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Our hardiplank just went on this week, and I need to think (agonize) over the paint. We'll have some stacked stone for accent--mixture of browns, charcoals, greenish-cast, golden tones....will go with about anything (Shawnee Mt. fieldstone); roof will be "weathered wood". I'm thinking of a green--earthy tone (nothing that will go "mint" on me!). Would like it about medium in tone (not too dark, not too light). Any suggestions for me to try?
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- Posted by sandyponder (My Page) on Thu, Apr 15, 10 at 19:09
traceyb- Here's a last year's pic of our Hardi clad house, it's a pre-painted Hardi color that equivalent to BM Tate Olive, trim is Hardi Sailcloth and windows are Eagle Cinnamon Toast. It pulls neither mint nor "Merry Freaking Christmas", just a nice, mossy green, however, we're in far NNY, so depending on your climate and light, YMMV. Good luck- sandyponder |
Tate Olive is a great exterior color, as are any of the BM Historical colors that are gray leaning toward green. |
Thanks...and for the pic, too. That would probably be right at "dark" for hubby's taste. It looks good with your rocks out front (which I can squint and envision being the stone on my house). I have some BM green chips around somewhere....think I'll go see if that's one of them. |
- Posted by bebetokids (My Page) on Fri, Apr 16, 10 at 13:02
sigh-sandyponder always gets me with that house.... |
- Posted by osuladybug (My Page) on Fri, Apr 16, 10 at 13:57
I have SW Coastal Plains on my front door....it is a very light sage green color. We love it! It would definitely be light. |
Here is BM "Heather Mist" with BM "Bordeaux" door...not sure if BM still makes Heather Mist or not |
- Posted by kitchenkelly (My Page) on Fri, Apr 16, 10 at 19:10
I have been looking at different greens for my exterior but none have been working for me. Part of the issue is my roof color is weird (brown with bluish grey specs in it.) I can't give any advice on colors but I wanted to post to suggest that you sample any color on your house. Don't look at a picture or a paint chip and make a decision on that alone. It is amazing to me how different it looks on an exterior. In an interior room the color bounces off the four walls and may look darker than the chip. On the exterior it looks so much lighter. BTW, are you in MN? I have 14 samples that you could try. All greens, greys, taupes and a few dark blue-greys :) |
I am building a shingle style house and have chosen BM "Carolina Gull" 2138-40 with cloud white trim and black accents. I am really happy with it as it does look like a soft grey/green in brighter light, but grey sometimes too. It was very hard to find a grey/green without it being too light and reading "minty" or too dark and reading Christmas. Good Luck! |
I like the Heather Mist, too. Yep, gotta try out the colors before we pick. I'm scared the roof will change things for us, too. It's called "weathered wood" so it's a grayish browish color. I'm in NC. Thanks! |
- Posted by springvillegardens (My Page) on Fri, Apr 16, 10 at 22:11
I'm trying to decide my house color too and I'm glad I am painting a test color first. I tried coral and that wasn't right, here's my test color green on the front of my house which is called streambed, but I have now changed my mind and painted a tannish gold I'll post photos of that tomorrow. they used a medium base with the green color, but it would be lighter with a light base. I've used this color on several houses and like it a lot, but it just isn't quite right on this house, it shows as grey green in different lights. It looked the best on the house we had in the mountains with charcoal trim, no photos of that one though. do you happen to like fire? if so I think I know you, Hi Tracey, I just moved to Florida |
- Posted by bebetokids (My Page) on Sat, Apr 17, 10 at 9:02
here are a couple pics of our house: Body-SW Baltic Sage LL011 |
....do you happen to like fire? if so I think I know you, Hi Tracey, I just moved to Florida... "fire" as in Fire & Ice? Otherwise, I just looked at your home page and see you moved from CA--sorry, don't know anyone there that's moved (we were previously in IL). BUT, I did notice we share the same birthday! Thanks for the pic. I'm wondering, too, if when we start to test paints if we'll end up with a different color instead of just a different shade. Thanks, Bebetokids--I like that shade....on the list it goes. Is the trim color an off-white / cream? I'll be looking for that too :-) Would you mind sharing your roof color? Thanks. |
- Posted by springvillegardens (My Page) on Sat, Apr 17, 10 at 10:14
oh you're a different Tracey, beautiful house you have. |
- Posted by straitlover (My Page) on Sat, Apr 17, 10 at 16:00
I just bought a green for my shutters and front door. No pics yet, though as painting has not happened yet. I got Valspar Smoky Olive 6001-2B (National Trust for Historic Preservation collection). If that's too dark, you can go up one to 6001-2A, Mark Twain House Olive. If you go to www.Valspar.com/painter, you can see them on different houses. They are on the Historic Colors tab. |
Thanks, straitlover, I'll check out those colors, too (and the website). |
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Your attention is invited to the attached article by Mr Bruce Juddery in the Canberra Times of 17 September. At the end of his article Juddery refers to the danger that Indonesian military intervention in Portuguese Timor could lead to a bitter war continuing for up to 10 years with very bad consequences for relations between Australia and Indonesia. He alleges that our policy on Portuguese Timor ignores this danger.
- The danger which Juddery describes is one which we all along had in mind considering Portuguese Timor. In a major submission of [13] December 1974 to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1 the Department commented: 'There are grounds for regarding the outlook in Portuguese Timor as ominous ... the terrain is very rugged with an obvious potential for guerrilla warfare. Some thousands of men receive continuing military training and it would be easy for outsiders to introduce arms. An armed revolt in Timor would be very hard to put down and might drag on for years ... It seems unlikely that political development in the territory will take place without incident. It would be prudent to expect disturbances and periodic bouts of violence as the various political groups increase their activities and try to extend their influence into the up-country villages and isolated mountain areas . . . The Indonesians have so far shown no appreciation of the risks that, if they occupy Portuguese Timor, they might face armed opposition capable of sustaining guerrilla warfare for many years-with all this prospect implies by way of openings for outside intervention in the territory.'
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- the insurgents would lack a sanctuary from which to draw support in the form of training, rest, weapons etc. The Indonesians would be able to substantially isolate the island.
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- The Timorese do not appear to have a strong will to pursue a protracted insurgent campaign against the Indonesian army. The level of education and political consciousness is low.
