[Magdalen] First fruits

[Jay Weigel]

But not in soil that has been poisoned by so many walnut trees you can't
count 'em.....with squirrels by the dozens too. We've tried the hanging
planters, but so far the best solution seems to be our "sky garden". It's
the only place that gets enough light, also.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> You could also use the straw bale method...could plant as many as you
> like. Just google straw bale planting.
>
> > On May 9, 2016, at 11:20 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > No tomatoes here (damn walnut trees!) although s/o has read of a method
> > which sounds promising.....filling a 5-gallon bucket (holes drilled in
> the
> > bottom for drainage) with good soil from elsewhere), covering the soil
> with
> > plastic, and inserting the tomato plants through slits in the plastic,
> then
> > keeping them in a place free of the incursions of walnut--infested soil
> or
> > marauding squirrels with walnuts to bury. Our upper deck would be a fine
> > place. I don't have my herbs in either; they normally are planted in pots
> > on said upper deck, but I haven't visited my neighborhood greenhouse due
> to
> > the exceedingly chilly, rainy weather. This week, for sure.
> >
> > The greenhouse is run by a lovely Mennonite (conservative--wears "uniform
> > dress" and cap, but drives) lady who employs several of her female
> > relatives, including a look-alike sister, an exceedingly elderly woman
> who
> > is either her mother or aunt, and a sweet Down's syndrome woman who does
> a
> > great deal of the fetching and carrying and who surprised me last year by
> > informing me that she was about to turn 53...I had her pegged for *much*
> > younger, not because of the DS but because she simply looks about 35. In
> > fact, they all look much younger than they are, except for granny. And
> > Arlene (the owner) has just about the greenest thumb I've ever
> encountered.
> > She has the best collection of herbs anywhere, year after year, and
> coleus
> > that just knock your eye out, plus fine house plants and porch plants and
> > occasional oddments of garden plants, besides the old standards in fine
> > array. AND the best mulch anywhere. People come from all over just for
> the
> > mulch.
> >
> > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 12:57 AM, Rick Mashburn <ricklmashburn at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Alex is the gardener on our house. Looks like we are going to have a
> bumper
> >> crop of tomatoes this year!
> >>
> >> Peace, Rick
> >>> On May 8, 2016 9:43 PM, "Susan Hagen" <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I had a salad with tiny lettuce thinnings and baby radishes from the
> >>> garden.  The cucumber was from the grocery store but it all tasted
> >>> wonderful.  I weeded the asparagus patch which, sadly, seems to be
> >>> fading out, probably from neglect.  Still, I get a few cuttings from
> >>> it each year.  I do enjoy eating from my back yard.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
> >>> you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
> >>> land of Egypt.
> >>> Leviticus 19:34
> >>
>