[16:45] <MarkDude> Gooooooooooood Moooooooorning California
[16:48] <akk> moooorning MarkDude
[16:48] <MarkDude> morning akk
[16:48] <MarkDude> I have some plants I am getting rid of
[16:48] <MarkDude> You cant make to picnic on 16th can you?
[16:48] <MarkDude> I have humming bird plant and others
[16:49] <MarkDude> How are the berries doing?
[16:49] <akk> Sadly, no, will definitely be in LA on the 16th.
[16:50] <akk> The gooseberry is growing and looking really healthy, putting out berries ... but the berries are smaller than they should be and really concentrated.
[16:50] <akk> So it's not totally happy yet, but it's doing okay.
[16:50] <MarkDude> Takes a bit, to find the right spot for them
[16:50] <akk> (That reminds me, need to water it this morning before it gets too hot)
[16:51] <MarkDude> I have some in different parts of my yard now
[16:51] <MarkDude> at least 10 plants
[16:51] <MarkDude> a few should be in the right space- I find less water is good for them
[16:53] <akk> Oh, the seedlings are looking good too. They're about 8" tall now (except one in a tiny pot which is still about 1.5", so maybe I need to repot that one).
[16:56] <MarkDude> They are pretty tough
[16:56] <MarkDude> I have some in very small containers- they are patient- since they can live many years
[16:56] <MarkDude> They should survive any frosts we have
[16:57] <MarkDude> at least most
[16:57]  * MarkDude will have salsa with them this Summer
[16:57] <MarkDude> come hell or high water :D
[16:58] <akk> I doubt I'll get enough for salsa any time soon ... but it's fun to pop a berry into my mouth every now and then.
[17:01] <MarkDude> It is
[17:01] <MarkDude> This year I have 3 cherry tomotoes
[17:02] <MarkDude> Just able to go eat a few at a time now
[17:02] <MarkDude> Makes me feel like a hunter-gatherer
[17:03] <akk> yeah, exactly :)
[17:03] <akk> I love walking out to the garden, picking something and eating it
[17:04] <akk> sugar peas are great that way (I don't have any this year, though)
[17:04] <MarkDude> Its weird how eating tomatoes when it is 100 degrees taste so good
[17:05] <akk> I only have one tomato so far -- and something has already eaten a hole in it, just when it's getting close to ripe. :(
[17:06] <MarkDude> My birds are not eating them- so Iam happy