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Mar 23rd, 2007 at 05:01 PM
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I was browsing through my cookbook and saw pictures of B.L.A.T's and I've been craving them ever since. Why can't someone grow good toms and ship them to me year round? Anyone else beginning to get the craving?
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Do you know fresh home grown tomatoes come in the FALLL TIME, like just before WINTERRRRRRRR??? heeehehehehe, I swear us gardener's are masochistic... Planting seeds in the spring and dreamin' of fall harvest just to get that red, ripe, delicious, tangy, acidy, sweet, juicy tomato.. fresh from the garden.. *ahhhhhh man, you two have got me wantin' one now..*
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I don't think it was very polite to remind me that my seeds won't be bearing anything delicious and mouthwatering until the fall. Now that makes me want my toms even MORE which makes my craving now Agony Infinitely worse. :crazy: lol
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I hear you on that.. I just amaze myself sooooo much, when I am finnnnnally out of winter here and starting my seeds, waiting for the over night temps to be warm enough not to freeze my seeds over night out in the greenhouse... And I think when I plant those tomato seeds, I am thinkin' of harvest time, wishing it would be here NOW....... And then I realize, if it were now, I'd be headin' back into winter again... I have been getting some vine ripened tomatoes from the grocery store here, and if I let them sit for a good bit, they finally ripen red and aren't so hard.. and they are reasonably close *I did say reasonably not totally* And I can still have my summer!!! YAY!!!!
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I have my Tomatos in the ground already.
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I have my Tomatos in the ground already. Ohhhhhhhhh see how you are Pat... We're all dyin' for a home grown tomato and the snow's not even melted.. and you're already on your way... *you lucky duck*
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I cant see the ground in my garden yet either. Last night I told BF to shovel off the snow, warm up the ground and plant my tomato seeds for me. Tee-hee !!
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I have my Tomatos in the ground already. Ohhhhhhhhh see how you are Pat... We're all dyin' for a home grown tomato and the snow's not even melted.. and you're already on your way... *you lucky duck* Foturnatly all the bad weather has gone north of us. Our last freeaze day is March 25, and last Frost day is about May 1. I need to go and till up some more area as I have my garden full already.
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My last frost day is May 30! :( Pat, you'll be eating tomatoes the day I plant mine :)
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We had just had really good weather here the last couple of months. Been in the 70's most days the last 2 weeks, it has almost hit 80. The night time temps have been in the 60's.
But wait until we start having those 100+ days this summer!!!!
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My last frost day is May 30! :( Pat, you'll be eating tomatoes the day I plant mine :) You and me both Wrennie!!!!
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But wait until we start having those 100+ days this summer!!!!
You'll have to figure yourself out some shade cloth contraption Pat.. Brain~Drain here, but someone, new, just posted a picture for me of a raised bed he did..*and I'm short on time, put will find his picture* but you could incorporate something like that, and shade those tomatoes in the scalding heat/sun... (just and idea to think about)
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But wait until we start having those 100+ days this summer!!!!
You'll have to figure yourself out some shade cloth contraption Pat.. Brain~Drain here, but someone, new, just posted a picture for me of a raised bed he did..*and I'm short on time, put will find his picture* but you could incorporate something like that, and shade those tomatoes in the scalding heat/sun... (just and idea to think about) It got so hot and dry last year everything shut down, after the heat was over some things started producing again. I dread to see those days again, sometimes they last for weeks. When you wake up and it's already 85* you know it's going to be another hot one!!!! (But it does make the peppers and Orka grow good.)
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I remember those days for you..
Thats' why I was thinknin' of the shade cloth...
Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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Mar 24th, 2007 at 11:22 AM
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I've had to settle for store-bought tomatoes too. Really make ya hungry for the real deal!
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I opened a new jar of homemade salsa. So it's like eating last years tomatoes now. Unfortunately, I've noticed that the recipe doesn't age well--it's pretty salty now. This year I'll be trying some new recipes.
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I remember those days for you..
Thats' why I was thinknin' of the shade cloth... I have already cut the grass twice this year, so I guess summer is here,
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Mar 24th, 2007 at 07:44 PM
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Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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Mar 24th, 2007 at 08:23 PM
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Rain and mud here Weezie... and frost a couple of nights ago. Way to soon for tomatoes. :( I ventured back to my garden yesterday... And good thing they are in raised beds' The water is up past my ankles... And it's still draining from the snowbanks into my property here.. I won't dry out 'til end of April/May...
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Mar 24th, 2007 at 08:31 PM
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Plus the way my yard slopes, I get all the melting from the road ways too...
Nothing I can do about it...
*I have a picture (somewhere's lost in my menagerie`) of my oldest son when he was about 3 or 4 and he's got his favorite push behind tractor... And he's runnnnnnnnnnnnnning thru the "new stream" in our back yard, doing rooster tails in the water... it was sooo high up, cause there was sooooooooooo much water...
