[Magdalen] Another "worthless" food.

[Charles Wohlers]

Our neighbor up the road also grows her tomatoes in containers on the 
balcony (with some overhanging glass, so it does trap some heat). Hers do 
much better than mine just put into cages in the garden.

Good for peppers, too.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Jay Weigel
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 3:17 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Another "worthless" food.

It does. My neighbor used to grow the best tomatoes in buckets on his
balcony in Wisconsin. He hauled black dirt and manure from his dad's farm
every year to put in the buckets

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Straw bales do work, but for tomatoes a bucket might work better.
>
> > On Sep 30, 2016, at 2:22 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm hoping to try straw bale gardening next summer, on the sly,  on my
> second floor patio for tomatoes and maybe a zucchini or two , mostly for
> the blossoms. I rigged up an irrigation system in '09 but haven't used it
> since then.
> > Lynn
> >
> >
> >
> > www.ichthysdesigns.com
> >
> > When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would
> not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything 
> you
> gave me'. attributed to Erma Bombeck
> >
> >
> > On Sep 30, 2016, at 10:07 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > *Sigh* I had to give up on gardening when I moved here. Too many black
> > walnuts, too much shade. I have herbs on the upper deck and may try a 
> > few
> > other things next year, but there's a limit to the weight the deck will
> > bear (also to space). I have, however, read about a method for growing
> > tomatoes in a 5-gallon bucket with a cover of cloth over the soil that
> lets
> > in light and rain but protects against walnuts (either from free fall or
> > squirrel action). I may try that with some cherry tomatoes, at least.
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 6:33 PM, P. Dan Brittain <
> pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 11:09 AM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Recall my thread a while back about how little tomatoes actually have
> to
> >>> offer.
> >>
> >> ​Some varieties are very good sources of lycopine and Vit C.> 
> >>  >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> "A medium peach, weighing 100 g (3.5 oz), contains small amounts of
> >>> essential nutrients, but none is a significant proportion of the Daily
> >>> Value.  Nectarines have similar low content of nutrients." - 
> >>> Wikipedia.
> >>
> >> ​What it doesn't mention is the high fiber content, something I
> certainly
> >> need.> 
> >>  >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I'm left to wonder, though.  Why has the Nutritional World always
> >>> advocated ALL (generally, that is) fruits and vegetables as "good for
> >> us",
> >>> if at least some of them ultimately amount to little more than water?
> >>
> >>
> >> ​As far as nutrients - eggplants are low, but can also be very tasty.> 
> >>  >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> My guess is, better to stuff oneself on "worthless" fruits and
> vegetables
> >>> than crap that'll kill us.
> >>
> >> ​Isn't that the truth.
> >>
> >> Coming back from our trips, the garden is mostly done. I have a few
> >> tomatoes and peppers> 
> >>  >>
> >> ​yet, as well as a bed of sweet potatoes to pick when frost threatens. 
> >> I
> >> have beans that completely dried on the vine; but that was fine as I 
> >> was
> >> growing a couple of heirlooms for dry use. Our fig has had its first
> fruits
> >> this year, may get a few more yet. My fairly new golden delicious apple
> >> tree gave us 1 this year​, and our windsap will give us 3. As they age,
> the
> >> harvest will get much larger, still fun to enjoy the first ones.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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