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Here is a link that might be useful: Prairie plant seedling pictures
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Thanks for the link. Previously, the only good site I found is from the UK, and obviously misses some of our native prairie species. Thanks again. |
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I'm considering ordering a ground cherry from Seed Saver's Exchange. Have any of you grown it or tasted it? Any information would be appreciated. Thanks,
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Oh yes! I will now grow them forever now. ;) Last year I tried them for the first time (grew Aunt Molly). Loved them. This year I'm growing Cossack Pineapple. We had two plants last year. It wasn't enough! :) |
- Posted by bex10023 New York City (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Fri, Apr 28, 06 at 21:04
Thanks, reign! I'll get two! |
Reign- Let us know how the Cossack Pineapple turns out! I got some seeds for it but I didn't get them in time to plant for this year. I definitely plan on trying it next spring, though. Although, I think they have a fairly short DTM so maybe I'll try them this fall. |
What do they taste like? As I recall, the SSE catalog describes Molly as having a "clean" taste, which sounds weird to me. Clean of what? Are there aftertastes or off flavors that ground cherries usually have? kristin |
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Reign--thanks for the information this spring. I have 2 growing. They are beautiful, but I do need to make sure I don't confuse them with the tomatillos right next to them(!). Also, SSE said that they sprawl about 3ft. Maybe it was the loads of rain we got this spring in Upstate NY, but mine are almost 6 ft wide, and had to be staked as they trampled everything. Also, the squirrels seem to like them. Not a problem as they are loaded with fruit! While I don't really know what to do with them (am thinking of making perserves or chutney) I can't imagine not having them in my garden. My one question is how do I tell when they are ready to be harvested? Are they similar to tomatillos in that the fruit will fill out the husk? When I ate a few off the plant a few weeks ago they were small in the husk and quite tart. (sadly, I've been away from the garden since) Is this the norm? Many thanks, |
They are ready to harvest when they fall from the plant. The husk browns and the fruit falls to the grown. The fruit will be yellow - golden yellow. They keep a long time if you leave them in their husk. |
I grew Cossack Pineapple in my previous garden; it also spread quite a bit. The fruit would fall on the ground when ripe, so all I had to do was lift the branches & pick them up. This had to be done constantly, however, because mice would "harvest" them if left alone. The flavor is quite pleasant, especially if allowed to ripen within the husk for several weeks after harvest. But consumption of large amounts of the raw fruit is unhealthy, and is not recommended. |
- Posted by fran_always z6 PA (My Page) on Sun, Aug 20, 06 at 17:53
Zeedman, could you say why raw ground cherries are unhealthy? I guess you might have to eat a lot more than the few Aunt Molly's I munch on while gardening. Fran |
Fran, you are correct in your assumption. I can't recall the original source of the recommendation... :-( ...but I am still looking. I only remember that it cautioned against eating _large quantities_ of the ripe fruit raw. I have snacked on them myself, with no ill effects. The immature fruits contain potentially fatal amounts of solanine & related alkaloids; I can only assume that some small amount remains in the ripe fruit. Solanine is the same substance that makes potatoes toxic when they turn green. |
- Posted by mogardening 5b (My Page) on Tue, Aug 22, 06 at 23:45
My mother always had ground cherries growing in her garden on the farm in Iowa. I love them. They never made it to the house, we would all sit by the plants and eat as many as we could. When I moved to Missouri years ago, I tried many times to get them to grow here, no luck. Until I ordered the Aunt Molly plants from Seed Savers. I ordered two more plants this year but probably didn't need to, I have many volunteers plants coming up all over my garden. It's wonderful! My mother never had to plant them either, every year she just let some of the volunteers grow. You should never eat a green ground cherry, they can make you very sick and some people just react badly to ground cherries. I've never meet anyone who has gotten sick from them but then again, I haven't met to many people who know what ground cherries are. They are like candy to me! |
When I started growing them my MIL warned against eating the unripe fruit. I've never been told there was a problem with how much raw ripe fruit we eat. We eat a lot. :) We treat them like candy too. Thanks to the volunteers, this year I may actually get to try cooking with some. |
- Posted by chloeprays 7b (My Page) on Thu, Aug 24, 06 at 17:58
I bought ground chery seed from jl hudson this year and simply had no luck with them at all! I replanted 3 times before I ran out. I direct sowed in the garden. Perhaps I should have started them in flats. Do they like lean soil? Mine is very rich and loamy. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. |
I started gardening in new plots last year; but in my previous garden, ground cherries volunteered every year. I tried to transplant some of them, but those that didn't die outright were significantly weakened. The root system is not as fibrous as tomatoes, mainly a large taproot, and it does not take well to transplanting in the garden. In your climate zone, I am surprised that direct-seeding failed. Perhaps you will have to start them in pots initially (I did) to "air prune" the taproot. There is a wild ground cherry that grows even here in Wisconsin, so they should volunteer in your garden once they seed. |
I love those wild ground cherries, aka "ground tomatillo", they grew wild in our gardens when I was a kid. The fruits are small, but they have a pineapple like taste to them, yum! I hope I can find some seeds, or a wild pland somewhere. |
Reviving this thead, because I and a friend are trying these for the first time this year. Can these be caged/staked withoug ill effect on productivity? It turns out I am getting 9 plants (5 I ordered from SSE and 4 from my friend. I ordered them from SSE as a backup in case hers failed, at her request. She now has 6 seedlings and is going to give me 4). Nine of these very productive plants!!!!! I think I will be canning these and drying them, and possibly cooking with them too :D |
- Posted by evonnestoryteller CT 5-6 (My Page) on Sat, May 10, 08 at 20:32
I was looking at the seeds and I was interested in trying to grow a variety of ground cherry, pineapple and strawberry. Can anyone tell me if cross-pollination affets the fruit for taste? I would imagine they need to be planted in different parts of the yard for seed saving too. How many days to maturity? Thanks! |
- Posted by evonnestoryteller 5-6 (My Page) on Wed, May 14, 08 at 19:17
I read online the DTM is 70 days. |
Sorry if this is a repeat. I planted fifty seeds of Aunt Molly's, but am not sure what the seedlings look like, and there is no description on the package. The cherry seedlings are lost amongst tree and other seedlings. Do they have red stems with really dark green leaves? Does anyone have a picture? I scoured the internet and came up with nothing. Thanks for any help you can provide. |
