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On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:18:38 -0500, George Shirley
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>On 6/10/2010 10:31 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
>> On Jun 9, 11:24 pm, > wrote:
>>> In >,
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>>>> Gorgeous bounty!
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>>>> I am ridiculously proud of myself because I have managed to grow
>>>> tomatoes and cucumbers in my Topsy Turvey planters. I have wanted to
>>>> try those silly planters since I first saw them a few years ago. This
>>>> year, I tried them out. I have seven or eight green tomatoes and
>>>> three or four cucumbers on the vines this morning. We have rabbits
>>>> in our neighborhood. I don't know how to keep them out of ground
>>>> plants, so the hanging planters looked like a good idea.
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>>>> My pear trees and blueberry bushes are producing lots of fruit. We
>>>> got a handful of ripe blueberries yesterday. The bushes are full of
>>>> green blueberries. The pear trees are full of baby pears.
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>>>> We have finally come out of a years-long drought. I am amazed to see
>>>> how much more fruit is growing this summer.
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>>>> Tara
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>>> Congrats. :-)
>>> I've wanted to try those tomato planters too.
>>> How much sun do yours get?
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>> Our local Ace Hardware had "tomato towers" this year - rectangular
>> planters on legs - fairly good-sized - I like that idea


Wow... imagine if the mick shoved one of those tomato planters with
legs up his ass... he'd be able to walk around... and when you
squeezed his head ketchup would squirt out his ears. LOL