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  Issue No. 11.19May 12, 2011  

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Happy Birthday Bob!

 
  
  
Tuesday Bob Barnitz, founder of
Bob's Market & Greenhouses, celebrated his
79th birthday!
  
  
If you see him at the market in Mason be sure to wish him a happy birthday!

 

 

Greenhouse Update

Happy Mother's Day!  

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend.  Instead of doing our typical weekly article this week, I thought that we could take a look back at this past weekend.  Here are some picture higlights from Saturday and Sunday:
  

        

 

        

  

 

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Uncle Jim's Almanac

 May 2011

5th-6th Any Seed Planted Now Will Tend To Rot.

7th-8th Most Favorable For Planting Corn, Cotton, Okra, Beans, Peppers, Eggplant, And Other Aboveground Crops. Plant Seedbeds And Flower Gardens.

9th-12th A Barren Period. Good For Killing Plant Pests, Cultivating, Or Taking A Short Vacation.

13th-15th Excellent Time For Planting Corn, Beans, Peppers, And Other Aboveground Crops. Favorable For Sowing Hay, Fodder Crops, And Grains. Plant Flowers.

16th-17th First Day Excellent For Planting Aboveground Crops. Second Day Favorable For Carrots, Beets, Onions, Turnips, And Other Root Crops. Both Days Good For Planting Cabbage, Lettuce And Other Leafy Vegetables, And For Planting Seedbeds. Second Day Good For Transplanting.

18th-20th Do No Planting.

21st-22nd Plant Late Beets, Potatoes, Onions, Carrots, And Other Root Crops.

23rd-25th Kill Plant Pests On These Barren Days.

26th-27th Favorable Time For Planting Late Root Crops. Also Good For Vine Crops That Can Be Planted Now. Set Strawberry Plants. Good Days For Transplanting.

28th-29th Poor Planting, Fine For Cultivating Or Spraying.

30th-31st Root Crops That Can Be Planted Now Will Yield Well. Good Days For Transplanting.

 

  
"Happy that nation, fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting." 

-Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richards Almanac, 1740
 

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Coconut Cake 

Recipe By: Joyce Grove

 

Ingredients

  • 1 White Cake Mix
  • 1 cup, Shaved Coconut
  • 1 can, Coconut Milk
  • 1 container, Whipped Cream Topping

Preparation

Fix cake as directed adding 1 cup of shaved coconut in a 9x13 pan.  Bake cake, then pour coconut milk over cake.  When cool, spread whipped topping over cake, then add more cocnut shaving to the top.

 

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Picture of the Week 
 


by: John Morgan
Taken: 5/6/2011
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