Rain rain go away

[Innkeeper]

This has been the wettest spring and early summer ever. Even before the end of June the leaves on many trees started turning for lack of sunlight. It is pouring with T-stoms again today. The possibility of grilling on the 4th is looking dim. So far, we have only grilled once and smoked once all year!

[hotwine]

You need an enclosed pit, IK.... one for both grilling and smoking. I only pause for a severe downpour and/or nearby lightening (neither very common around here at present). Have cooked through pretty strong rain-storms many times.... just use my big ol' straw hat as a brolly (as long as the hat's run-off isn't onto the food, we're in good shape).

[Thomas]

IK,

We feel like mushrooms over here, too.

Lost all my cherries and half the strawberries to water-logging. Can't get the okra to grow, and everything else that isn't in the greenhouse needs a snorkel to stay alive in the garden. Already lost the garlic crop and the shallots look close to being a goner, too.

I give farmers special kudos for what they go through and they still get out of bed each morning.

Good thing we erected that greenhouse last year. Only because of it are we able to have already started to eat eggplant and peppers, and can we get basil to grow this year, and we may soon see a red tomato in there. Trouble is--it's too small for what we need, and I haven't the inclination to build another just yet.



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[Kcwhippet]

Weeding my veggie garden this year is a nonissue since I haven't been able to plant one because the ground is too soggy. Oh well, maybe next year.

[Innkeeper]

We've been exchanging emails with Gene Pierce over the last couple of days regarding a order I had sent to Knapp. He got it all straightened out, but reported that last week a hail storm destroyed 100% of 50 acres at Knapp!

[TheEngineer]

think about this....heading to London to escape all this rain [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

[Kcwhippet]

OMIGOSH!!!! The sun is out!!!! Mayne we can dry out enough so I can mow the lawn, get out the patio tables and chairs (finally), and it seems like a million other tasks outside - before the crowd starts arriving this evening.

[Innkeeper]

We had two beautiful days on Sunday and Monday. Today we were awakened by a thunder storm. It is supposed to rain for the rest of the week. Have not seen anything like this since the summer of '65 in Europe. We grilled on our little balcony in Laxou with sweaters on in a drizzle. I'll bet that none of you remember or even heard of wine from France or Germany in 1965.

[winoweenie]

At the time I could recite most of the juice coming in from Scotland. Do that be close? WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img]

[hotwine]

In '65, was three years into this sinkhole of a hobby. Was mainly swilling Pommard & Nuit St Georges 'cause that's what the lady liked.

[Thomas]

In '65 I was too poor to drink much of anything beyond unknown St Emilions, and the list of Mr. Henri and Leonard Kreusch selections, with a Louis Martini and Sebastiani thrown in now and again. But they got me started in understanding that there was more to a wine life than Mateus, Lancers, and Yago...

[Kcwhippet]

In 1965, my dad cracked open a wooden case, popped the cork on one of the bottles inside and poured some of the wine into each of our glasses to go with the hunk of dead cow off the grill. The wine was a 1961 Ch. Lafite Rothschild, and sort of was the start of my wine voyage.

[VouvrayHead]

In 1965, I was 15 years away from existing.

Such a newbie.

[Innkeeper]

Guess I have to learn how to express myself more clearly. I was referring to vintage '65 in Northern Europe when it was so cold, not what you were drinking in '65.

For the record what we were drinking was local Lorraine wines that were in recappable bottles of red, white, and rose' wine that we paid the equivalent of $.15/ltr each for. When we wanted to spluge a little we could get the local favorite Vin Gris d'Lorraine for around $.50. I think it might have been Pinot Gris, but there was no way of telling. The next rung up in the $.75 to $1 or 5 NF, we could get very nice wines from Alsace including Riesling, Sylvaner, and Traminer. Don't recall seeing any Gewurztraminer. About the only other wine we can remember was St Emilion, don't know whose, that we paid around $2 for. It was wonderful.

[Thomas]

VouvrayHead,

Go put on a dunce cap and sit in the corner until you grow up with the rest of us [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img]

[VouvrayHead]

yes, sir.

[andrawes76]

Goodness do we need rain here in Texas. Its almost dustbowl like!

[Innkeeper]

This guy dies and reports for judgment. There is a long line and he sees folks at the head of line going in two directions; to the right to heaven, and to the left to hell. However he sees the devil pull someone out of the line to hell every now and then a set them over to the side. The guy can't stand it after a while and goes over and asks the devil who these folks are in the small group he's setting aside.

Oh, says the devil; they're from New England and they're too wet to burn.

[winoweenie]

Very Funny! WW

[Drew]

LOL....very good IK.

Drew