Got my tomato and sweet-pepper plants in the ground today, so they shouldn't die without care while i'm gone. :-) THIS year's indoor sowing is far more successful than last -- i used "poo pots" (composted cow-manure vessels) to start seeds left over from last year's most successful vegetables. Yea, heirlooms!!! They're between two and four inches tall; some went into the ground in the back yard, and some into pots on the balcony (trying to outwit the squirrels).
I uprooted a couple of sunchokes to make room for tomatoes, and one good-sized tuber came out, so i was able to show my MIL -- she'd never seen one before. She's lived in small towns a good part of her life, and in their grocery stores, you're lucky to find avocados and parsnips and greens and such, let alone the more unusual vegetables....
I baked a loaf of nut-free, gluten-free reduced-carb bread to take along; my poor DIL is horribly allergic to tree-nuts, so while we're in her house, our snacks will have to gravitate toward the meat/olive/cheese direction. I'd better take along a LOT of rice crackers! But then again, their place isn't terribly far from a Wegman's -- the most impressive grocery store i've ever explored. And some people brag on the Whole Foods in Austin.... ;-) Wegman's has EVERYTHING.
So, except for the packing, i think i'm ready! [crossing fingers]
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