- Posted by Sara 5(firstname.lastname@example.com) onMon, Mar 16, 09 at 20:29
Do ground cherries cross-pollinate with tomatoes? |
- Posted by manchester-sara 5b SE Michigan (My Page) on Sat, Mar 21, 09 at 20:02
No, ground cherries are in a totally different genus from tomatoes. They also don't cross pollinate with tomatillos which they are more closely related to. |
- Posted by jessicavanderhoff 7 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 25, 09 at 16:59
This might not be very helpful, but mine just sprouted, and they are incredibly skinny, tall green stalks (taller and skinner than anything else I've ever started). I'll try to remember to upload a picture later. |
- Posted by jessicavanderhoff 7 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 25, 09 at 18:46
- Posted by happygardener23 5a (My Page) on Wed, Mar 25, 09 at 20:51
I'm growing these for the first time this year and will be using containers. I ordered the pineapple from Southern Exposure and a "husk cherry" from Fedco. I recall the descriptions generally saying that they had a mild citrus flavor akin to pineapple when ripe and reading cautions about eating the unripe fruit as it was a "powerful emetic." They also said that they lend well to preserves and pies in addition to eating out of hand. I figure that my girls will love them. |
I'm Ground Cherry too, No luck yet with germination... Those seeds are really tiny, I bought a Heat mat and dome kit to try to to kick them off.. Btw dont eat them when there still green! Ground Cherry are toxic when their not ripe. Becuase they are part of the NightShade family. |
Ground cherrys are excellent. Ripe when they fall on the ground. And they always remind me of bonsai trees. If you like berries you cant plant enough!!!! In the remote chance you dont like them you can send them to me. |
- Posted by jessicavanderhoff 7 Md (My Page) on Wed, May 13, 09 at 17:30
Mine are finally starting to look almost respectable. How are everyone else's doing? |
- Posted by jessicavanderhoff 7 Md (My Page) on Sat, May 23, 09 at 12:54
Looking good! |
Looking good! Yeah thanks and if you look at my other post, I started these around April 8th,(the last time I posted in this thread). They really are not growing too fast. Hopefully they'll pick up in July. I may of put them out too early. |
oh by the way Jessica you started yours in March 25? Dang yours aren't growing to fast either. Maby they are a slow plant by nature. |
You can buy seeds from Diane's Seeds website. One package to a customer, however. |
- Posted by jessicavanderhoff 7 Md (My Page) on Tue, Jun 2, 09 at 19:57
I think they are a slow plant by nature. Mine is doing a bit better these days, though! :-P |
Yes I think they are slow plant.. its hard to believe that such a little sprout will turn into a huge sprawling plant! Here is mine now, blooming with fruit. I'm not sure when to pick them though. :) (And I was worried I planted them too late, lol) |
- Posted by happygardener23 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 12, 09 at 23:43
Yours looks just exactly like mine at this point....I recall reading that the fruit will drop from the plant when ripe, but this is my first time growing them so I may be wrong. |
- Posted by jessicavanderhoff 7 Md (My Page) on Mon, Jul 20, 09 at 13:32
They do turn brown and drop. Incidentally, I think they're disgusting, so if anyone wants some pineapple ground cherries to eat or save for seed, please send me an email. |
- Posted by judithann_2009 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 31, 09 at 21:12
I have about 7 ground cherry plants growing in my garden. They are loaded with cherries - but when they fall to the ground the husks are empty. What am I doing wrong. Should I pick them before they fall. At this rate - I'm not going to get any cherries. Any ideas are welcome. Thanks, Judy |
- Posted by Connie 3b(email@example.com) onThu, Aug 6, 09 at 12:07
I planted 5 ground cherries in a raised bed along with several tomatoes and some bachelor's buttons. Very crowded in there! They are doing well as far as I can tell, and if they are as delicious as most people say I want to plant more in a big new in-ground bed. So my question is: are these bushes by any chance perennials? Will they survive a Canadian winter? What should I do to promote a healthy patch of ground cherries? Thanks, Connie |
- Posted by April 5/6(email@example.com) onSat, Jun 25, 11 at 19:22
A couple of interesting plants popped up in my garden last year, and I had no idea what they were. Discovered they were were ground cherries. They are back this year. Are the wild ones edible? (Because of their similarity, I decided to plant some tomatillos this year. Doing very well so far. Thank you to manchester-sara for letting me know the two won't cross.) |
- Posted by ZuriGreenPaws none (My Page) on Sun, Jun 26, 11 at 15:26
This is my first year trying husk cherries. I have tried to find a definitive answer on how to best support them. I have heard that cages will not work because they typically grow under them. Does anyone have any tried-and-true methods? |
- Posted by stormy_weather 5 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 29, 11 at 11:22
They don't seem to need any support. |
I adore mine! I planted some next to my deck so they can freely make more ground cherries and at a web page recommendation (don't remember the page) I planted some in a large container on the deck -- makes it a lot easier to find and harvest the fallen fruit. They are trickling in a bit at a time and I am freezing them with the trickle of blueberries I got off my first year plants, and I made blueberry/ground cherry scones a week or two ago that were fantastic. The sweetness is comparable to a blueberry but the flavor reminds me more of persimmons or something (but sweeter than the persimmons I have). I saw a recommendation to peel back the husk and dip them in chocolate for a dessert garnish, which I am definitely going to try, along with ground cherry pie. Yum.. |
- Posted by beads(firstname.lastname@example.com) onSat, Aug 13, 11 at 8:32
Hey Everyone, Ground Cherries are a very interesting plant. They ground on the ground and are a member of the tomato family. There is no pit in the cherry, they look more like a tomato on the inside. Ground Cherries are best when they are yellow in color. Typically, they will fall off the bush when they are ready to be picked. Ground Cherries have an interesting flavor. I believe their taste changes a little as you eat the piece of fruit. At first, it tastes more like a tomato, but then gets very sweet at the end. I've heard people use words like "mango," "pineapple," and "cherry." A few have not been able to put the taste into words. Definitely try ground cherries in a pie! They are wonderful and really sweeten up. |
Will ground cherries produce by themselves or do they need pairs? |
- Posted by PunkRotten 9b (My Page) on Sun, Aug 28, 11 at 15:42
I hear they need another plant because they do not self pollinate. Also I ave a question, since the unripe fruit is toxic, has anyone had a problem with their dog or cat eating an unripe berry? I have 4 small dogs and they are curious and do sometimes eat unripe tomatoes. How toxic are the berries? How many could kill a human? |
