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CrazyAboutOrchids
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Post: # 55145Unread post CrazyAboutOrchids
Wed Oct 06, 2021 7:42 am

Found this site after reading a reddit post on turmoil within the TV community a while back. I've lurked and posted on/off since way back on GardenWeb days. I am a small home gardener in CT. I started years ago when my kids outgrew a sandbox we had built in their play area. I overtook it and made a square foot garden. Once they outgrew the play area, we took apart their swing-set, recycled some of the boards in our 30 x 40 garden filled with raised beds.

I grow 12 - 16 tomatoes, give our take a year. Always includes 2 Sunsugar although I may switch that up. I keep my garden plans year after year, sort of keep track of fruits pulled, some notes - NO!, ate by chipmunks, died- nothing real note worthy.

I also grow garlic, beans, jalapenos, peppers, herbs, beet, carrot, squashes, lettuce, bok choy, cucumber. New to me this year was the addition of 2 rhubarb in the enclosure, 4 out - all will be out next year. I also added asparagus and hope to be able to taste a few next year. In past years, I've grown broccoli and spinach but look to get the most out of my space space so gave up on them.

I don't post often, I am more of a lurker, reader, and suck up info that I might apply to my growing.

Nice to be here!
- Sandy zone 6A

mikestuff49
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Location: Branson MO Zone 6b

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Wed Oct 06, 2021 7:58 am

@CrazyAboutOrchids welcome to Tomato Junction!
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Location: 30 miles southeast of the Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado

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Post: # 55148Unread post pondgardener
Wed Oct 06, 2021 7:58 am

@CrazyAboutOrchids Welcome from Southern Colorado! If you have any questions or problems navigating the site, don't hesitate to ask. Welcome aboard!
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter, that tells what kind of life you have lived.

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Rockoe10
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Post: # 55149Unread post Rockoe10
Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:02 am

Welcome! Glad you found Tomato Junction! I too enjoy reading about others experiences and absorbing as much info as i can. Its very enjoyable, and enables us to get more enjoyment from our passion of gardening. This site, and the people here are full of an overabundance of stories and experiences. I know you'll enjoy your time hear. 😁
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Rob, ZONE 6A with 170 days between frost dates, Western Pennsylvania

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Shule
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Location: SW Idaho, USA

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Post: # 55153Unread post Shule
Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:09 am

Welcome, @CrazyAboutOrchids!
Location: SW Idaho, USA
Climate: BSk
USDA hardiness zone: 6
Elevation: 2,260 feet

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brownrexx
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Location: Southeast PA, zone 6b

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Post: # 55156Unread post brownrexx
Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:11 am

Welcome from PA @CrazyAboutOrchids feel free to jump in and post.

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Location: Trafalgar, Victoria, Australia

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Post: # 55157Unread post Whwoz
Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:18 am

Welcome to the Junction @CrazyAboutOrchids from a fellow orchid nut Down Under. What genera are your main interests.

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GoDawgs
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Location: Zone 8a, Augusta GA

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Post: # 55159Unread post GoDawgs
Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:12 am

Welcome from the sunny South! This is a great place to find information on all kinds of stuff so have fun exploring. :)

slugworth
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Post: # 55164Unread post slugworth
Wed Oct 06, 2021 1:24 pm

Good to see someone from the land of steady habits.
It is definitely habit forming
"A chiseled face,Just like Easter Island" :lol:

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Wed Oct 06, 2021 2:20 pm

Welcome to the Junction

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Sue_CT
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Location: Connecticut Zone 6A

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Post: # 55176Unread post Sue_CT
Wed Oct 06, 2021 4:13 pm

Welcome! I grow about same number of plants give or take a few, as you do. :)

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Post: # 55178Unread post Tormato
Wed Oct 06, 2021 4:20 pm

Welcome to the Junction.

If you want to advance beyond sucking up info, and into sucking up seeds, perhaps you could join the MMMM swap. ;)

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slugworth
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Post: # 55184Unread post slugworth
Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:10 pm

Funny how such a small state has different growing conditions.
I have the a/c on now trying to stay cool,50 miles north I had the heat on this a.m.
"A chiseled face,Just like Easter Island" :lol:

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MissS
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Location: SE Wisconsin Zone 5b

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Post: # 55203Unread post MissS
Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:14 pm

Welcome to the Junction! I'm so glad that you have joined us. Most of us are just like you, backyard gardeners and we love to share and learn for each others experiences.
~ Patti ~

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Amateurinawe
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Post: # 55214Unread post Amateurinawe
Thu Oct 07, 2021 1:54 am

Welcome @CrazyAboutOrchids from the uk!
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I cannot change history, so I do hope i gave you a good impression of myself

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Post: # 55238Unread post Lotte
Thu Oct 07, 2021 12:32 pm

Welcome from Denmark

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Location: 25 miles southeast of Waterloo Texas

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Post: # 55254Unread post worth1
Thu Oct 07, 2021 5:30 pm

Welcome.
Worth
25 miles southeast of Waterloo Texas.

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