But I am still dyin' for a ripe tomato now... *rollseyes and cries*
Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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Mar 24th, 2007 at 08:39 PM
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We all like puddles here... I taught them that... *as long as they have their mud boots on, I don't care..* ~~~>get a wee~bit mad when they have their sneakers on though..
Okay, back to tomatoes... (darn, I am wanting fall time...) ~~~>somebody slap me for sayin' that!
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Mar 25th, 2007 at 06:56 AM
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Yes, me too! My seedlings (28 varities, 3 of each) are on their 2nd transplant and I can't wait. May 1 is my date for planting outside. I can't wait. Those tomatoe's at the grocery store are just horrible. Nothing like the first ripe one right off the vine! I don't share that one, I just pick it and pop it right into my big fat mouth! LOL joyce
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Oh my goodness...all this talk of Tomatoes!!!! This is going to be my first garden in the new place. I'm setting up 4 raised beds in the coming weeks, and the excitement is almost unmaintainable. Last year I had a volunteer tomato plant that, all things considered (terrible soil, crazy location), did pretty well. They were little tomatoes, and I harvested some of them and let them turn red in the kitchen. Some I left on the vine to ripen, and a few of them I threw to the critters of my backyard. Anyway..I am ever so excited... As far as puddles, I don't have any children yet, but I DO have a dog who absolutely LOVES splashing in puddles. Right now, my poor backyard is VERY wet. But the snow is all gone. I think it's all in my basement now.
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Mar 27th, 2007 at 01:03 PM
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Hi there Nick. Raised beds will be awesome. Flooding in the basement? ICK! Hope nothing got lost. Luckily, nothing was lost. Our basement is pretty empty, minus the water..lol. And all things considered, it could be a lot worse. It's several inches. I'll be buying a utility pump soon.
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Mar 27th, 2007 at 07:54 PM
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I bet. Amazing what you find out about a house in the first year or two you own it. Somehow it seems that you learn a LOT more negative about your house in that time. Funny how that works.
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I bet. Amazing what you find out about a house in the first year or two you own it. Somehow it seems that you learn a LOT more negative about your house in that time. Funny how that works. Ain't that the truth!?!?! :( I wish I'd become a contractor now instead of a webmaster..LOL
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Mar 28th, 2007 at 09:21 PM
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Don't throw rotten tomatoes at me this fall....but....my tomato plants are now almost three feet tall and have flowers too.
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Mar 29th, 2007 at 04:40 AM
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Hey, good for you!! What part of the country are you in? My tomatoes are still on the small side but they are beginning to put on some blooms. Can't wait!! :)
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Don't throw rotten tomatoes at me this fall....but....my tomato plants are now almost three feet tall and have flowers too. Where are those tongue thhhhhhhhhhhh'ing gremalin's when you need them????? Congrat's Deborah.. I think that is sooooo cool that you have them soooooooo far along, already!!!!
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Well, I'm impressed. Mine just are just putting on their first true leaves.
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My seeds are still in their packages... *hehehehe*
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() <----insert green laughy face there.
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I've just started the 2nd repot on my biggest ones and the last are just popping through. The biggest should be ready by May. If I can wait that long. Have been buying a few Campari's for the salads and BLT's. Just couldn't wait for mine. Jay
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Marleine, I'm in San Diego county, California. Good one, Weezie ! Sarah, I cheated-they were 3" plants I got at Home Depot !
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You cheated? I'm still jealous. You're in a zone where you can cheat? I've actually got a few tomatoes out in the garden now, been putting out a few more every few days. I'm between the downpours. I can't believe all this rain! It has POURED everyday since 20th. Ten days of rain. It was bright and sunny this morning and I was cautiously helpful and literally, I grabbed some nasturtiums in jiffy pots to put out, stepped onto the front steps, and it started sprinkling then the heavens just opened. Maybe this is an omen not to plant too early. lol My frost day is April 10th.
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Yes, we cheat all the time-we have veggies for sale even in December here, and again in late February. I hope it clears up for you soon-I know you wanna get out and garden !
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I do not call buying potted plants of any kind "cheating" I call it a wise move.--But when I can, I get plants from my dad who grows his own---he starts all his plants in his greenhouse every February--and if I can be patient enough I get all I can use. But since we moved I have less garden space--(oh well) But if it does not stop raining none of this will matter--a person cannot plant in mud---can they?? we have been getting just enough dry days to make me think I can get into my garden (& it is even raised) and then it rains again-----:(
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Thanks, JunieGirl. The only problem with buying tomato plants is that the choice is terribly limited. It's always beefsteaks, cherries and Celebrities. I for one would freak out and/or faint if I saw a Cherokee Purple plant or any other heirloom, for sale in a garden center.
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Mar 30th, 2007 at 09:00 PM
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One time buying a store tomato turned out to be a VERY good thing-it was my first Cherokee Purple, and I thought wow, if a store one is that good, the home grown must be outta this world !
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Deborah, Going to have to get some by seeds then.. There's a bunch that do heirlooms here.. In the seed exchange part..
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