- Posted by TheCleverVine none (My Page) on Mon, Sep 12, 11 at 14:43
the unripe ground cherry berries are apparently wayyy more toxic than unripe tomatoes... as to how much more, I am not sure. Thankfully my cat completely ignores my ground cherry plants (she's partial to barley and couchgrass) but if your dogs are that curious and have eaten unripe tomatoes in the past, then I would most certainly err on the side of caution and not plant any physalis plants like ground cherries, tomatillos, etc. As for this being a slow-growing plant, I think it all depends on soil quality and environment. Yeah, it'll grow in most soils, but one Aunt Molly's that I transplanted pretty late (some time in June) grew faster than anything I've ever seen before, even with my chilly microclimate, only 4-6 hours of full sun, and this spring/summer being as record-breakingly cold here in the southern gulf islands of BC. Mind you, this one ground cherry has all to itself a mound of 250+ gallons of incredibly eniched soil that was originally meant for experimenting with a monster tomato plant-- but then the deer jumped my fence and destroyed everything except the lemon verbena and my ground cherries (which is a real testament to how poisonous ground cherry plants are, since these deer happily eat entire tomato, pepper, squash, even yarrow plants without thinking twice. The lemon verbena is simply too annoyingly fragrant for them to bother). After the heartbreak of a decimated garden, I let a ground cherry start that I was growing in a 1 gallon pot take over that space, and in three months it went from being one foot tall to exploding to six feet tall and 6-7 feet wide, completely covered in at least 150 blossoms and husks! The amended soil must've been the reason for this, because I barely had to water it during the summer droughts, maybe once every week or two-- if that. I will take a picture of this lovely plant and post it here in the next week or two. I wish I transplanted it earlier, since these husks do take forever to ripen with these cold nights and mornings. |
Pulling up this one - I'm planting ground cherries for the first time this year - Aunt Mollys from Jungs seeds. For those who have experience: Seed packet says germination in 28-35 days at 77-85 degrees. Does it really take so very long? Also - my pack says "determinate" - I had thought they were like tomatillos - just bearing fruit until frost. Is it one crop and done? Any benefit to succession planting? I was planning on planting with my tomatilloes - however - in reading about the toxicity, perhaps they should be separated? My purple tomatilloes were a little too sweet when making salsa verde, so we began to harvest them while still green, and worried I might confuse them if the bushes get tangled - now the tomatilloes - any toxicity there with unripe fruit? Can you easily distinguish ground cherry from tomatillo by husk? Also - some of the earlier posters mentioned trying pineapple ground cherries - how did that work out? How was the taste vis a vis Aunt Molly? TIA!!! |
- Posted by suburbangardenMD 7 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 25, 12 at 19:45
Its my first year as well...but I do have sprouts coming up in my high tech, super expensive seed sprouting containment unit( egg carton ). My first set took almost three weeks...I started to worry when nothing was happening so I started some more. As I got my next carton started with various seeds, including the ground cherry, the original carton set started to sprout. I am planting the Cossack Pineapple, purchased from Southern Exposure. No idea if these are determinate or not, maybe I should email Southern Exposure. |
- Posted by drbeanie2000 z6 MA (My Page) on Fri, Mar 30, 12 at 1:15
I have never had any trouble germinating Aunt Molly's or Pineapple seeds, even seeds that were years old. I start them when I start tomatoes, and they come up exactly when the tomatoes do. Neither of those types seemed "determinate" to me! I kept meaning to take a picture of the gigantic shrubs they turned out to be in my garden the summer before last. They really did need staking, or the tomato-plant-like branches would split at the base of the plant. Not that that killed them, oh no. They were a good seven feet tall, and approximately six feet wide - even with trying to support them. I'd say the flavor is like a very, very sweet tomato. Pineapple was sweeter than Aunt Molly's, but both are extremely sweet, in a rich tomato-ey way. I've never had ground cherries have husks that are as big as the tomatillos I've grown. Tomatoes, tomatillos, and ground cherries all like the same conditions. Tomatoes can self-sow, but they don't show up early enough the next year to produce fruit. GROUND CHERRIES DO. |
- Posted by BrandyCTodd 9 (email@example.com) on Wed, Jun 6, 12 at 14:15
I have wild ground cherries growing in my garden or what I assume is a ground cherry. I've looked around on the Internet and it's either a ground cherry or a tomatillo. The plant looks different than the pictures posted previously so I'm not sure. With all the toxic warnings I'm scared to try it. I have one small yellowish husk that has fallen off the plant but I'm not sure if that is considered ripe yet or not! They are growing in a place that gets taken over by wild morning glory and weeds so I'm not sure if I should move the plant or leave it and just keep the space around it as clear as I can. There's a baby plant like it nearby that I'm thinking of putting in a pot to see how that goes. I'm very intrigued by this plant but also rather scared of it! |
I read about these plants in a catalogue from seed savers exchange. I was curious about them so I made deeper search on the plantation method and the varieties. I found them in a supermarket in my country for 50$ per kg. I bought one for tasting and it was Cossack Pineapple. I placed few fruits in the sun for using the seeds later this spring. I just want to ask if anyone tried these plants in vertical stacking pots or in hanging baskets, two or three above each others? Or tried to trellis them with a V shaped trellis, so the plant would grow on the trellis and the fruits fall directly on the ground, not below the plant? Thank you for your sharings |
Depending on type, the plants get large to VERY large. |
- Posted by fignewbies 5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 2, 13 at 18:06
Hi, I live in Ontario, Canada. |
Fignewbies, I started about 20 ground cherry seeds earlier this spring (early march). They really didnt start growing well until it was consisitanly 80-85 degrees. I grew the Physalis pruinosa variety from the sample seed shop. The plants only get about 2-3 feet tall and 1/2 as wide. Great for Pots. Ours taste like sweet pineapple. |
- Posted by fignewbies 5 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 22, 13 at 15:17
Hi, MissyGA64: Thanks for your info! |
- Posted by HuskTomatoGC none (My Page) on Sat, Aug 10, 13 at 13:27
In Pa. What do we do to Winterize this plant over winter here? I Love this plant! It is not only pretty but kinda resembles a potato & tomato combo looking leaves...and big too! |
I make jam out of them and my son loves etaing them off the ground. They are great ! Nice 'fruit' to eat |
- Posted by fignewbies 5 (My Page) on Sat, Aug 31, 13 at 15:00
Hi, This is the first year I am growing the ground cherry plant. |
