You are in New England, right, Lisa? I didn't find a decent tomato all year, either imported or grown in our area. Tasteless and if you dropped it on your foot you would break your foot!! Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Lepore To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 11:57 PM Subject: Re: [ML] day light savings My step mother grows the most unbelievable plants in pots. Tomatoes by the ton, way better than what I get in my garden, and giant pots of herbs. I think you need to fertilize more often, because when you water, it eventually gets washed out of the pot, and you need to water more often because the pots get dry sooner. I think last year was not a good year for tomatoes, though. I heard a lot of people complaining about that, so try again and maybe this year will be better. Lisa > -----Original Message----- > From: memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:memory-lane- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Mangan > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 1:16 AM > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ML] day light savings > > I tried putting tomato plants in big pots last year, used good stuff to > put it in, but all I got was a lot of branches and about 5 tomato'es > out of 7 plants. Put some in the ground and got same result. I know > the ground is over used but what about the ones I put in pots? > Barb > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:23 PM, grace gathman > <grace.gathman@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Our Red Hat group has an old fashioned tea each spring and four of us > > act as hostesses. One of the gals is a great "trail boss" and the > > others are good followers. I made cream of asparagus soup for the > > first time today. My husband grew up in a family hit hard by the > > depression and soup was often the meal so he never wanted me to make > > it. I looked it up on Google, decided on the recipe that looked the > > easiest and with lower calories. My first attempt turned out really > > great. Now I have to triple the recipe and make it for next Sat. I > > miss my husbands height and strength and have to think ahead so I > > don't do something stupid like dumping it all over. I used my > > immersion blender and it did a great job, but I will probably have to > > divide the larger amount and blend it in batches. Oh how I miss the > days when I didn't have to think ahead--but it's better than a nursing > home. > > The snow we had Tues still hasn't fallen off the trees and bushes. > > It rained, froze, and then snowed so it's stuck. Stay warm. Grace > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Joyce Ragels <jragels@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Living in Arizona, I enjoy not having to leap or spring. However I > > > still have to try and figure out what time it is everywhere else. > > > So, it still affects me and my life. > > > J > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:20 PM, helenware <helenware@verizon.net> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hawaii and Arizona are the only two states that do not change > > > > the clocks. > > > > I understood that the change was something to do with WW2 but > > > > in my > > > old > > > > age > > > > forget what I learned in school. > > > > My flower gardens are buried under snow still, and the new > snow > > today > > > > added > > > > a little more. > > > > The snow, wind and frigid temperatures made me stay inside > > > > today and try to > > > > plan my flower garden. The little bunnies ate many of the > > > > flowers > > > last > > > > year > > > > so I want to get several Shepherds crooks to hang flowering > > > > pots > > from. > > > > Will > > > > plant ones the bunnies do not like in the ground. I may try a > > > > tomato and a > > > > pepper plants in big pots this year-two neighbors seem to have > > > > good > > > luck > > > > with those. > > > > Does anyone know what the rabbits will not eat?? They ate all > > > > the > > mums > > > > and > > > > all the daisies last year. > > > > I wonder if we will even have Spring this year, I think we may > > > > go > > > right > > > > into > > > > Summer! > > > > Right now the wind in just howling here in my little > > > > neighborhood-it > > > is > > > > howling! > > > > Made potato soup with ham in it for a nice hot meal > > > > tonight-good on such a > > > > cold night. > > > > Have to get out and buy corned beef and cabbage to cook on > Monday! > > > > Hope everyone is doing okay. > > > > Helen http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, I'm in Massachusetts. Even the tomatoes from the farm stand were lousy. Although, I can't ever seem to find great tomatoes now. Maybe it's me, but I really used to look forward to some great tomatoes in the summer, but now they just don't seem to taste the way they used to. Lisa > -----Original Message----- > From: memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:memory-lane- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neysa > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 10:38 AM > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ML] day light savings > > You are in New England, right, Lisa? I didn't find a decent tomato all > year, either imported or grown in our area. Tasteless and if you > dropped it on your foot you would break your foot!! > Neysa > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lisa Lepore > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 11:57 PM > Subject: Re: [ML] day light savings > > > My step mother grows the most unbelievable plants in pots. Tomatoes > by the > ton, > way better than what I get in my garden, and giant pots of herbs. I > think > you need > to fertilize more often, because when you water, it eventually gets > washed > out of > the pot, and you need to water more often because the pots get dry > sooner. > > I think last year was not a good year for tomatoes, though. I heard > a lot > of > people complaining about that, so try again and maybe this year will > be > better. > > Lisa > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:memory-lane- > > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Mangan > > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 1:16 AM > > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [ML] day light savings > > > > I tried putting tomato plants in big pots last year, used good > stuff to > > put it in, but all I got was a lot of branches and about 5 > tomato'es > > out of 7 plants. Put some in the ground and got same result. I > know > > the ground is over used but what about the ones I put in pots? > > Barb > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:23 PM, grace gathman > > <grace.gathman@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > Our Red Hat group has an old fashioned tea each spring and four > of us > > > act as hostesses. One of the gals is a great "trail boss" and the > > > others are good followers. I made cream of asparagus soup for the > > > first time today. My husband grew up in a family hit hard by the > > > depression and soup was often the meal so he never wanted me to > make > > > it. I looked it up on Google, decided on the recipe that looked > the > > > easiest and with lower calories. My first attempt turned out > really > > > great. Now I have to triple the recipe and make it for next Sat. > I > > > miss my husbands height and strength and have to think ahead so I > > > don't do something stupid like dumping it all over. I used my > > > immersion blender and it did a great job, but I will probably > have to > > > divide the larger amount and blend it in batches. Oh how I miss > the > > days when I didn't have to think ahead--but it's better than a > nursing > > home. > > > The snow we had Tues still hasn't fallen off the trees and > bushes. > > > It rained, froze, and then snowed so it's stuck. Stay warm. Grace > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Joyce Ragels <jragels@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Living in Arizona, I enjoy not having to leap or spring. > However I > > > > still have to try and figure out what time it is everywhere > else. > > > > So, it still affects me and my life. > > > > J > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:20 PM, helenware > <helenware@verizon.net> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hawaii and Arizona are the only two states that do not > change > > > > > the clocks. > > > > > I understood that the change was something to do with WW2 > but > > > > > in my > > > > old > > > > > age > > > > > forget what I learned in school. > > > > > My flower gardens are buried under snow still, and the new > > snow > > > today > > > > > added > > > > > a little more. > > > > > The snow, wind and frigid temperatures made me stay inside > > > > > today and try to > > > > > plan my flower garden. The little bunnies ate many of the > > > > > flowers > > > > last > > > > > year > > > > > so I want to get several Shepherds crooks to hang > flowering > > > > > pots > > > from. > > > > > Will > > > > > plant ones the bunnies do not like in the ground. I may > try a > > > > > tomato and a > > > > > pepper plants in big pots this year-two neighbors seem to > have > > > > > good > > > > luck > > > > > with those. > > > > > Does anyone know what the rabbits will not eat?? They ate > all > > > > > the > > > mums > > > > > and > > > > > all the daisies last year. > > > > > I wonder if we will even have Spring this year, I think we > may > > > > > go > > > > right > > > > > into > > > > > Summer! > > > > > Right now the wind in just howling here in my little > > > > > neighborhood-it > > > > is > > > > > howling! > > > > > Made potato soup with ham in it for a nice hot meal > > > > > tonight-good on such a > > > > > cold night. > > > > > Have to get out and buy corned beef and cabbage to cook on > > Monday! > > > > > Hope everyone is doing okay. > > > > > Helen