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On Saturdays, the Writer's Group would like to say thanks by presenting a "You Supply The Caption" photo. A gardening related photo will be presented, and you the Readers will provide humorous captions. The wit available on Dave's is some of the best around, so please join in the fun! This feature is not a "for compensation" article - just our way of saying Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoy...now let's hear some funny stuff!
Pumpator....Tomumkin? Hmmmmmmm.....
Photo credit and growing of this white soon to be beast :) Lilypon in Saskatchewan - thanks !
About Dea O'Hopp
I'm a long time DG'er, super merry wife to the greatest guy on this earth, Michael. By day, we're self employed Mortgage Bankers along with my son Andy. By evenings and weekends we're gardeners trying to get the best out of 3 acres that we can.
Andy and DDIL Michelle gave us the greatest gift of all this past year. We hope to inspire our Grandson to have the same love of gardening we do.
I truly hope you'll enjoy the occasional articles I submit and most importantly have fun cooking from your garden or your local farms.
Happy Gardening and Garden Cooking to all!
or saw what happened to the other little ones on our front step last year :S :
This message was edited Aug 26, 2008 11:13 AM
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Subject: Only one sprayer???
Posted by poppop (from forsyth, GA) on August 25, 2008 at 6:50 PM:
I wonder what I had in it last time I sprayed??
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 25, 2008 at 7:10 PM:
Ha !!
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 1:16 PM:
:0 Oh no........you know me too well! One of these days I am going to start labelling those bottles with a permanent marker. =/
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Posted by poppop (from forsyth, GA) on August 26, 2008 at 4:30 PM:
Lilypon,
It's too late when the pumpkin turns white!!!!! [ :) ]
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 9:47 PM:
LOL that's true. :S
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Subject: NO ONE SERVED THE ORANGE JUICE
Posted by docgipe (from NORTH CENTRAL PENNSY, PA) on August 25, 2008 at 5:41 PM:
Try water based acrylic thinned to transparancy for an orange fooler.
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 25, 2008 at 5:48 PM:
Ha Ha Ha!!! Great caption :)
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Posted by docgipe (from NORTH CENTRAL PENNSY, PA) on August 25, 2008 at 6:52 PM:
I KNOW....it is a beautiful white pumpkin but Charley Brown and I prefer orange. Appreciate that white too. It takes just as long and as much work to grow that nice white as it take me to grow a giant 1000 pounder which I never quite did grow anyway. It's not a plant racial issue. I just prefer orange and big even if I have to hire a front end loader to set it on my trailer.
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 1:19 PM:
But, but docgipe just picture that white one mixed in here! An occassional white one will come in handy! :)
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Subject: Charlie Brown's New Christmas Special
Posted by merpeg (from Midwest City, OK) on August 25, 2008 at 4:07 PM:
"It's the Great White Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!"
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 25, 2008 at 4:09 PM:
***chuckling*** :)
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 1:20 PM:
:D
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Subject: Miss October (Martha Stewart's "Living")
Posted by voxbarbara (from Mountlake Terrace, WA) on August 25, 2008 at 12:54 PM:
Compeitition is mighty stiff; between the mouldy looking squash and the terrifying gourds but this pale princess of the pumpkin world deserves the centerfold
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 1:37 PM:
Okay forget my little pumpkin cause now I'm turning white with a tinge of green (jealousy)! I really, really want to grow that pumpkin, with the dark shoulders, that I'm guessing is Musquee de Provence.
Next year I'm starting Musquee's seeds really early!
Fantastic collection Voxbarbara! Did you grow them?
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Subject: Holiday
Posted by zhinu (from (Laura) Olympia, WA) on August 25, 2008 at 11:33 AM:
I'm dreaming of a white Halloween...
edited to make it closer to the song.
This message was edited Aug 25, 2008 10:57 AM
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 25, 2008 at 1:50 PM:
lol :)
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 1:24 PM:
LOLOL You keep your dreams of a white Hallowe'en in Washington please zhinu!!! We've had enough of them here (our children really enjoy have their costumes seen). ;S
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Posted by zhinu (from (Laura) Olympia, WA) on August 26, 2008 at 1:27 PM:
I don't want a snowy Halloween either, we got snow in April, that was bad enough. We need an "Indian Summer".
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 1:32 PM:
Yep and a very, very light frost prior to that (so I can keep my pumpkins growing). :D
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Posted by zhinu (from (Laura) Olympia, WA) on August 26, 2008 at 1:38 PM:
We're hoping to get some pumpkins this year. My DSD started one in school and it's doing fairly well.
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 1:45 PM:
What variety is she growing?