- Posted by fignewbies 5 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 12, 13 at 19:06
My ground cherry fruits finally started to drop about 6 days ago! Thrill to see them drop to the ground! |
- Posted by HuskTomatoGC none (My Page) on Fri, Sep 13, 13 at 12:02
This is my first year for planting the Ground Cherry/Husk Tomato plant. This one [ only one grew from a handful of seeds I planted? Not sure why? I would say anyone would love this plant. Even if you do not want to eat the fruits it makes[ and boy did mine make tons!] love this plant! Next year I am going to use some seeds from this plant as it seems to be a super tough plant and very pretty too.. Ido want to get a few seeds from someone for the different varieties of them.Plants with the lanterns over the fruit that is. Do grow one you will be amazed at how well it grows... |
HuskTomatoGC -- ground cherries are tender plants and will die over winter just as tomato plants do in PA. (By the way, you should add your growing zone to your profile so that when you post we have a better idea of your climate, etc.) But mine always self-sow --often popping up in odd places, probably thanks to birds or squirrels. My ground cherries this year are dropping while still green. I am very disappointed! Even picking them up (if I don't, the squirrels & chipmunks will!) and bringing them indoors to sit in a basket for a week or so does not seem to get them to ripen as in the past. Darn. Was really counting on jam this year! |
I wonder how they would do in a hanging basket... |
I have seeds from Seed Savers Exchange for "Ground Cherry 23, Leewen Family Heirloom". Has anyone grown these? Were the fruits tasty? |
- Posted by cleocrafta z4 MN (My Page) on Mon, Sep 1, 14 at 1:49
My ground cherries are producing lots of fruit as they did last year. This year, I've noticed several ripe cherries have a light brown streak in them. To my surprise,when I cut them open I found a small white worm in each fruit! My granddaughter is so grossed by them, she won't even eat one until I cut it open to check for the worm. The cherry doesn't have any holes or openings where the worm entered. Wondering if the egg is laid on the blossom, then the larva grows inside the fruit? What can be applied to kill the egg yet is safe for us to eat the fruit? Any thoughts?? Thanks! |
Cleocrafta - free protein! LOL Sorry, just being a smarty-pants, don't know what you could do to prevent the worm. (I think your theory about the egg being laid in the blossom is correct.) Guess you just avoid the brown-streaked fruits; hope they are not many. If the green fruit is toxic, it is not so to squirrels & chipmunks or I'd have no more of those pests in my yard. (Of course, that is true of many plants & fungi we humans cannot eat.) They are getting ALL of them from the various beds I had tried to hide them in! Someone a couple of years ago wrote that "the Seed packet says germination in 28-35 days at 77-85 degrees" and that the plants were determinate. Usually I just allow the plants that have self-sowed pop up in the garden but this year I wanted to try some new varieties so started them under lights as I do my other veggie plants and they certainly did not take anywhere near as long as mentioned above. Certainly no longer than peppers (which always come up quicker than packet info says). I do use bottom heat for germinating nightshade family seeds. As far as determinate... Uh, no. Like the Eveready bunny they just keep going and going and going.... All but one of the ground cherry plants I have had over the years grow no more than about 12"-18" tall, but sprawl out in all directions (and do not root along the stems as tomatoes do - probably a good thing!). But this year I had one appear in my raspberry bed that has gotten nearly 3 feet tall. I think it used the canes for support as both plants grew. Of course, the squirrels found that one, too... (but seem not to be eating the raspberries, thankfully.) |
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Epifanio Zuniga Pleads Guilty in U.S. Federal Cour
Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in Missoula on April 7, 2009, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch, EPIFANIO ZUNIGA, a 29-year-old resident of Othello, Washington, pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Sentencing is set for July 10, 2009. He is currently released on special conditions.
In an Offer of Proof filed by the United States, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
On November 24, 2008, agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) purchased three ounces of methamphetamine and one pound of marijuana from ZUNIGA. DCI agents had previously purchased one pound of marijuana from ZUNIGA on two prior occasions in Arlee.
On the same day, ZUNIGA had sent a text message to the agents to negotiate the purchase of the methamphetamine and marijuana. They met ZUNIGA in the parking lot of a restaurant in Arlee. ZUNIGA got into the officers' car and handed one of the agents a heat-sealed bag containing the pound of marijuana. ZUNIGA also gave the agent three ounces of meth. The agents and ZUNIGA then negotiated a price for the drugs - $2,000 per ounce for the methamphetamine and $2,800 for the marijuana - and the agents exited their vehicle to get the money for ZUNIGA. Other officers then placed ZUNIGA under arrest.
ZUNIGA faces possible penalties of a mandatory minimum 5 years in prison and could be sentenced to life, a $2,000,000 fine and 4 years supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Racicot prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was a cooperative effort between the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Northwest Montana Drug Task Force, and the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation.
A copy of the Offer of Proof can be obtained by contacting Sally Frank at (406) 247-4638.


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273 Australian Government to Australian Delegation, World Health Assembly
Cablegram 5, CANBERRA, 24 June 1949, 2.30 p.m.
Your No. 2. Regional Organisation.
1. We should like further particulars of Philippine proposal before considering whether we would join region formed in this area. In case deferment on the lines you suggest fails, please advise exact terms of proposal. We are primarily concerned at the moment to safeguard Singapore's present position as epidemiological centre, but question of Headquarters of a large Regional Organisation in this area should be gone into carefully in collaboration with U.N. and other Agencies in accordance with established practice in this matter.
2. On the other hand, it should be made clear that we do not wish to stand in the way of establishment, on Philippines initiative, of a regional organisation which can, in the eyes of countries concerned, serve a useful purpose. If such region were established, however, we would naturally wish to consider it in relation to our association with health work of South Pacific Commission with whose programme in this field you will be familiar.
3. We are advising N.Z. who have approached us on this question, in above sense, and will advise you further, if necessary, after getting their reactions 4. Please cable regular reports on progress of discussions generally.


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And I added some blue.
