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  1. topotheridge

    Cherokee Purple - Normal size?

    I got a 1 1/3 pound Cherokee this week, another slipped into the beyond before I saw it, but the chickens loved it. last year only got 3 fruits off of one plant, but they were so tasty, I tried again, this year HUGE. fruits, just like yours, I think their taste is awesome, sweet, didn't need...
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    Went to pick a watermelon.....yeah right *pics*

    That happened to us last year. Grew yellow melons, we :he waited and waited, only the last one was edible but it was well into fall, don't think we will be doing watermelon again, too much space, not much return. :hu
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    Tomatillos - update, very prolific fruit!

    First of the tomatillos have dry husks and busting at their seams. Will try blender recipe first then when the bounty begins I will start canning!
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    Tomatillos - update, very prolific fruit!

    :thumbsup can't wait to try it, I love the blender idea. I see this being a well used recipe!
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    Tomatillos - update, very prolific fruit!

    :hide. You should see the tomatillos on these plants, I am shocked, it looks like I decorated the garden with green Chinese lanterns! I will be giving away tomatillos to anyone who stands still long enough for me to hang a grocery bag on their arm. I am so excited, will have to look up canning...
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    Tomato hornworm damage... but no worm

    I had tomato worms last year, I am scouting now, because I heard they lay eggs as moths and likely will be here next year. I set my kids looking for them, sad to say i offered money for each one found. they are 4 and 5 and I don't think anything escapes their young eyes!
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    Tomatillos - update, very prolific fruit!

    Great, my dad has been going to farmers market with berries and I kind of wondered about 9 plants, but had 100% germination, and with all the rain didn't realize til I finally got them in the ground that I could have given away half of them. The neighbor lady that moved told me she made an...
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    Tomatillos - update, very prolific fruit!

    I had a neighbor offer me tomatillo seeds a few years ago and she moved before spring and I never got them. I haven't found them locally so I ordered seeds from eBay and grew 9 very healthy looking plants. But, any experienced tomatillo growers know some answers to these questions, 1) do they...
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    Hummingbird story...

    Every spring around the same time, we get a humming bird that hovers in our covered porch window. I dutifully run (yes they have me trained) and get my feeder mix up some sugar water and cool it as quickly as possible to get it to them. My husband laughs at me but tells me quickly that the...
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    My new favorite garden tool

    :bouquet I use a circle hoe, I think I bought them off of a website named the same. Last year bought some for my dad and got a hand held version for myself, same concept of eye hoe. I will never use it again without saying "eye hoe, eye hoe . . .":tools
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