My greatest wish is to see 'Full Moon' reach maturity. It's much bigger than this now ... I'll have to take a new picture today.
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Subject: Hmmm, I forget is it wear-
Posted by mindnova (from summersville, WV) on August 25, 2008 at 9:47 AM:
orange before or after Hallween, my, my, I think I'll just go with white!
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 25, 2008 at 1:49 PM:
Funnneeeee :)
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 1:25 PM:
:D Cute!
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Subject: Oh! honey does this color make me look-
Posted by mindnova (from summersville, WV) on August 25, 2008 at 9:44 AM:
Fat ??
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 25, 2008 at 1:49 PM:
cute !
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Subject: I'm sick!!!
Posted by Buttoneer (from Carlisle, PA) on August 25, 2008 at 9:24 AM:
My temp is high. Anybody know of a good pumpkin Dr. I can call?
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 25, 2008 at 1:48 PM:
I just literally chuckled out loud !!
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Posted by Buttoneer (from Carlisle, PA) on August 25, 2008 at 8:18 PM:
Hehe. Glad you did.
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 1:14 PM:
Good one Shirley!!!!! :D
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Posted by Buttoneer (from Carlisle, PA) on August 26, 2008 at 6:33 PM:
Shirley??????????
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 6:50 PM:
Ooooops sorry Buttoneer I got your name mixed up with another member whose handle seemed similar. :S I'll edit my post above.
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Posted by Buttoneer (from Carlisle, PA) on August 26, 2008 at 8:12 PM:
No Problem. I have been called Shirley before (LOL)
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 9:46 PM:
Sigh meant to mention that I ran out of edits. Thank you for taking it so well. :)
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Subject: What's Up ?
Posted by samatha (from Newport, KY) on August 25, 2008 at 9:00 AM:
Just hanging out, what you doing ?
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 25, 2008 at 1:48 PM:
Ha!
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Subject: No pumpkin!
Posted by TreeSteward (from Tilton, NH) on August 25, 2008 at 8:32 AM:
That's a patty-pan squash. Very tasty if sautaed in butter and brown sugar and served as a side dish!
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Posted by zhinu (from (Laura) Olympia, WA) on August 25, 2008 at 2:12 PM:
Still looks like a pumpkin
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Subject: Ghost Pumpkin
Posted by ggjohnson (from Quitman, LA) on August 25, 2008 at 8:10 AM:
Even though I don't participate with Halloween the 1st thing that came to mind was Charlie Brown's the great Pumpkin, since this one is white I thought of Casper and naturally, the great ghost pumpkin.
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 25, 2008 at 1:47 PM:
:)
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Posted by zhinu (from (Laura) Olympia, WA) on August 25, 2008 at 2:23 PM:
It could have been It's the Great Pumpkin, Casper, and that could be a sequel to It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
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Posted by taters55 (from (Linda Kay) Del Rio, TX) on August 26, 2008 at 8:24 PM:
I like this title.
Linda Kay
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 9:44 PM:
I like it too ggjohnson! :)
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Subject: White Pumpkin
Posted by dirtybug (from Columbus, OH) on August 25, 2008 at 2:44 AM:
Is this my Cinderalla Pumpkin? Am I to be dressed in virgin white? Where is my god-fairy mother when I need her???
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Subject: Let me tell you what I really think :)
Posted by gardener2005 (from Baton Rouge area, LA) on August 23, 2008 at 6:02 PM:
I think it is a white acorn squash in the tomatoes. :)
So dats a squa-mato...
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Posted by gardener2005 (from Baton Rouge area, LA) on August 23, 2008 at 6:23 PM:
I`m curious if it is a baby white pumpkin or a white squash?
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Subject: satin pothoes
Posted by roxann123 (from Sebring, FL) on August 23, 2008 at 4:56 PM:
I havebeen looking for a satin potho for so long and i dont no were to buy 1 or traade a plant for 1 pleas etell me who has them thank you.please let me no as soon as you no
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 24, 2008 at 7:29 PM:
Hi and welcome Roxann - have you tried the Vegetable forum? Let me know if you need help finding it :)
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Subject: Mummified Tomato
Posted by gardener2005 (from Baton Rouge area, LA) on August 23, 2008 at 4:10 PM:
The recent discovery of a mummified tomato by a gardener in Saskatchewan has the public astounded. The tomato is not normal in any sense of the word being white and it appears to have been preserved in the shape of a pumpkin...
:)
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 24, 2008 at 7:28 PM:
Ha !!
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 2:08 PM:
Hey I water my maters really good!!!!!