I received this tablecloth at my Bridal Shower more than 50 years ago. It has some 'Age Spots' but I still use it from time to time.
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Happy valentine's Day to You TFLookin |
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- Posted by jeannespines (My Page) on Thu, Feb 14, 13 at 17:39
Happy Valentine's to you, too, nana! Ohhh...that 'vintage' t'cloth is gorgeous! I can call it 'vintage,' right! LOL! 50+ yrs old ... & a lovely way to celebrate Val Day! Very pretty! Here's some chocolate for ya ...but grab one fast! ;-) Jeanne S. |
Such a pretty table Nana...I too love the 'vintage' tablecloth. It's so perfect for this setting. I also like the blue accents you added - Let's see, you have a lovely setting, red roses too...all that's missing is the 'Chocolates' !! Oh...I forgot..Jeanne just gave you some...! Happy Valentine's Day to you too! jane |
Nana, gorgeous table! Your tablecloth is so pretty with that setting. So nice you still have this to share and use on this table. Love the red stems and layering. Your blue plates are so prety. Like the red rose in the napkin to match the cp. This would be a pretty table for 4th of July, Memorial or Labor Day too. Happy Valentines Day to you and everyone here on Holidays. So glad you keep posting to keep things active here! Hopefully I'll spend more time here again soon. I'm short handed at the office this week. Last night we had to take DGD her Valentine's Day gift and hang out. Punk |
- Posted by party_music50 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 13:38
Very pretty. I love the rose in the napkin! Valentine's Day didn't turn out well here... had a small problem that consumed most of the day and had to cancel all plans. :p |
- Posted by purplemoon (My Page) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 23:41
Nana, that is so heartwarming that you have such a special tablecloth to use for your Valentine table! I like your touches of blue. Party, I'm sorry your day got messed up. I dumped Valentine's this year. Totally. Have decided its definitely 'over' between me and Cupid. LOL. |
- Posted by party_music50 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 18, 13 at 6:32
awwww..... Karen, give that stupid Cupid a slap to the head! then get on the phone and order yourself a bouquet of flowers!!! Seriously, just DO IT! My BF *NEVER* bought me flowers for V.Day until the year that a co-worker did! :O) My V.Day wasn't ALL bad -- it meant that some serious cleaning could get done in places that I normally cannot reach. :p And my BF actually bought me a fresh bouquet of MIXED-COLOR flowers this year! For the past few years he's found all greenish-yellow flowers for me because it's the color HE likes. :p This year the bouquet was a mix of different white mums, hydrangea, and every imaginable hue of pink to red flowers, including lilies, stock, carnations, and statice. :O) |
Thanks so much everyone. Jeanne, the tablecloth definitely is "vintage" maybe even antique.LOL Thanks for the chocolates, yum. Jane, hope you had a nice Valentine's Day. Would you like some chocolates, I'm sure Jeanne won't mind if I share. Punk, I'm glad you could spend time with your DGD they grow up so fast! Karen I'm surprised the tablecloth has held up this long too. I have another one with pink roses that is in pretty good shape too. I am so sorry that it's is over between you and cupid I hope you can make up. Party, I'm sorry you had to cancel your Valentin's plans, your flowers sound lovely. Can you send a picture? Nana |
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CPS: School closure plan includes A/C, prep for special education
BY LAUREN FITZPATRICK Education Reporter firstname.lastname@example.com March 19, 2013 2:26PM
Sabrina Robertson, parent of a special-education student at McClellan Elementary, speaks during a news conference Tuesday about the planned closing of schools that serve special-needs students, outside of CPS Headquarters. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times
Updated: April 21, 2013 6:35AM
As the clock ticks against a March 31 school-closing deadline, Chicago Public Schools said Tuesday that every school that receives children from closed buildings will be air-conditioned by the first day of school, and every special-education student who's displaced will go to a school capable of handling that child's needs.
Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett and the ex-Marine she put in charge of the transition told the Chicago Sun-Times on Tuesday that the cost of moving children from closed schools to new ones and improving the buildings they end up in will be paid for within two years using savings from the closed schools. That includes air conditioning units or central air in every school that receives children — a contentious issue from September's teachers' strike.
Planned improvements for schools receiving children from closed buildings also include options for: Tutoring, mentoring, upgraded computer technology and improved buiding security, according to CPS.
"Under any scenario package that we've been able to analyze, we're fully paid back in less than two years," Tom Tyrell said.
CPS would not release specific figures, Byrd-Bennett said, because she hadn't finalized her list of schools to close. That list is due by March 31 but expected sooner.
An independent commission Byrd-Bennett tasked with helping her decide recommended that she close, consolidate and academically turn around no more than 80 schools of the 129 that are eligible. And a recent district request for vendors solicited moving and other transitional services for school buildings for 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 or 129 schools.
On Tuesday, Byrd-Bennett sent a letter "as a mother and grandmother" to parents of special-education students, telling them that their children will be assigned to new schools that can implement an Individualized Education Program, which describes what each special-education student needs. A special-education subcommittee also will be created to make recommendations, she wrote.
"I also know that transitioning to a new school may be challenging for some students, especially for those with disabilities," Byrd-Bennett wrote.
Her guarantees to parents include that equipment, supplies and accessibility issues will be settled by the first day of school; "meet and greets" will be planned for special-education teachers and parents to review IEPs, and schools receiving special-education students will be trained "to address the unique needs of all incoming students."
Earlier Tuesday, parents of CPS special-education students made an impassioned plea to Byrd-Bennett to spare the schools on her list with high populations of special-education students. Of the 129 schools, 39 have special-education cluster programs that serve children with profound and severe disabilities. Three serve special-education students exclusively. The list accounts for more than 6,000 special-education students.
Parents said closing the schools would be detrimental to their children.
Josephine Norwood has been through school closings. She has helped her son, who's 11, transition through two closures already. The boy, who has autism, is thriving now at McClellan Elementary School, 3527 S. Wallace St.
But another move will be disastrous to the progress he and his classmates have made, she said at a news conference in the lobby of CPS headquarters with parents from elementary schools including Lozano, Trumbull, Lafayette, McNair, Ryder and Smyth.
"They progress through repetition and stability," Norwood said at a news conference Tuesday organized by Raise Your Hand, a parent group. "If you uproot them again, they will lose a lot of their gain. I've seen it personally through the closures he's been through."
