Spring At My Place

**Momto4FemaleFelines** · 05-11-2010, 10:34 PM

Here are some pictures of the flower and vegetable gardening happening at my place:

I only have a few Iris growing, here is one:

One fat stalk in my husbands row of asparagus:

Catnip:

DH's tomato row:

A couple impatiens in a couple old tea pots:

One of my small decorative planers:

And another:

The tractor this potted Gerbera Daisy is on was a childhood toy of my husbands:

And another small decorative planter:

**caseysmom** · 05-12-2010, 12:33 AM

In a couple of months you will be in tomato heaven. Very nice garden!

**Sonia59** · 05-12-2010, 04:52 AM

Nice garden! I love the decorations
Here it's very cold right now. We had a warm April, but in May it is almost freezing every night! The tomatoes are still in small pots but they will be planted by the end of the week, probably.

**Momto4FemaleFelines** · 05-12-2010, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by caseysmom

In a couple of months you will be in tomato heaven. Very nice garden!

I can't wait for my first tomato sandwich, which is always on white bread with store brand version of Miracle Whip. I never have the first one any different than that, though later I'll make different varieties of a tomato sandwich.
I always let Chip have the very first tomato picked, though, since he's the one who does all the veggie gardening.

**Pinot's Mom** · 05-12-2010, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by Momto4FemaleFelines

I can't wait for my first tomato sandwich, which is always on white bread with store brand version of Miracle Whip. I never have the first one any different than that, though later I'll make different varieties of a tomato sandwich.
I always let Chip have the very first tomato picked, though, since he's the one who does all the veggie gardening.

Love your gardens, but NO - it MUST be Hellmans' Mayo!

I await the first ones as well; I generally just don't eat tomatoes off season, they're just yucky.

**Momto4FemaleFelines** · 05-12-2010, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by Pinot's Mom

Love your gardens, but NO - it MUST be Hellmans' Mayo!

I await the first ones as well; I generally just don't eat tomatoes off season, they're just yucky.

Mayo? Blech! LOL!

I was born & raised on Miracle Whip, one of the few name brand items my Mom bought as we were very much on a budget. That and Downy fabric softener. I still use Downy but have found that the store brand "salad dressing" tastes just as good as Miracle Whip and is much less expensive since we are now on a budget!

The only other 3 items I insist on the name brand of are Brawny paper towels and Scott toilet tissue(it's best for disintegrating in our private septic system) and facial tissues in the big box. I hate tissues that come out of the box through plastic inserts in the opening--causes tons of tiny tissue dust!

**Freedom** · 05-12-2010, 09:09 AM

Wow, we get a glimpse of your property, looks HUGE! What a lot of lovely photos.

I LOVE asparagus, though I don't grow it. I prefer the slender stalks, no peeling needed, no woody bits, yum! And those tomato plants! I have 18 seedlings in, they are WAY smaller. I think we are behind you weather wise, for one thing.

All those decorative planters are so great, and the fact that they have meaning to you is an extra. Although, I think those are tea KETTLES, not tea pots, you have the impatiens in, he hee.

Thanks for sharing!

BTW, I ONLY use Cains brand mayo, not that salad or sandwich dressing stuff! Cains is only available in New England, so when I went to school in DC (over 25 years ago), I used to take a suitcase full of it with me on the plane! Hmmm, wonder what airport security would make of that if I had to do it today? He he heee.