Thanks Sapote and mangodog. I will be interested to hear if you have success delaying your fruiting season on flowers you cut. Hopefully they don't just mature faster to get back on schedule. Are you intending to cut entire trees or just a portion of the flowers to see if you can extend an individual tree's fruiting?

Nice to have you back Sharon, you were missed! Chase, here is the recipe for the Penne, it was posted by Monique.... @gardenbuddies.com..we really did enjoy it. PENNE IN CREAM SAUCE WITH SAUSAGE Source of Recipe Monique--GB+CF Recipe Introduction "Bon Appétit February 1997 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 medium onion -- thinly sliced 3 garlic cloves -- minced 1 pound sweet Italian sausage -- casings removed 2/3 cup dry white wine 1 can diced peeled tomatoes with juices -- (14 1/2 ounce) 1 cup whipping cream 6 tablespoons chopped Italian parsley 1 pound penne pasta 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese Melt butter with oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic and sauté until golden brown and tender, about 7 minutes. Add sausage and sauté until golden brown and cooked through, breaking up with back of spoon, about 7 minutes. Drain any excess drippings from skillet. Add wine to skillet and boil until almost all liquid evaporates, about 2 minutes. Add tomatoes with juices and simmer 3 minutes. Add cream and simmer until sauce thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Stir in 4 tablespoons parsley. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Remove from heat. (Sauce can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite. Drain pasta; transfer to large bowl. Bring sauce to simmer. Pour sauce over pasta. Add 3/4 cup cheese and toss to coat. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup cheese and 2 tablespoons parsley. Serves 6. Dinner last night... BLT's, the tomatoes are wonderful right now. Nancy

My brother doesn't cook - he is a great cook but he doesn't cook for himself. He eats take-out every day but not typical fries and burger take out. He will have a veggie sub or buys pre-made salads at the stores. He works midnights and most of the other time when he is not sleeping he lives in his van cruising around the city taking pictures to post on his Flickr groups. LOL I think it is because he doesn't want to do dishes. He often gets Chinese or Greek food or spaghetti and meatballs now and then or Swiss Chalet with a baked potato. Sure he has a burger now and then but he knows that eating it everyday is not a good thing. He gets an extra large tea 3 times a day from Tim Horton's and I reap the benefits. He orders his x-large tea with one tea bag in and one tea bag out. You always get 2 tea bags with the x-large. I get the unused packet of tea. To buy the small box of "Gourmet" Tim Horton tea in the store it is almost 5 dollars. I don't know why they say "gourmet" because it is just orange pekoe but it has a nice flavour and strength. I use 4 bags per pot of tea. So every month or so Paul drops off a bag full of tea bags for me. While he keeps up his Tim Horton's tea habit I will never have to buy tea. I am enjoying a pot of it right now as a matter of fact. LOL His take-out run saves me money. LOL The other night Paul stopped by and he flicked his car lights off and on at the house and that means I am to come out to the car. LOL He had Swiss Chalet for me. He bought the family size dinner which comes with 2 half roasted chickens, rolls, 2 baked potato, and 2 steamed veggies and Swis Chalet sauce. He split the dinner with me. I like to order from my favourite Arabic restaurant every couple of months because I crave the salads and shuarma sandwich. If I get take-out usually it is because Paul has treated me as a surprise and it is usually a Greek gyros dinner with extra salad and no fries. My friends and I will go to Tim Horton's for coffee every couple of weeks and sit and chat. I love Starbucks coffee but only when someone else is treating. Whenever my sister goes away she buys me a bag of Starbucks beans. Tim Horton's coffee isn't all that good but it nice to sit and chat. I prefer the coffee I make at home. I love to cook so I don't need to go out for take out food unless it is something I have a craving for. I still think of that Pizza Hut pasta I ordered and how much I paid for it and I won't be making a mistake like that again. I can make food cheaper at home that tastes better. I think if you lead busy lives - there is nothing wrong with healthy take out food as long as you can afford it and some people would rather have a good tasting dinner than spend their money on material things they don't really need. Anne

I have no furbabies of my own now, but here are the grandpets First, here is Ruby Do. She is 8. I don't get to see her much. She lives with son-in-law 120 miles away. Dinky the Schnoodle at 2 months. She is close by and subject to spoiling by Grandma Dinky this past summer held by Grandma. She is a die hard lap dog.