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- winoweenie - 11-22-2008
Dat's why I've never registered a post on that sucker. I'd probably be on the wrong side of the grass by now. WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img]
- TheEngineer - 11-23-2008
I agree. Some of the strings sound more like a grade school contest of who's is bigger or better or, etc..
I agree, blind tastes are a great way of learning more about, in the right group, the wines, in the wrong group, the people. Just image Foodie if those people were part of the tasting....there might have been a street fight breaking out over labels [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
BTW, This string is pretty funny too. I've always enjoyed reading your posts and WW is spot on with his gruff(? ;p ) humor. This was better than reading the Sunday funnies this morning. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
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- Georgie - 11-23-2008
Ah you should meet him in person someday. He's a most lovable "hoot" of a guy!
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- winoweenie - 11-23-2008
Aw Shucks.....ww
- Thomas - 11-23-2008
WW, she was talkin' about me, I assume [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img]
- wondersofwine - 11-24-2008
Now which forum has the egos? Seriously, as one who has met both WW and Foodie, they are both great guys.
- Kcwhippet - 11-24-2008
Have to agree, WoW. I'd vouch for them both.
- Thomas - 11-25-2008
KC,
I may have a spare fig tree cutting this spring...
None of you have seen our new greenhouse. Anne and I erected the sucker ourselves, and the marriage survived it!
Our plan is to grow vegetables in winter, which we are thus far doing: swiss chard, arugula, typhon greens, parsley, and others I can't remember this early in the day.
We also have some herbs in there: thyme, sage, laurel, rosemary.
And, I've transported the fig trees to the greenhouse.
It's a marvel. Every day I check the min/max temperatures of the day before and compare them to the actual outside temperatures of that day, so that I can get a one-year idea of the general shape of relationship and then figure over time which plants can make it in there during winter.
If it works, we will expand and start a greenery business. We are already considering an herb de Provence business, as we grow the herbs that go into it.
Maybe retirement is in the cards!
- Kcwhippet - 11-25-2008
That would be awesome, Foodie!! I guess was looking at your fig trees with undisguised longing when we were out there. It would have a place of honor amongst all the citrus trees we have.
- wondersofwine - 11-25-2008
The speaker on Biblical diet said that fig trees grow quickly and produce readily unlike grape vines and some other trees. I'll buy some Herbes de Provence if you get into the business Foodie.
- Georgie - 11-25-2008
All you wine folks are great people,that's for sure. Even you, Bucko! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img] Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone. Hope you have too many blessings to count.
- Thomas - 11-25-2008
KC,
I'll give you hints on maintaining figs, you give me hints on citrus.
I lost a Meyer Lemon tree last summer, and am now working with an Asian lime tree.
- Kcwhippet - 11-25-2008
Foodie, No clue what you may have done to the Meyer. We have one that's been around for about 6 years (one of the youngsters). It's been horribly abused, along with it's mates. They all spend the Spring, Summer and Fall in the back yard then come inside. I keep them under Gro lights inside. We have a Hibiscus in a pot that acts as the "mine canary". When the Hibiscus leaves droop, we water everything. I give them citrus fertilizer once a month all year long. They reward me with fruit all year (most of them). We have a Ponderosa lemon, a Palestine Sweet Lime, a Persian Lime, two Bearss limes, an orange of uncertain parentage and a Kaffir lime (for the leaves of course). I've never lost one, so I can't imagine what might have caused yours to die.