Raise Your Hand has been fighting the closings and has denounced the CPS formula of calculating how empty or full a building is, saying the district allows for too many children in each classroom. A district official admitted at a recent Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force meeting that CPS didn't account for small special-ed class sizes in its utilization formula, said Wendy Katten, parent director of Raise Your Hand.
"Chicago Public Schools has traumatized these families," Katten said.
"Many of these schools are full due to having eight to 15 children in their room, and they are not underutilized," she said. "We cannot believe this district has shown such callous disregard for the lives of children, our most vulnerable children."


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OCALA, Fla., December 19, 2013 — As the now-widely accepted birthday of Jesus Christ approaches, some must wonder how much of his story is true. Others would likely find this question horrific at best, and blasphemous at worst.
The reason is simple: According to New Testament history, Jesus simply isn't God's son, but all of humankind's personal savior.
It has long been the goal of academics and historians to track the life of Jesus in a scientifically sound fashion. With our society's recent technological advances, this has become more feasible, but no less controversial.
One man who has written much about the times and legacy of Jesus is Dr. Richard Carrier, a freethinker who authored, among other works, Proving History: Bayes's Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus.
Dr. Carrier has unorthodox views about Jesus — specifically that the man did not exist and is a religiously-inspired myth.
Speaking of Jesus, what about his mother, Mary? In the Roman Catholic tradition, she is considered to be a virgin, even after Jesus was conceived. What is the history of this perspective?
SEE RELATED: Jesus Christ's nativity story is probably false, experts say
"We only start to hear about a belief in Mary's perpetual virginity centuries after Christianity started," Dr. Carrier explains to The Washington Times Communities. "Some authors, like Tertullian (of the late second century) believed she conceived children by Joseph after Jesus, in the normal way, those being the brothers and sisters of Jesus mentioned in the Gospels. Other authors, like Irenaeus (of the same time), believed Mary remained a virgin and therefore Jesus's brothers and sisters were from another wife of Joseph's before he was betrothed to Mary.
"There is no evidence anyone actually knew either to be true. It was just a matter of what different Christians wanted to believe."
Dr. Reza Aslan works at the University of California, Riverside as an associate professor of creative writing. He believes that Jesus was real and is most well known for his nonfiction book, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. His emphasis on Jesus's role as a sociopolitical revolutionary has contributed new ideas to our national dialogue.
"It is difficult to say when exactly the tradition of the virgin birth arose in Christianity," he says to TWTC. "It is not mentioned in the earliest Christian writings – the letters of Paul, written between 48-60AD. It does not appear in the first gospel, Mark, written sometime around 70AD. Its first appearance is in the gospels of Matthew and Luke, written sometime between 90-100AD, some 70 years after Jesus's death. Most historians would argue that the virgin birth is early Christianity's answer to a theological problem: original sin.
"In other words, if all human beings are born in sin, then the only way for Jesus to avoid that same fate is to have been born outside of the normal bounds of nature. Hence, the virgin birth. Many Roman Catholics take this notion one step further and claim that Mary remained a virgin even after Jesus's birth. However, this belief is contradicted by the New Testament itself, which repeatedly mentions Jesus' brothers and sisters."
Moving beyond Mary, from where did the story of King Herod, who ruled present-day Israel under Roman autonomy, and the three magi, who supposedly brought gifts to baby Jesus, originate?
"Matthew probably made it up," Dr. Carrier claims. "A magus at the time was a priest of Zoroastrianism, a pagan religion originating in Persia, now known as Iran. Matthew is the first to imagine such pagan priests visited the baby Jesus, and in his account they visit Jesus at his home; Luke deletes these priests from the story, yet only in Luke's story is Jesus left in a manger and not safe at home.
"So combining the manger with the magi is a non-biblical conflation of two incompatible stories.
"Matthew also makes no mention of the magi numbering three. Later Christians simply assumed there were three because they brought three gifts, but Matthew does not say each magi brought one gift, so there is no reason to believe he intended there to be three of them.
"That Matthew put magi in his story at all may have to do with the fact that Matthew equates the risen Jesus with Daniel, since Matthew's empty tomb story emulates the story of Daniel in the Lion's Den….and Daniel is the only book of the Old Testament that mentions magi, there as Daniel's opponents, so Matthew corrects the historical record by having them bow down to Jesus, establishing Jesus is greater than Daniel."
Dr. Aslan explains that "(t)he story of Herod's massacre of all the sons born in and around Bethlehem in a fruitless search for the baby Jesus is, like much of the nativity stories (including the story of the magi), historically inaccurate. Herod the Great was the most famous Jew in the Roman Empire.
"In all of the countless words written about him – by Jews, Christians, and Romans alike – there is absolutely no mention ever of such a memorable crime outside of the single mention in the gospel of Matthew. Yet, as with Luke's story of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem, Matthew never intended his story about Herod to be read as what we would now call 'history.' Matthew's story is an allegory. It is an obvious reference to the Pharaoh's massacre of the Israelite's sons in a fruitless search for Moses.
"Like Luke, Matthew is making a theological statement: that Jesus is the new Moses who survived the Pharaoh's massacre and emerged from Egypt with a new law from God."
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Catherine and Robyn have been matched since Robyn was 12 years old (2008) and 6 years later they will be graduating from our program at the end of the year. Catherine and Robyn have enjoyed a variety of activities over the past 6 years from attending group events (especially snow tubing, Playdium and the Holiday Party) to doing activities on their own in the community. They continue to meet up once a month and usually go out for breakfast or dinner to catch up.
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Alex, Krista and RJ have been matched for 8 years as a couples match! In that time a lot has changed- each of them has developed new interests.
RJ has become a teenager and recently graduated high school, and Alex and Krista have become parents to two beautiful children! In the early years outings included a wide variety of activities such as watching movies, playing sports, attending BBBS Group Recreation events, cooking and more.Now their go-to activity is spending quality time as a group, with Alex and Krista's children, who RJ regards as his younger siblings.
Despite the evolution of their friendship over the last 8 years one thing has remained the same- Alex, Krista and RJ share an amazing, one-of-a-kind friendship which will undoubtedly continue after RJ's 18th birthday and the graduation of their match at the end of the month.
