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packman

(16,296 posts)
5. North Florida-Panhandle area
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 03:04 PM
Aug 2017

Bugs - spiderly ugly looking things. Sprayed, sprayed and sprayed some more but they won and killed my three patio plants in a week. Then the weather gets brutally hot , then it rains too much, then this then that .

Oh, I agree 100% with you -the taste is world's apart when love and care is put into them. But, I'm getting too old and need to parse my remaining time out more carefully now.

I discovered a farmer's fruit stand in my area and now I get all I need and they still smell of the sun and soil.
Tomatoes, bacon and mayo sandwich - Heaven's blessings.

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The Cost of Tomatoes [View all] packman Aug 2017 OP
Ends up about 50 cents/lb for me NRaleighLiberal Aug 2017 #1
Real tomatoes: priceless. NT enough Aug 2017 #2
LOL...too funny. DK504 Aug 2017 #3
are you in an area where they will grow well? dixiegrrrrl Aug 2017 #4
North Florida-Panhandle area packman Aug 2017 #5
OK, this has nothing to do with tomatoes. zanana1 Aug 2017 #9
I don't buy full-size tomatoes anymore. blogslut Aug 2017 #6
Heh. MissB Aug 2017 #7
When I grow tomatoes in NH... zanana1 Aug 2017 #8
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