tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827091127904120538.post3271852981184025461..comments2023-03-20T05:47:41.277-04:00Comments on English Press: TomatoesEnglish Vintnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582669610925237246noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827091127904120538.post-11304978675842500222010-05-24T10:18:45.981-04:002010-05-24T10:18:45.981-04:00Well, most of the ones I got this year were from a...Well, most of the ones I got this year were from a friend at church. She has a huge garden and grows tons of tomatoes. I figure, she knows a lot about gardening.<br /><br />I have never really planted tomatoes on purpose. They usually sprouted out of the compost where I put it around plants. <br /><br />This will be my first year with planting purposely a lot of tomatoes. So, I will have more thoughts on it later in the season.<br /><br />Sun? I would say about the middle of the garden gets about 7-9 maybe 10 hours a day. Depending. But some of the tomatoes are in a more secluded spot, we will see how they do. I have them staked. I have tomatoes in about 4 different places. I would say 7 hours is about what I get for most of my garden.<br /><br />If I remember I will try to tell you how I like heirloom tomatoes. One of the things that fascinates me about them is being able to save the seed from year to year.English Vintnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15582669610925237246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827091127904120538.post-89520344176814076562010-05-23T23:43:28.409-04:002010-05-23T23:43:28.409-04:00I got some heirloom tomatoes at the Charlotte farm...I got some heirloom tomatoes at the Charlotte farmer's market, and I found them to be very disappointing taste wise. The magazines rave about them, but now I wonder. I seldom taste any thing as good as what my dad grew back on our farm. His plants were from the local Feed and Seed Store. What are your thoughts on how heirlooms taste?<br /> By the way, how many hours of sun does your garden get,especially the tomatoes? The trees around us limit mine to about seven hours and that's next to the road. I've little success with tomatoes, except volunteer cheery types. I'm so ashamed.<br /><br />Marshall J.marshall joinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827091127904120538.post-10983531275188267922010-05-19T15:59:15.148-04:002010-05-19T15:59:15.148-04:00We have recently been directed by our mother that ...We have recently been directed by our mother that we are no longer buying foods with high fructose corn syrup. Because it contains mercury in the process of making it. So, no more cereal (one type that we bought), most crackers, and other things we are now not buying.<br /><br />I am glad that our family is more and more coming to realize what big companies are doing to our health, for money!<br /><br />Do some research on 'high fructose corn syrup with mercury'.English Vintnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15582669610925237246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827091127904120538.post-45779126844100950032010-05-19T15:57:19.507-04:002010-05-19T15:57:19.507-04:00http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beverly-bell/haitian...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beverly-bell/haitian-farmers-commit-to_b_578807.html<br /><br />The above link is a good one telling you a little bit about Monsanto.<br /><br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCFnx2W6CvY<br /><br />The above link is an episode showing you what Monsanto does when making the seeds and other stuff they produce.<br /><br />Do your own research on it. It is sick. But you will probably get the most out of it by watching the episodes, where someone has already done most of the research. <br /><br />We need to fight for ORGANIC!English Vintnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15582669610925237246noreply@blogger.com