yyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy I have tomatoes!

[cathych]

I have spotted 2 so far, one is the size of a golfball, the other the size of a large marble. I have scads of green beans growing, and flowers on my peppers. And my cukes are starting to climb.

[freeby4me]

Holy canolli! We cant even plant out stuff right now with the frosts at night. OK im jealous. Enjoy the yummy tomato's!!

[Lild]

That's awesome! I wish I could do a garden. My mom had one when we were growing up

[jayhawkfan]

Thats awesome! We dont have any yet, but they are bloomin, along with the peppers. We do however have strawberrys!

[littlered1]

where are you that you have tomatoes already? we haven't even thought about planting yet. But I am ready to work up my flower beds.

[cathych]

coastal NC. Zone 9.

[ladybugva]

i want to get some pots and mater plants this wknd. I saw a really cool one that is stripped. Looked fun. Not sure if I will do any thing else or not this year. The maters will be in pots on the deck

[sheila_361]

I have a couple on my plant as well.. I can't wait for them to get ripe

[Shann]

whoo hoo! I've had tomatoes for about a month... just growing I can't wait til I get to eat them. I have three hot pepper plants and they are flowering, can't wait til they grow. I've gotten some strawberries too :D

[Thamlet]

BLTs, here we come!

[dangerousfem]

congrats.. we are putting ours out this weekend.. we are doing the hay bale method this year.. instead of planting in the ground... mom did it last year and had tons of veggies...

[freeby4me]

congrats.. we are putting ours out this weekend.. we are doing the hay bale method this year.. instead of planting in the ground... mom did it last year and had tons of veggies...

Care to explain a wee bit??

[cathych]

I took a very good red pepper I got at the grocery, thought......hhhmmmm, saved the seed pod, planted the seeds the next day, am getting little sprouts now. I do mostly container gardening. I have very sandy soil, and it costs a lot to amend it, so it is cheaper to get some big plastic pots, use some miracle gro and plant that way. They only thing I have found that loves sandy soil is green beans.

[cathych]

oh, I have tried those stripy tomatoes before, they have a different flavor from the regular kind. I did not care for them, but they are popular, you might love them.

[dangerousfem]

sure..

you take bales of wheat hay.. an treat it with bloodmeal for 10 days.. then you just "plant" your tomato plants, peppers.. what ever into the hay, just like you would the dirt.. Let me see if I can find a link on it

[dangerousfem]

http://www.carolinacountry.com/cgardens/thismonth/march06guide/straw.html

here you go... only instead of the ammonium nitrate ..which is hard to find..you can use bloodmeal which is in walmart.

[freeby4me]

http://www.carolinacountry.com/cgardens/thismonth/march06guide/straw.html

here you go... only instead of the ammonium nitrate ..which is hard to find..you can use bloodmeal which is in walmart.

Huh, that looks pretty interesting. Who'da thunk it? Hope it works well for ya!!

[dangerousfem]

thanks.. my mom did it last year.. planted 6 bales.. she had tons of tomatoes and peppers