On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:35:15 -0700 (PDT), merryb >
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>On Aug 29, 2:06*pm, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:36:02 -0400, "Nancy Young" >

>>
>> Thanks nancy. *She got a few other areas too but they're more active
>> earlier in the season. *My favorite is the lily area but they're long
>> done.
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>Nice yard, Lou...

Thanks merryb.

Lou

"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> "Kswck" wrote:
>> "Sheldon" wrote:
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>> > But don't you get a sense of satisfaction from the stuff you do grow
>> > yourself?
>>
>> Not when I have to toss it into the composter.
>>
>> Cutting back a bit next year?
>
> I already cut back and still there's way too much.
>
>
> One tomato plant sprung up in my flower bed, enough to feed an entire
> family:
> http://i34.tinypic.com/jt1jqc.jpg
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> Really at the end:
> http://i38.tinypic.com/2h2gikx.jpg
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> And what do I do with all those in my garden, adn I've alreay eaten so
> many I'm actually sick of home grown tomatoes:
> http://i34.tinypic.com/sopshf.jpg
>
> I've enough cabbage to choke a Kraut:
> http://i35.tinypic.com/2wgvdiw.jpg
>
> Grew enough hot peppers to choke the Cisco Kid:
> http://i38.tinypic.com/2qau7bc.jpg
>
> The sesaon still has some time but zI'm tired of green besans, cuks,
> summer squash, etc., and I still have winter squash coming.
>

Alas, I have only about 1/3 of that land to work with.

On Aug 30, 7:40�am, "Kswck" > wrote:
> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> > "Kswck" wrote:
> >> "Sheldon" wrote:
>
> >> > But don't you get a sense of satisfaction from the stuff you do grow
> >> > yourself?
>
> >> Not when I have to toss it into the composter.
>
> >> Cutting back a bit next year?
>
> > I already cut back and still there's way too much.
>
> > One tomato plant sprung up in my flower bed, enough to feed an entire
> > family:
> >http://i34.tinypic.com/jt1jqc.jpg
>
> > Really at the end:
> >http://i38.tinypic.com/2h2gikx.jpg
>
> > And what do I do with all those in my garden, adn I've alreay eaten so
> > many I'm actually sick of home grown tomatoes:
> >http://i34.tinypic.com/sopshf.jpg
>
> > I've enough cabbage to choke a Kraut:
> >http://i35.tinypic.com/2wgvdiw.jpg
>
> > Grew enough hot peppers to choke the Cisco Kid:
> >http://i38.tinypic.com/2qau7bc.jpg
>
> > The sesaon still has some time but zI'm tired of green besans, cuks,
> > summer squash, etc., and I still have winter squash coming.
>
> Alas, I have only about 1/3 of that land to work with.

My garden is 50' X 50', but a fourth that size (24' X 12') is plenty
to feed a family of four with lots to give away... go for it. My last
garden (Long Island burbs) was 18' X 11', the space along side my
garage to my fence... it produced way more than I could possibly use.
I often wish my present garden was smaller, that's why I devoted about
a third to blueberry bushes. People think they need a huge space for
a vegetable garden, they don't. Right now I have far more tomatoes
than any ten families can consume, can't give them away fast enough.
And yesterday I counted over 50 acorn and butternut sq