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To   : Carol Shenkenberger
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Thu May 02 2024 11:37:25

Hi Carol,

 >  SD> I have heard that from my friends who enjoy crusing.  One of my
 >  SD> friends is an amateur radio operator and obtained permission from the
 >  SD> master of the ship to operate on HF once the ship was underway.  My
 >  SD> friend had a lot of fun operating "maritime mobile" as he had the best
 >  SD> grounding system on Earth for his setup!

 > Steve wanted to do that but decided there were too many hoops to jump
 > thru to make it worthwhile. It probably would have meant packing his
 > carry on with radio gear. BTW, his call sign is NY4NC, as he explains "I
 > left New York for North Carolina".

 > Our fig tree is leafing out quite well, also has a good number of baby
 > figs. Steve took a couple of small branches, dipped them in rooting
 > hormone and then planted them in pots. They've both taken off so he gave
 > one to a neighbor, will plant the other on our property (other side of
 > the house from current tree). Looks like we'll have gallons of figs in a
 > few years; I think it took the current tree about 5 years to really
 > start putting out.
 CS>  >

 CS> Apple trees take a while to fruit too.  In your area, a golden
 CS> delicious paired with a granny smith will work well as will a granny
 CS> smith with a pink lady. They require cross pollenation to do much.

I don't know if we want to put any more trees on our property. We own
..28 acres; when we bought it, it had several more trees than it does
now. Taking several down that had problems has opened it up so not so
much is shaded and we can actually grow grass. Several years ago when
one pine tree was taken out, they dropped it across the road; when it
landed, the "THUMP!" of it shook the ground. (G)

We have a small raised bed garden in one corner of the back yard. It's
mostly an herb garden but Steve planted some sugar snap peas this year.
The other day he reported that they're starting to grow the trellis so
hopefully in a few weeks we'll be eating fresh peas.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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