I have a small garden plot, maybe 10' x 20' max. But that is the place we burn leaves each fall and the soil is really rich with ash. I know from experience that tomatoes love the alkaline soil that ash offers. I have to throw away several every year when they get too big for their own skins and actually burst on the vine, trying to grow.
One problem (like it really IS a problem) is that almost everyone has a garden in our town, and at harvest time folks are actively looking for someone who will take a box of cucumbers off of their hands. As God is my witness, folks will pull up to our office with a PICKUP TRUCK LOAD of sweet corn, hoping they can "unload" it on our mentally retarded group home folks. And we always say "yes, thank you," and we use it. Late July in west-central Iowa, you can go home with a Benz load of fresh produce, along with a thank-you note from the farmer for taking it off of his hands. Don't even ask me about zucchini! On 3/29/07, Bob Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Whatever will grow like mad in your earth. Having lived in AZ so long now, any type of a honest-to-God garden tomato would do. Tomatos grown here taste kinds like a moisture infused styrofoam ball kids use for fashioning solar system models. Bob R ----- Original Message ----- From: "LT Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OkieQ Dates > Then we are talking late July or early August. I will put in an extra > plant > just for you. Do you prefer Big Boys or something else? My weakness is > green > peppers and chili peppers -- I grew up in an Italian neighborhood (coal > miners) in WV. > > On 3/29/07, Bob Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I'd sit in the garden with a salt shaker and eat tomatos all day. >> Like I used to in my grandfathers garden... >> >> BR >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "LT Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:55 PM >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OkieQ Dates >> >> >> > Now, if we are talking August time frame, it would be fresh cucumbers >> > (plus >> > a bushel to take home with you) and tomatoes fresh from the garden -- >> you >> > can pick your own during the party, sweet corn picked only a few hours >> > earlier, still pork BBQ, fresh green beans, etc. >> > >> > Guess it depends on how high folks want the corn to be on Highway 30 >> > during >> > the ride here. >> > >> > Hey, I'm just providing the back yard and a place to take a quick pee. >> > BYOB, >> > motel 2 miles north (very nice), maybe a tour of biodiesel and ethanol >> > places. No parts cars to plunder, just good food and good folks and >> > good >> > fun. >> > >> > On 3/29/07, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hmm - sounds like it's too early for a BBQ -- >> >> >> >> On 3/29/07, Bob Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Too early for tomatos too... >> >> > >> >> > > There will definitely be food. Shame that June is too early for >> fresh >> >> Iowa >> >> > > sweet corn. Fortunately it is always "in season" for Iowa pulled >> pork >> >> > > sandwiches. >> >> > > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> OK Don, KD5NRO >> >> Norman, OK >> >> "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just >> >> sit there." >> >> Will Rogers >> >> '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ >> > _______________________________________ >> > http://www.okiebenz.com >> > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > > -- > http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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