I ask her all the time, and she just says she doesn't do anything special! I do know she checks them every day to make sure they haven't dried out. Pots get dry much faster than in the ground. I would use miracle gro so you are fertilizing every time you water. Make sure you have them in a sunny place, too. That's the problem with my garden. After all the years we have been here, the trees behind have grown so large that the garden doesn't get enough sun. Lisa > -----Original Message----- > From: memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:memory-lane- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Mangan > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 9:25 PM > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ML] day light savings > > Grace, can you find out how she does get good crops. George, critized > me all last summer because of the poor crops I got. > Barb > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Lisa Lepore > <lisa.lepore2@gmail.com>wrote: > > > I don't have a problem finding medium or even large zucchini, but I > > would rather have small ones. I grow them once in a while, but not > > every year. One year my grandfather had this giant zucchini in his > > garden - almost as big as a baseball bat. I laugh every time I think > > of it. I never saw one that big before or since. > > > > We made a lot of zucchini bread out of it. LOL > > > > Lisa > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:memory-lane- > > > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neysa > > > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 3:45 PM > > > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: Re: [ML] day light savings > > > > > > And remember those big zucchini's we used to give away? Haven't > > > seen a decent size zucchini in about 3 years. > > > Neysa > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Lisa Lepore > > > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > > > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 11:37 AM > > > Subject: Re: [ML] day light savings > > > > > > > > > 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

Thanks for replying Lisa. Barb On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Lisa Lepore <lisa.lepore2@gmail.com> wrote: > I ask her all the time, and she just says she doesn't do anything special! > > I do know she checks them every day to make sure they haven't dried out. > Pots get > dry much faster than in the ground. > > I would use miracle gro so you are fertilizing every time you water. > > Make sure you have them in a sunny place, too. That's the problem with my > garden. After all the years we have been here, the trees behind have grown > so large that the garden doesn't get enough sun. > > Lisa > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:memory-lane- > > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Mangan > > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 9:25 PM > > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [ML] day light savings > > > > Grace, can you find out how she does get good crops. George, critized > > me all last summer because of the poor crops I got. > > Barb > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Lisa Lepore > > <lisa.lepore2@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > I don't have a problem finding medium or even large zucchini, but I > > > would rather have small ones. I grow them once in a while, but not > > > every year. One year my grandfather had this giant zucchini in his > > > garden - almost as big as a baseball bat. I laugh every time I think > > > of it. I never saw one that big before or since. > > > > > > We made a lot of zucchini bread out of it. LOL > > > > > > Lisa > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:memory-lane- > > > > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neysa > > > > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 3:45 PM > > > > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > > > > Subject: Re: [ML] day light savings > > > > > > > > And remember those big zucchini's we used to give away? Haven't > > > > seen a decent size zucchini in about 3 years. > > > > Neysa > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Lisa Lepore > > > > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > > > > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 11:37 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [ML] day light savings > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > 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 >