Well, May is whizzing by and I’m still in planting mode. The plant sale last weekend was great. I came home with 5 kinds of peppers and two kinds of tomatoes. We’ve had a long hot, dry summer predicted even though evenings are quite cool as yet. Even so, the plan is to have them in the ground this weekend, then move on to squash and beans. I ordered some fancy hybrid organic lettuce varieties and am hoping to have salad all summer. Meanwhile, I’m gradually  moving most of my herbs closer to the house.

Mother’s Day was pretty neat. I heard from all three of my boys and made a date for this Sunday with the one who lives closest. Families are so scattered these days – it’s nice to have an excuse to communicate.

Breaking News; There is a new news group for New Earth News subscribers Fellow subscriber Jackie Handlowich has started a news group just for us. Here is what she has to say about it:  I thought it would be a great way to get to know my subscribers. I would love it if other New Earth Subscribers and Writers joined us. I would love to hear other peoples ideas and success stories on any subject.  Here is the group address: http://groups.msn.com/NewEarthMembers 

Oh, and I have a correction. Remember when last week I mentioned  Cinco de Mayo and said it was Mexican Independence Day? Well, I was reading the newsletter of fellow subscriber, Barbie Zabel, and I learned that, in fact, Mexican Independence Day is in September. Funny, I hadn’t really thought about it, but I lived in Mexico as a child and often visited my parents in Oaxaca in southern Mexico where they retired and I certainly remember plenty of festivals and holidays, but it is only in the US that I’ve celebrated Cinco de Mayo. Actually, she had a pretty cool website link which explained this as well as many other Mexican holidays. You can read about the REAL holiday here:

 http://www.mexonline.com/cinco.htm

I stumbled onto another site that some of you might like. Interested in Russian cooking and/or culture? This site adds new stuff with some regularity and the most recent addition is a free cookbook. It’s in a zip file – has several hundred recipes and specializes in desserts. This is the English version of the site. Hint: Scroll down to the bottom to see free ebooks. :-} The menu on the left also has some really fun pages as well.

http://pskovgo.narod.ru/ebook.htm

Program Review

None this week. Any of my favorite programs, however can be checked out at my website by clicking below. You can see my past messages there as well, and yes I’m almost caught up once again. So if you missed anything or want to go back and check on a past offer or review, just click on “Judy’s Income Garden” and go to the archives page. You can also check out my recommended programs and download articles and ebooks here as well. Lynn’s messages, by the way can be found on the current website off to the left.