Looking Good
By webeishere
@webeishere (36313)
United States
April 16, 2009 12:00pm CST
This shot shows the new garden area I dug up; finally finishing it today. I plan on maybe a dozen to 18 tomato plants and about a dozen or so various peppers in the back area. This area is roughly about 10 feet deep and 8 feet across. It gets maybe 8 hours sun daily so it will work for the tomatoes. Did you dig a new area this year?
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
16 Apr 09
Yeah I have about 50 tomato seedlings growing.
I may just let them get bigger then give a
bunch away as that's way too many for my garden I feel.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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@BarBaraPrz (51819)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Apr 09
You could try canning some for the winter...
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@PurpleTeddyBear (6685)
• Canada
17 Apr 09
If you wanted Grandpa Bob if you don't like the idea of canning, or if you still had too much I'm sure your local food bank or friends would take them off your hands!
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@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
16 Apr 09
I didn't have to. The winds of February moved my aluminum shed for me and there was an instant garden! I do have to turn the ground, I think, but it won't be so bad. It gets sun all day!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
16 Apr 09
YIKES!
Did it damage the shed at all?
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
17 Apr 09
The shed was toasted! I spent hours taking it apart so I could have it hauled away. It also did a bit of cosmetic damage to my siding which I fixed myself and I will have a small area replaced in the future--I used the insurance check to pay for my root canal!
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@BarBaraPrz (51819)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Apr 09
Looks like a plot to me...
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@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
16 Apr 09
Yes canning some would be so nice but my son and I are the only ones in my family who eat tomatoes and when we do grow we just have what we will be able to eat ourselves or if more then we give some to friends so they don't go to waste. We have also made hot sauce before with some of them.
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@mummyofthree (2715)
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17 Apr 09
I don't really have anywere in my garden that I can make a vegetable patch.
However this year I have planted some rhubarb, which will hopefully provide me with lots of yummy puddings next year!
I am also planning on doing tomatoes in hanging baskets. I have been told they work very well that way but have never tried it myself. So we shall see!
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
16 Apr 09
I just came in a little while ago from more work on this area as well as some more transplanting also. I added an edging to two sides of this area. Why, I have no idea. I hade the pieces laying aroiund and decided to use them. Hahahaha!
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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@Barb42 (4214)
• United States
18 Apr 09
Grandpa, I'm going to hire you to come start our garden. We have nothing done, absolutely nothing done. When my husband fell about a month ago, he did something to his left leg (he fell on his right leg and arm, but hurt his left!) and it is very hard for him to walk around and it's been hard on him working or doing yard work.I haven't even mentioned planting a garden.He did buy some tomato plants before he got hurt and has let them nearly die. He's not even able to get the place ready to plant. But he did get a call from the DRS office about his X-rays yesterday. He didn't have a broken bone, but we know he's pulled something in it, but it will get well eventually. Perhaps we'll get something set out one of these days.
@PurpleTeddyBear (6685)
• Canada
17 Apr 09
Your so lucky! Your gardens look great and those of us that are renting or can't have a garden are super jealous just so you've been told mister! Good luck with the gardens, they look great, and I think you'll get lots of great stuff :)
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
17 Apr 09
Wow...I bet you are so excited about being able to start your garden..We don't have one but my neighbors are planting one this year....I hope everything grows like you want it to....
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@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
19 Apr 09
Home grown tomatoes are a wonderful thing! I'd like to grow some, as the ones we get in the shops are watery and tasteless. There's nothing like a toasted tomato sandwich - nice and salty, and crispy on the outside. Good luck with your growing - can't wait to see them when they're grown and ready to pick!
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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19 Apr 09
Hi GRANDPA BOB,
Its looking good, can't wait to see it when they are growing, nope I haven't got a big garden to do things like that, it will have to be in a large pot for me.
Tamara