Oh who am I kidding ??? ........ You are right gardener it was a 'Zogola' [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] that I mummifed. :S :S :S :'(
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Posted by gardener2005 (from Baton Rouge area, LA) on August 26, 2008 at 3:18 PM:
I figured wouldn`t it be a experience to make the news? :)
Oh yes, those Zogola tomatoes are neat looking.
I was confused at first whether it was a white pumpkin or a white squash since they are coming up with new varieties of everything. I`m thinking after reading everything that it is indeed a white pumpkin? I like it.
Karen
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 9:55 PM:
Karen it's a pumpkin (but they are all considered squash....so you are right either way). :)
I'd love to grow something at my garden that would make the news (but then again it's at a community patch so probably the less news the better). Last year I grew 13 birdhouse gourds to maturity here and this year I have 2 cannonball gourds growing (and are at mature size now).......that is newsworthy here but I'm glad they weren't put in the paper.
Pam
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Subject: Ned worried
Posted by gardenwife (from Newark, OH) on August 23, 2008 at 3:46 PM:
Ned worried that junior had been too heavily influenced by Michael Jackson's relentless pursuit of cosmetic malfoogerty.
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 24, 2008 at 7:28 PM:
eeeeeck!! Almost 28 hours off DG - what a story :) Hey, how's that shoulder comin' along?
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Posted by gardenwife (from Newark, OH) on August 24, 2008 at 9:22 PM:
Slow, but steady I guess. I am learning patience. LOL
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 1:39 PM:
LOLOL I think you nailed this variety Gardenwife!
Sorry to hear about your shoulder......wishing you a speedy recovery!
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Subject: Scary...
Posted by redheadedwonder11 (from Calgary, AB) on August 23, 2008 at 3:32 PM:
I think I just saw a ghost.
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 23, 2008 at 3:42 PM:
Ha !
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Subject: P-L-T
Posted by Mrs_Ed (from Whiteside County, IL) on August 23, 2008 at 2:42 PM:
PLT Sandwiches anyone?
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Posted by KyWoods (from Melbourne, KY) on August 23, 2008 at 2:55 PM:
LOL Hey, ya never know til ya try one...
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Posted by Mrs_Ed (from Whiteside County, IL) on August 23, 2008 at 2:57 PM:
d'oh. i completely messed up.
B-L-P Sandwiches.
must be nap time!!!
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 23, 2008 at 3:42 PM:
funnneeee !!
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Posted by KyWoods (from Melbourne, KY) on August 23, 2008 at 5:44 PM:
LOL, I missed it too! It just wouldn't be the same without the bacon...
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Subject: It's a Canadian Camo Pumpkin!
Posted by CMoxon (from Urbandale, IA) on August 23, 2008 at 1:59 PM:
It's from the Great White North! What other color would you expect?! If it was orange, it would stand out against the snow and all the critters would come and eat it. So it uses the famous Canadian Camouflage trick to disguise itself! And the tomato leaves really confuse the squash bugs.
(I am actually Canadian, so I'm allowed to make jokes about the great white north...wouldn't want any of my fellow Canadians thinking that I'm one of those people who thinks we all live in igloos year round and have fur coats on in July)
:-)
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Posted by Moofiepoo (from Orlando, FL) on August 23, 2008 at 2:01 PM:
Hahahaa...that is cute.
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 23, 2008 at 2:12 PM:
That's great :)
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Posted by KyWoods (from Melbourne, KY) on August 23, 2008 at 2:54 PM:
LOL, CMoxon, then you'd like this (I did post it in the Candian forum): [HYPERLINK@www.gcfl.net]
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Posted by CMoxon (from Urbandale, IA) on August 23, 2008 at 3:00 PM:
KYWoods, that just about made me fall off my chair laughing! Thank you!!! I especially like the one about the big horse with horns... LOL....
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Posted by KyWoods (from Melbourne, KY) on August 23, 2008 at 3:13 PM:
Imagine trying to saddle one of those up... LOL
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 1:00 PM:
LOLOLOL good one CMoxon! ;D
Pam (whose currently refreshing the snow on her igloo).
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Posted by CMoxon (from Urbandale, IA) on August 26, 2008 at 1:32 PM:
Pam, make sure you are wearing your furry parka and watch out for Mounties - they are everywhere, since everyone knows that if you are Canadian, your Dad is a Mountie, a fisherman, or a lumberjack.
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 26, 2008 at 1:42 PM:
LOL well you are pretty close on the Mountie part! :)
The fisherman and Dad is right on (though only as a hobby). Given Saskatchewan's northern lakes I'm guessing very few males here don't lust about the thought of heading up there come ice break up.
