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Marilee C. Jul 28, 2009, 9:52pm EDT

I also have a "salad bowl" of herbs and lettuce growing in pots on the patio. :-)

Duckie 1 Jul 28, 2009, 10:42pm EDT

Looks fresh and yummy! I brought in 6 little ripe cherry tomatoes and 3 Cucumbers from my potted plants yesterday... That's it! Everything is slow this year.

Marilee C. Jul 28, 2009, 10:47pm EDT

Oh yes, tomatoes--the best part of gardening. I have several green tomatoes, and I can't wait for them to turn red!

Duckie 1 Jul 28, 2009, 11:19pm EDT

I almost cried when I turned around from washing my hands in the sink and the tomatoes had disappeared from the counter. My sneaky husband had popped them into his mouth before I could even wash them! I had to settle for sliced cucumbers... and wait for more ripe tomatoes.

Marilee C. Jul 28, 2009, 11:52pm EDT

The shame of it!!! Garden cucumbers are good, too, though. Luckily tomatoes grow rapidly...or at least let's hope they do.

Mugg Muggles, "The Man With the Jive" Jul 29, 2009, 3:57pm EDT

Duckie- You should have made the sneaky S.O.B. cry.

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Madame Donna C. Jul 28, 2009, 11:09pm EDT

Call me when the tomatoes are ripe and if none of my kids require my presence, I'll try to make a trip to visit.

Marilee C. Jul 28, 2009, 11:12pm EDT

Excellent. :-) My kitchen and garden await the honor of your presence.

Madame Donna C. Jul 30, 2009, 1:06am EDT

Aw, thanks for that. It would be my honor to put food on your table...if the kids set it first of course. Haha.

Marilee C. Jul 30, 2009, 1:12am EDT

Yipee!!!! Hmm, they are just sooo good at throwing forks and knives around a table, I don't think that will be a problem. There is a 50% chance that they might forget the glasses (well, plastic glasses).

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Joanne W. Jul 29, 2009, 7:07am EDT

Right in your own garden. How lucky you are. Wish we had a veggie garden but there never seemed to be enough time to keep it up. Now I miss it. Enjoy your veggies.

Marilee C. Jul 29, 2009, 11:39am EDT

Thank you, Joanne. It's been a few years since I've had a garden. I am really enjoying it.

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Ina ♥ Tagline Free Since September '09 ♥ Jul 29, 2009, 11:23am EDT

Ooooh! Yum!

We've been harvesting beans and cucumbers by the baskets full. Our herbs have been in many a dish already and the tomatoes will take over our world in the next week or so.

Of course, my flowers look spectacular. :o)

Marilee C. Jul 29, 2009, 11:41am EDT

Oooh, tomatoes? No fair...

I don't know what a couple of my herbs are. I planted them, but then forgot what I'd planted. I need to conduct a smell comparison between them and some I have in the cupboard.

Duckie 1 Jul 29, 2009, 12:25pm EDT

Don't you label your plants Marilee? You should stick the label that comes with your plants into the ground with the plants so you know what plants you have when they are growing.

When the plants do not come with labels e.g. seed packets, I make my own from old plastic window blinds that I cut up into strips or I just use plastic picnic knives. I write the names of the plants with a permanent marker on one end, and stick the other end down into the ground in front of my plant, and voila... a plant marker!

Marilee C. Jul 29, 2009, 12:40pm EDT

One day I took a permanent marker and some cute plastic plant markers outside to mark the plants. I'm so ADD that I got side tracked and then the kids needed me to make lunch. I found the markers in my Mr Roger's cardigan a few weeks later...

This is the story of my life.

Ina ♥ Tagline Free Since September '09 ♥ Jul 29, 2009, 1:04pm EDT

We have an abundance of parsley growing in the herb portion of the garden. I asked Kevin what he had planned it for when he planted so much, and he said, "I don't know. I just thought parsley would be nice."

We have yet to use a single sprig. I told him I was going to start putting a sprig on everything we eat. Mac and cheese with a sprig of parsley. Hummis with a sprig of parsley. Ben & Jerry's with a sprig of parsley...

Marilee C. Jul 29, 2009, 1:48pm EDT

That's funny, Ina. It does make a plate of food look pretty. I actually like eating parsley, but I grow it in a planter in my kitchen window. It's not exactly flourishing because I was gone for so long. I took everything out of the window because I was gone for so long.

Actually my cilantro just died. I'm sad.

Ina ♥ Tagline Free Since September '09 ♥ Jul 29, 2009, 2:00pm EDT

That was a moment of silence for your cilantro.

Marilee C. Jul 30, 2009, 1:10am EDT

Thanks. I will miss her/him. She/he was tasty and green, honest, and tall growing. Maybe that's where she went wrong.

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Nippy Katz (not his real name) Patriotic Troll of Gather Freedom Jul 29, 2009, 12:40pm EDT

We haven't had good luck with squash. This year we're getting the best tomato crop we've had in several years. We started the tomatoes in pots in March and moved them into the house at night to avoid frost. I need to post the picture of me and the cherry tomato plant from late June or early July. It's half a head taller than me. Since then the part above the cage collapsed under its own weight. The plant is doing fine. No stems broke.

Marilee C. Jul 29, 2009, 12:43pm EDT

Now my mouth is watering for garden fresh tomatoes. Thanks, Nipster.

The thing I screw up on without fail is waiting to buy cages. I waited this year and now the stores are out. I'll have to go to a pricey garden center now and pay $20 for one. I'm cringing already.

My tomato plants are still a little above my ankles. I envy you.

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Mugg Muggles, "The Man With the Jive" Jul 29, 2009, 4:00pm EDT

Very interesting looking 'mutant' radish.

Marilee C. Jul 30, 2009, 1:08am EDT

Yep, my radishes are growing all wrong. They should be plump and red. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Madame Donna C. Jul 30, 2009, 1:15am EDT

Methinks, perhaps you picked them prematurely? Of course, my family knows nothing of prematurity. Dang.

Marilee C. Jul 30, 2009, 1:22am EDT

LOL. Maybe I am the impatient one. I have tons of radishes to spare, so I'll give their bedfellows more time.

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La Lady Lisa Westerfield Jul 30, 2009, 1:11am EDT

Marilee, looks like some healthy eating is coming your way.

Marilee C. Jul 30, 2009, 1:20am EDT

It's a nice to add something new to menu. Today I found spinach, swiss chard, green leaf lettuce, and basil. I threw in a tomato and some sprouts and served it next to the baked chicken this evening. It tasted so much more flavorful than any salad I'd had before.

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