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Tomatoes Galore! Tales and tails of Gardening

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Me, Pony and Shana

Shana and I went to the Master Gardener discussion on vegetables including tomatoes. We walked around Plumb Farm and saw the turkey, ponies, cow, lamb, chickens and garden out there. We didn’t realize it at the time, but we asked the Master Gardener to take our picture with Shana’s Cell phone. Right as we were squatting to get this picture, the pony turned around and pooped right by our faces. Then he turned around and we got this snapshot. It was pretty funny.

After talking about gardening again with the Master Gardener, it made me think about what to do with all those extra tomatoes I have waiting to be planted in the greenhouse. There is no way we can plant all of them (probably 20-25 planters full) unless we dug up our yard. (Which I would do if Britton would let me, but he won’t.) So I posted an ad on craigslist. We’ll see how many people come by. Hopefully all these gorgeous tomato plants will be used as fruitfully as possible.


Tomato Plants taken out of the greenhouse

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Lilies and Spanish

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These are two things that I look forward to in Puerto Rico. I love beautiful flowers and speaking Spanish. While there are many people who speak Spanish here, it is not the daily currency as it is in PR. Britton knows that he will need to learn Spanish once we go there, so I have been offering him at-home lessons. We went to the library and I encouraged him to pick out a book in Spanish that we could read together. This is what he picked…


Llegó la primavera

Pretty funny, huh? He loves video games, bike riding…and reading children’s books, :-)!. But, hey, you gotta start somewhere…

Here are few of the lilies in the flower beds. I hope these grow out there. Does anyone know? Me encantan.

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Gardening

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The feel of dirt under your feet and hands really brings you back to nature and the source of our food and life. I transplanted a few of the tomato plants in the garden and worked in the greenhouse a little as well. The tomatoes are growing well and some even have small green tomatoes on them.


Green Tomatoes Growing in the Garden

While I was in the greenhouse I also found Mr. Toad again. But at least this time he didn’t have a near-death experience like the last time (I didn’t step on him).


Señor Toad


Close Up

I noticed some condensation dripping down on me and when I looked up, I saw a scary sight:

Hornet/Wasp Nest just beginning

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