Mike Barkley

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It's tomato season. Mine are ripening. Have eaten some already but soon there will be many more ready. I was thinking of how to best use some beautiful Cherokee Purples. My absolute favorite tomato & also my best crop ever of them. My grandmother used to make tomato gravy. It tasted way better than is seems like it would taste. Haven't had that in many years & have never made it so I looked it up. This looks more or less how she made it. Try it. Your taste buds will thank you.

I once moved a hive about 20 feet during the daytime. It was in an open & mowed field with no obstructions to visibility. I needed to move it away from a creek that was flood prone. As the foragers returned they circled around the old location. Eventually there was large cloud of bees circling that spot. I expected some confusion but not to that extent. That hive was in the remote mountains & a couple hours from home so it was inconvenient to move it at dawn or dusk. In retrospect I should have camped there to move it at the proper time. They must have figured it out though because the colony survived there for several more years. The ones 1/4 mile away in that same field did ok too .... until a bear destroyed all of them.

Freedom is not free. During this holiday weekend please spend some time contemplating all the hardships people have endured & the sacrifices they made including far too many who gave their life. They did it for you & the freedoms we enjoy in this country. Drink a toast to them while enjoying your holiday meals. Never forget.

Did someone say doubles?

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Local garden centers sometimes have them. Or try this. I have grown from seeds like this.  https://www.rareseeds.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=asparagus