tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992080798609191097.post2465807658898843472..comments2023-08-20T01:30:29.525-07:00Comments on A Little Sweet Tea and Sass: One High Dollar TomatoCarolyn Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14704111268464382004noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992080798609191097.post-11041895539281643842015-03-12T06:03:09.926-07:002015-03-12T06:03:09.926-07:00I remember as a kid working in the garden with my ...I remember as a kid working in the garden with my Dad, watching the tomatoes grow and then while playing grabbing a tomatoe off the vne, raising them off with the hose. That first bite, juice running down your chin. Miss those young, carefree days of summer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14163872358290315376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992080798609191097.post-79727973479750091902015-03-10T06:39:03.999-07:002015-03-10T06:39:03.999-07:00We did the same thing. Planted dozens of tomato pl...We did the same thing. Planted dozens of tomato plants. They grew and made tomatoes but we thought we were buying big boys and these were those little bitty things. But I got to admit the crazy things produced (for Mr. B, of course) until frost. They were not producing for me, rest assured, because every time I looked at the garden from the kitchen window, they wilted!Carolyn Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14704111268464382004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992080798609191097.post-82458717338949229862015-03-09T17:16:04.860-07:002015-03-09T17:16:04.860-07:00Sounds like the year I planted two long rows of wh...Sounds like the year I planted two long rows of what was suppose to be the huge tomaties that one slice made a sandwhich. I waited like you did but low and below every dang one of them were those cherry tomatoes. I told the guy at the feed store he sold me the wrong ones. He said he wa sorry and that I wasn't the only one that had this problem. Dang it! I sure miss grandpas tomatoes. I never did figure out how he got them so big. He grew a record size for the county one year. The only thing I could figure out was he started those little buggers out during the winter in the basement. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08358724434896931681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992080798609191097.post-14068199477577423512015-03-09T10:03:34.662-07:002015-03-09T10:03:34.662-07:00I know, Margie, exactly what you are talking about...I know, Margie, exactly what you are talking about. Years ago my mama tried to give me a Christmas cactus. I told her I'd just kill it so she turned around and gave the danged thing to Charles. Wouldn't you know it, since it's his plant, it flourishes and blooms beautiful for him. If it was mine, it would have died years ago!Carolyn Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14704111268464382004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992080798609191097.post-22236155860801367482015-03-09T10:02:27.923-07:002015-03-09T10:02:27.923-07:00Well, rats! I did the same thing with gourds last ...Well, rats! I did the same thing with gourds last year. Had no idea you had to pinch off the little ones! I'll just buy them at the market in the fall. Thank you for stopping by and for the advice!Carolyn Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14704111268464382004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992080798609191097.post-75759796187404864582015-03-09T08:56:42.124-07:002015-03-09T08:56:42.124-07:00There is nothing better than a home-grown garden t...There is nothing better than a home-grown garden tomato. Wish I could grow them but my black thumb gets in the way. Margiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07807867126983563910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992080798609191097.post-4971004344395432015-03-09T07:46:54.667-07:002015-03-09T07:46:54.667-07:00That's about the kind of luck I have with gard...That's about the kind of luck I have with gardening. I finally gave up years ago because it didn't matter what it was, I couldn't grow it. One year I got a wild idea to grow my own gourds for crafting. I went and purchased all kinds of gourd seeds and planted them in the best soil. I babied those things and rejoiced with every little gourd that started growing. The thing is, none of them got big. Nobody told me you had to pinch off some of the little ones so the others would grow bigger. So, it was the first and last time I attempted to grow gourds.Linda Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06496464041656744569noreply@blogger.com