant, the more you risk that you'll get smaller onions, so you can't wait too long. The general rule of thumb is to set out transplants about the size of a pencil, or slightly smaller, about 4 to 6 weeks before the average date of your last spring frost. Onions bolt because of stress and some years we have a lot of bolting here in OK and some years we see relatively little. It helps if you plant at the right time and if your onion plants are smaller than 1/4" in diameter when you set them out, but you're still at the mercy of the weather after that. The problem is that if onion plants are exposed to degrees of 45 degrees or below for several days after they're transplanted into the ground, they go dormant. Then, as soon as it warms up, they break dormancy and then bolt because they're biennials. Size is important in this case because any onion plants smaller than 1/4" won't bolt if exposed to colder temps than they like. Or, at least, they aren't supposed to. As for garlic, I think most garlics do well here, s and the earlier they're planted (should be planted in the fall), the better. I have planted plain old garlic from the grocery store and it has grown fine. I've also purchased and planted named varieties from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. This year I have grocery store garlic and, from SESE, Inchellium Red, Silverwhite, and Italian Braiding, which all are softneck garlics. I'm sure Jay or someone who plants a million kinds of garlic will have a lot more recommendations of good varieties than I have. I've linked the Oklahoma State University Garden Planting Guide below for you. It shows a range of dates for each kind of vegetable. The earlier date is for the southern end of the state and the later date is for the northern end of the state. If you're in the middle of the state, you want to choose a date midway between the two. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Planning Guide

DH already suggested using that once but I opted against it because it wouldve shown through and changed the color of my glass slightly. however I will atest it is some super strong adhesive and I would concur that it could probably stic a BB to a ceiling, a car, or anything else you wanted to stick it too!

Well, I’m not a boomer (I’m GenX) but I can guarantee you that there was not that level of casual sex in the late eighties, early nineties when I was in college. Obviously people had sex, but at least among my friends and sorority sisters...it was pretty taboo to have random sex outside the context of some sort of relationship. I am sure there were girls that did, but they were outliers. Maybe they were happy & liberated & doing what they wanted...but the few girls who I was aware of that did this were girls with self-esteem issues. They were treated badly, and it was sad. I really hope you are correct, Robo, and the article is being sensational. I also hope that it isn’t that bad where we live in the SE.