tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15401787.post6526268229353663924..comments2023-06-13T07:22:18.039-04:00Comments on Letters From The Bush!: Saving The Past and The FutureDragonquillcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08570703922492149586noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15401787.post-27442854864395889022012-01-28T18:00:23.325-05:002012-01-28T18:00:23.325-05:00That's true, Ruth, and it's what originall...That's true, Ruth, and it's what originally inspired me to grow ours. Mind you, I never got any tomatoes due to too little sun, but I have high hopes for this summer. I think coffee cans make a fine planter. Better than filling up the dumps! I think I will be sending larger seed orders the first few years, and as the garden gets healthier and I get better at saving seed, I'll need to order less. My plan is to grow a few different kinds of tomatoes if I can (slicers and paste tomatoes), and those seeds are easy to collect and keep. Let me know how your coffee can tomatoes do this summer, please?Dragonquillcahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08570703922492149586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15401787.post-41944532635131699892012-01-28T14:38:06.490-05:002012-01-28T14:38:06.490-05:00Too true about the beefsteak tomato. You have to b...Too true about the beefsteak tomato. You have to buy seeds at an heirloom nursery(?) Fortunately we have one just a few miles down the road from us.<br /><br />It might be worth mentioning sometime that the lack of flavor in store bought tomatoes is why so many people grow their own tomatoes. It's what inspires me, even though coffee cans don't inspire abundant harvests.RuthE Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425875930898401492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15401787.post-30650680564759940742012-01-27T14:43:41.020-05:002012-01-27T14:43:41.020-05:00I have been reading your blog for awhile now, and ...I have been reading your blog for awhile now, and just wanted to let you know how very much I enjoy your posts.farmgalhttp://livingmydreamlifeonthefarm.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15401787.post-39867710401208932932012-01-27T13:38:33.830-05:002012-01-27T13:38:33.830-05:00Don't forget one of the big risks entailed in ...Don't forget one of the big risks entailed in grow just a few varieties of any one plant type....plant diseases and parasites.<br />Remember learning about the Irish potato famine in school? This was a direct result of growing only one or two types of which were attacked by potato blight; something which could have been prevented by growing many types of potatoes; as well as avoiding monoculture. (Growing only one type of crop.)The Crankyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11482237436135513483noreply@blogger.com