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    This ought to be a good one.....who is from BYC??

    Me too! I've only got four chickens but they can trash a garden pretty good.
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    Outlawing Organic Gardening??

    Has anyone heard about this? Just got an email today with this youtube clip attached. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWVkTU1s1E I'm hoping it's a scam. Barb
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    Home grown tomatoes ... at last!!

    BYB, you'll have to be more specific about the leaves - I thought they were all the same:). I'm more than happy to take a close look at them if I knew what I was looking for. Barb
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    Home grown tomatoes ... at last!!

    Love it:lau Think it's time you revisited the movie "Fried Green Tomatos"! Barb
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    Home grown tomatoes ... at last!!

    Well, that's kinda freaky logging on to this thread and seeing my own tomato that I hadn't posted!!:/ Thanks, BYB. Don't know how you did it but that magic wand works well for you. This is the tomato my Austrian neighbour gave me when I gave him a dozen eggs at Easter. It is grown from seed...
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    Home grown tomatoes ... at last!!

    Let's see if this works: IMG]http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll288/Leicapentax/2008-06-08_00002.jpg[/IMG]
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    Home grown tomatoes ... at last!!

    Got pictures of it!! Just gotta figure out how to get them here.
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    Home grown tomatoes ... at last!!

    I just picked my very first home grown, vine ripened tomato this morning. I've had cherry tomatoes all winter but this was a regular sized one from a plant my Austrian neighbour gave me at Easter. It's too pretty to eat!
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    Marianna's Peace Tomatoes

    Hi again, The OCC nursery sale is tradionally on during the last weekend of April, or there abouts. I didn't know about it as I live out of town. Coincidently I was visiting a girlfriend and she dragged me along. Like I said, I arrived toward the end of it so the selection was quite picked...
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    Marianna's Peace Tomatoes

    Just reading through your posts, BYB, and realise if you live near the fairgrounds you may have had the chance to get to the OC College's plant nursery sale a couple of months ago? I got there at the tail end but brought home two tiny little tomato plants: Britain's Breakfast and Hawaiian...
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    Saving tomato (and any other!) seeds

    Thanks for your help. I'll save your suggestions in my diary. At this point my tomato is healthy and has some decent sized fruit on it. What about the leek? Has anyone taken seeds from a leek? Barb
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    Saving tomato (and any other!) seeds

    I was given a lovely tomato plant that had been in the same family, originally from Austria, for 40 years. I want to know how I can save the seeds for next year. Another question: If the tomato has over the years been cross pollinated with other tomatos, particulary GM varieties, has the...
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    Just joined ... Hi all!

    Hi, I found you through BYC. I'm not a diehard gardener, but I do enjoy it and look forward to calling on the experience of the group when I get stuck. I notice lots of interesting topics posted, so, let me get another cup of coffee and settle down to read ... Barb
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