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The employees of Mercedes Benz Burlington, annually host a golf tournament in support of local charity. This year they choose Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton. The tournament was hosted at Crosswinds Golf & Country Club on August 10, 2014. Between 30 -4 0 employees attended the event and through registration fees and raffles, $3200 was raised in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton.
Changing the course of young lives changes the future of our communities. By every measure, BBBS returns positive results in the mental health, employment and civic engagement of other recipients of our mentoring programs
held on Saturday Sept 20th
Thank you to everyone who paddled, donated, sponsored and cheered everyone on!
Thank you to participating and organizing clubs:
Team Rosehaven took on Team Melrose at their annual team building event on Friday, September 12, but our kids were the BIG Winners. Not only did they challenge each other on the water, but each boat raised revenues totalling $6000 for our mentoring programs. Team Melrose, was victorious on the water by a mere few seconds.
Thanks to Marco Guglietti, President of Rosehaven Homes Inc and Silvio Guglietti, President of Melrose Investment Inc., and Jim Reardon, Past-Commodore Burloak Canoe Club.
Thanks to generous funding support from Halton Region and the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton just wrapped up a very successful year in its newest program, Adventure Canada Club.
Although initially piloted in three schools, demand blossomed and last year the program expanded into nine area schools. According to Program Director, Sita Jayaraman, "We have been overwhelmed by the success of the program. We originally had hoped to provide service for 40 children. Instead, last year we were able to reach 93 children through the ACC program. Next year, the program will grow again and move into 13 schools".
Parents have had nothing but glowing reviews including, "their child felt part of something at the school and not left on the outside". One mother said of her very shy daughter, "She told me she had fun and she felt not so shy anymore about being new to Canada". Two families even met through the program. Now they see each other outside of school as their children connected through the club.
At Rotherglen school, the class of 8C took an interest in the Go Girls! Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds program.
After learning about the program, the grade 8 class put together a short movie about Go Girls! to present to the REACH (Rotherglen Educating for Advocacy and Creating Hope) Foundation in hopes of receiving funds for the program. The movie together with a very convincing presentation, the REACH Foundation granted the Go Girls! program $5000!!!
But this wasn't enough for the class of 8C. These grade 8's decided to continue fundraising by selling lollipops at the school, and raised just over $1000! Thanks to Rotherglen School, the REACH Foundation and the class of 8C for granting the Go Girls! program over $6000!!!
WINNER: Brad Park
2nd Prize: Return Airfare for 2 and 1 week in San Miguel de Allende Mexico WINNER: Kim Stuch
3rd Prize: Diamond Cluster Ring - WINNER: Peteo Brunelle
4th Prize: Large Gift Basket - Value $500 - WINNER: Penny Anderson
BBBS Halton is pleased to team up with our local Tim Hortons stores who lend their great support to this event.
Thank you to our friends at the Oakville Community Foundation who have been wonderful community supporters of our mentoring programs. Most recently, we just received funding from the Foundation for both our Homework Club Program and our In-School Mentoring Programs. Funds will help us recruit volunteers for both programs.
The Georgetown Raiders will be supporting BBBSH through participation in the Mayor Bonnette Bowl for Kids Sake Challenge. They will be entering a total of 7 teams. Cindy and Bill Court, the owners of the team, will also be participating in the bowling event.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton held its 26th Annual Bonspiel on Saturday, February 22nd at the Oakville Curling Club.
Thank you to all our sponsors, pledgers, and curlers for raising over $36,000 for our Mentoring programs!
Please visit our Curling page for all the event information
An Ipsos Reid survey was commissioned by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada (BBBSC) and Invesco Canada Ltd to determine Canadians' expectations and aspirations for their children when they reach adulthood. The survey helps mark National Bowl for Kids Sake. People and businesses can support local mentoring programs by donating to the Bowl for Kids Sake campaign or volunteering to fundraise.
For more key findings from the Parental Hopes Survey by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada and Invesco Ltd, click here
Many of programs such as the Homework Club, Go Girls! and Game On! and Adventure Canada Club provide a healthy snack as part of the programming. Over the course of the year the cost of food becomes quite expensive. Our friends from the Grocery Foundation have made a very generous donation of grocery gift cards from Sobeys, Metro as well as a financial donation to help cover these costs. We thank them for assisting with this very important component of our mentoring programs.
Member of the Oakville Kiwanis Club, Hans Koop stopped by with some very welcome school supplies. Our Homework Club staff look forward to the annual visit from Hans and the Oakville Kiwanis. Says, Homework Club Program Manager Anne-Marie (pictured), "It always feels like Christmas morning when Hans stops by". Supplies donated will be forwarded on the over 300 students involved in the our Homework Club program.
Thank you to our newest sponsors who have through their generosity adopted an after-school Homework Club Program at a local Oakville, Milton, Georgetown or Acton elementary school. Check out our "Wall of Fame" for these extraordinary sponsors!
The Tenors, Canada's JUNO Award-winning vocal super group, have joined forces with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America spokesperson Laura Kaeppeler to launch a new single titled, 'I Thank You'. The song, which also commemorates the 100th anniversary of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada, is now available for download worldwide with proceeds contributed to assist in the ongoing development and support of mentoring services to children and young people.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada is thrilled to announce a new nationwide campaign, in partnership with Multi-Grain Cheerios, in support of our Go Girls Mentoring Program!.
What's the campaign all about? It's about joining the movement for healthy bodies, healthy minds; Where todays' young women stop dieting and see the value in balance before deprivation and worth before weight. To start this movement, Multi-Grain Cheerios is supporting Go Girls – A program that provides healthy mentors for young girls.
St. Andrews Homework Club welcomed guests John Nunnikhoven and Lisa Crosby from Glenn Graydon Wright. Glenn Graydon Wright recently donated $1000 in support of the Homework Club Program.
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Photos: Getting sauced at the Colorado Tomato Battle
The Colorado Tomato Battle at Dick's Sporting Goods Park Saturday was a mash-up of childhood frivolity and big-kid fun. Though the structure was more formal than the old Tomato Wars between Coloradans and Texans at Twin Lakes, the result was the same: utter chaos and tomato soup. Tomato Battle founders Max Kraner and Clint Nelson combined concepts from La Tomatina Festival in Spain and Oktoberfest in Germany to come up with a food fight complete with live music and beer that they could market to cities across the United States. Nathan Federico brings back these photos from the July 7 battle.
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