Something growing in/around our yard is producing an absolutely wonderful scent. We think it's the wild grapes - at least that's what we're calling the vine that grows around the edges of the yard. It is currently dripping with green clusters, but we never see any actual grapes. Maybe the critters eat them green.
This scent, almost always in May, reminds me of my mother. She and my father married in mid-May, 1945. Once, when we passed a locust tree in full bloom, she said the fragrance always reminded her of her wedding day.
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Over the weekend, I came across a video about copper wire used on tomatoes as a deterrent of early and late blight. The instruction was to use a short length - maybe 3 or 4 inches - of 20 gauge pure copper wire, driven through the tomato stem (perpendicular to the ground) about 4 inches from the ground. The tomato stem needs to be at least as big as a pencil. The video stressed that 20 gauge wire should be used, as anything thicker might damage the plant beyond repair, and anything smaller would be too flimsy to go through the stem. Since I am making jewelry with pure copper wire, I have plenty of wire around. I've already cut pieces for all of my plants and will "install" them later today.
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