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Subject: MAW
Posted by randbponder (from Hornick, IA) on August 23, 2008 at 11:28 AM:
Get Mah Scatter Gun. Them Hatfields been in Ar Tomater patch agin
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 23, 2008 at 11:59 AM:
Cute !!
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 23, 2008 at 12:15 PM:
LOL I can "almost" hear that being said here. ;D
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Posted by randbponder (from Hornick, IA) on August 23, 2008 at 12:39 PM:
Lilypon; You will have to let us know how those white punkins taste.
I was tempted to plant some but I plum run out of space. I have several kinds of squash then some melons on the other side of the garden. Abunch of sweet potatoes inbetween, then all my tomatoes. All taking up a lot of space. Not to mention the sweet corn, 9 rows of that. Think I will have enough to feed us through the winter. Though I am glad I planted extra as it hasn't been that great of year for the tomatoes here.
But I will still have enough to give some to some of our older folks.
Nice looking pumkin
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 23, 2008 at 12:52 PM:
Thanks Rand :)
Your garden sounds a lot like mine (but we don't have quite that much corn growing).
Here's some other pics of what we've got growing this year: [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]
I'll have to get busy and photograph some more of my peppers (we've got about 10 varieties growing).
We were lucky enough to get 20 x 180 feet (when all was said and done) this year.....a bit too much work but it's been a lot of fun too.
re your tomatoes........Are you getting lots of rain there?
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Posted by Moofiepoo (from Orlando, FL) on August 23, 2008 at 2:00 PM:
I think it looks like a Mator Punk. Good looking punkin.
I am getting ready for my fall garden. Our summer was so bad that the summer garden was a huge flop. Between the crazy weather and now Tropical Storm Fay, I got some burgundy beans and that is about it. The one lonely little tomato I got...was stolen..not sure if 4 footed or 2 footed theif.
To have a garden that big would be a dream for me. I pack alot into the area I use. But really wish I had more area I could use. I try to feed my family and the elderly neighbors too.
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 23, 2008 at 2:35 PM:
Hi. Moofie :)
Normally we'd only get 2o by 9o but this year they added on a new gardening area and not all were taken so rather than grow weeds they handed extras out. I wish you could get a larger plot too...with your normal growing conditions in Florida I'm sure you could grow an enormous amount of food. Here some veggies do very well but others, like peppers, aren't as productive given our shorter growing season (so I grow more plants to make up for it).
Btw do you look at the tomato forum? There are 2 fellows there (Tplant and Aries?) That. grow in zone 1O in earthboxes and get amazing crops from them.
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Posted by randbponder (from Hornick, IA) on August 23, 2008 at 2:59 PM:
Moofie; I would tease my neighbor that I would sneak in and swipe that first tomato. Only joking of course. One year I went to the trouble of going to town and buying some tomatoes, and used paper clips and hung a couple tomatoes from a couple vines, waited till one of them came out to the garden. Pretended to gripe about their use of a potent fertilizer or something. Their eyes nearly popped out when they saw those tomatoes. It was good for a great laugh.
Lilypon; We got most of our rain early on when it was cold. I am having to water now.
Our corn is all put up now. Us guys got together and made a day of it.
I picked it in the morning then took it down to our locak coffee shop. and about that time the Lutheran minister showed up, I inlisted him. So three of us were shucking it outside in the shade. Then Gary using his big pot Blanched it, then I and another friend were cutting it off the cob an the minister was bagging it. We all had corn for our freezers. I took the husks home to my compost pile. We also had a good time just visiting.
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Subject: Oh Dear..
Posted by Kizmo (from Marietta, OH) on August 23, 2008 at 11:05 AM:
Junior! Didn't we tell you what would happen if you didn't stay on our side of the patch?????
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 23, 2008 at 11:09 AM:
LOL :)
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 23, 2008 at 12:30 PM:
Love it!
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Subject: color
Posted by irisMA (from South Hamilton, MA) on August 23, 2008 at 12:11 AM:
Help! Where's the orange paint?
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Posted by Dea (from Frederick, MD) on August 23, 2008 at 5:50 AM:
Ha !!
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Posted by ladygardener1 (from Near Lake Erie, NW, PA) on August 23, 2008 at 7:34 AM:
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Posted by dmdula (from Morganton, NC) on August 23, 2008 at 8:33 AM:
This is what happens when a pumpkin sees a ghost!
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Posted by cathy4 (from St. Louis County, MO) on August 23, 2008 at 10:59 AM:
"Maybe a bit too much sunscreen?"
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Posted by Lilypon (from Moose Jaw, SK) on August 23, 2008 at 12:33 PM:
:D Love seeing these captions!
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Posted by missingrosie (from Hillsborough, NC) on August 23, 2008 at 12:35 PM:
