Marsha's garden 2019/20(optimistic here, lol.)
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Re: Marsha's garden 2019/20(optimistic here, lol.)
You're welcome, and thank you for or the nice compliments. There will be a seed offer coming soon.....
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Re: Marsha's garden 2019/20(optimistic here, lol.)
I dont know where you get the energy.
It is all I can do to keep my cacti and agave growing.
It is all I can do to keep my cacti and agave growing.
Worth
25 miles southeast of Waterloo Texas.
You can't argue with a closed mind.
You might as well be arguing with a cat.
25 miles southeast of Waterloo Texas.
You can't argue with a closed mind.
You might as well be arguing with a cat.
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Re: Marsha's garden 2019/20(optimistic here, lol.)
It's not always easy, but its a labor of love.
Are cacti and agave hard to grow?
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Re: Marsha's garden 2019/20(optimistic here, lol.)
Those look stunning!! Your post is indeed a spirit lifter with all the crappy weather in New England. I'm so jealous of your growing season!
“Life begins the day you start a garden” - Chinese proverb
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That makes me happy to read it lifted your spirits. Come summer when it's too hot and humid to grow tomatoes here, I'll be the jealous one. All I get in Summer is mangoes starfruit, and sweet potatoes.Gthegardener wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:11 pm Those look stunning!! Your post is indeed a spirit lifter with all the crappy weather in New England. I'm so jealous of your growing season!
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Re: Marsha's garden 2019/20(optimistic here, lol.)
Marsha that White Cherry Heart looks super interesting. How big is the fruit? Have you had any ripe since you posted the last photo?
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Re: Marsha's garden 2019/20(optimistic here, lol.)
I guess they are from 3 to 6 oz. Yes I have had several more ripen.
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I love your tomato pics, especially today when the snow is coming down here. It's something to look forward to in a few months or so. We loved Chocolate Stripes last year, though the production wasn’t as good as we’d hoped. Mocha Splash looks like a winner.
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Re: Marsha's garden 2019/20(optimistic here, lol.)
Well that still sounds pretty amazing! The only fruit i've been able to successfully keep alive are strawberries and blueberriesGinger2778 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:29 pmThat makes me happy to read it lifted your spirits. Come summer when it's too hot and humid to grow tomatoes here, I'll be the jealous one. All I get in Summer is mangoes starfruit, and sweet potatoes.Gthegardener wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:11 pm Those look stunning!! Your post is indeed a spirit lifter with all the crappy weather in New England. I'm so jealous of your growing season!

“Life begins the day you start a garden” - Chinese proverb
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Re: Marsha's garden 2019/20(optimistic here, lol.)
Not at all, they are easy to grow.Ginger2778 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 6:47 pmIt's not always easy, but its a labor of love.
Are cacti and agave hard to grow?
I was expressing my laziness.

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25 miles southeast of Waterloo Texas.
You can't argue with a closed mind.
You might as well be arguing with a cat.
25 miles southeast of Waterloo Texas.
You can't argue with a closed mind.
You might as well be arguing with a cat.
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Re: Marsha's garden 2019/20(optimistic here, lol.)
Beautiful tomatoes. I grow 15 - 18 tomato plants but I am boring compared to most of you. Probably 50% of mine are hybrids. I don't grow all of these different varieties but I will be trying Rebel Yell this year. I was inspired by reading posts on this site.
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Re: Marsha's garden 2019/20(optimistic here, lol.)
Yep, thats how it goes for us all, lol.brownrexx wrote: ↑Fri Jan 31, 2020 7:41 am Beautiful tomatoes. I grow 15 - 18 tomato plants but I am boring compared to most of you. Probably 50% of mine are hybrids. I don't grow all of these different varieties but I will be trying Rebel Yell this year. I was inspired by reading posts on this site.
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A few more. I will be putting up my seed offer in a day or 2
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More photos
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Re: Marsha's garden 2019/20(optimistic here, lol.)
They are beautiful Marsha, Stunning. I didn't know that KARMA Peach was a fairly large tomato. Looking forward to your seed offer. Rosella looks like Sun Chocola.
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My long awaited first ever blooms, and even fruit, on my passion vines. Yipee!!! Thank you so much Douglas for the seeds!(there is a second smaller fruit to the right too)
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Oh I'm SO jealous Marsha! I've always wanted to grow Passion Flower, but I can't in the north
. I hope you get lots of butterfly visitors
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Re: Marsha's garden 2019/20(optimistic here, lol.)
Thanks Linda. It's been a steady stream of zebra longwings and gulf frittilaries. Many GF caterpillars on it right now.
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Yes, Rosella is about 1/5 of the size as Sunchocola, and rosy purple, but they are so good. Thanks for the nice compliment. KARMA Peach was the one that came from KARMA Apricot, same coloring, different shape and size, similar tasting. It's the one we couldn't keep as a cherry, so we didn't!
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Re: Marsha's garden 2019/20(optimistic here, lol.)
That Passion Flower is stunning. Such an amazing looking flower—looks like an artist’s rendition of a flower that isn’t based on anything real.
But there it is in all it’s glory.
But there it is in all it’s glory.
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