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Post Mortem..
by Jim C 
The good news is that after most of the summer without regular access to a computer, I am back online.
The lessons learned this year is if you don't have A LOT of sun, you won't get tomatoes. Out of the 8 plants I had, I got about 15 tomatoes, and 8… more »
10/24/10 11:11:01 pm, 
Lemon Boy Got a Haircut
by Jim C
Mu upsidedown Lemon boy tomato was sheared off in one of the thunder storms earlier in the week. I plopped the 18" that broke off (more than half the plant) into some wet soil and I'm waiting to see if it takes off. I left the 10 inches or so left in t… more »
UPSIDEdown update.
by Jim C
I tried to ignore the obvious, and it was working for a while. It is starting to catch up with me. The place I have my pails hanging is too shaded for tomatoes. They are growing but I have large spindly plants now and no blossoms yet. It is what it i… more »
Rooting some Lilacs
by Jim C
This is my photo of my second attempt at rooting some nice dwarf white lilacs to add to my screening fence. Approx 2 weeks, misting twice a day, used new growth after bloom, cut about an inch below the last leaves on the cutting, using rooting powder.… more »
Some Good Ideas from a person named 1stTimer
by Jim C
On Todd's message board (http://bit.ly/aCsdbS) a person with the login 1stTimer gave me permission to re-post his stuff. He has some really good ideas so I'm going to be as faithful as possible and copy them in a format very similar to how he posted the… more »