We are moving in the same direction. Gardening gets harder every year. I
hope to have a basement full of canned, frozen and dried food before we
start growing more and more in pots and window boxes. Right now I raise
most of my herbs and all of our lettuces on the back deck. The raised beds
in the garden catalogs are very tempting, too!
Tina
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks, Chuck... it tasted as good as it looks.
> Impressive Tina... but, too much work for the geriatric crowd.. We gave up
> the big garden three-years-ago.
> The back 3A are well downhill from the house, and the climb back up was
> getting too much for our old legs.
> Hence the deck and pots. BTW - We used to have two evaporators going to dry
> our tomato plant yields.
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I only planted 40 tomato plants this year. Last year, I planted 80. We
> > have fresh tomatoes a few steps from the kitchen from June through
> October.
> > The rest of the year they are in jars in the basement ;-)
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/151485578
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/151485595
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/151485595
> >
> > Tina
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
> > chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > I wish I'd had it earlier today. While preparing dinner I reached into
> > > the basket on the counter containing the sole tomato. Yuck! The
> hidden
> > > side was rotting. I had to run to the store and settle for something
> not
> > > very ripe.
> > >
> > > Chuck Norcutt
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/5/2014 7:10 PM, Rick Beckrich wrote:
> > >
> > >> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14089
> > >>
> > >> Really, really good!
> > >>
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