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Sunday, May 18. 2008

A good nursery

My gardening buddies and I journey to this place each May for our vegetable plants. We go because they are the only place around here that has 30 varieties of tomatoes (including the yellow pear-shaped cherry tomatoes and all sorts of heirloom tomatoes), and 15 varieties of Basil and five varieties of Italian parsley, etc., in their herb shed (not that you want that many - it's just fun to see them all). This was yesterday morning:

 

 

Posted by Bird Dog in Gardens, Plants, etc. at 11:41 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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I was in such a place in - if you can believe it - Jersey City, the other day. Bot those greens look greener. Maybe it's because they're on the other side of the fence.
#1 Mister Snitch (Link) on 2008-05-18 12:33 (Reply)
Jersey City? I know Hawthorne, NJ.
#1.1 BD on 2008-05-18 14:09 (Reply)
Jersey CIty, FYI, is about to pass Newark as NJ's most-populated city.

It will have further to go to pass Newark's status as most-corrupt, but I wouldn't bet against it.
#1.1.1 Mister Snitch (Link) on 2008-05-18 14:49 (Reply)
Looks like a sparkling day out, BD. So, did you pick up anything besides the 'maters?

And consider the irony that on the same day a New Englander is buying tomatoes to plant, my neighbor down here in the Florida Keys is ripping up his tomato bush because its season is over.

Global warming does exist... and my neighbor's living proof!
#2 Dr. Merc (Link) on 2008-05-18 13:32 (Reply)
Yep. Lots of baby plants: Bell Pepper, Red Bell, Jalapeno, Hot cherry pepper, Habanero, 2 kinds of Italian parsley, started cucumbers of a couple of varieties, basil, some Kentucky Mint because the mint I have isn't exactly right for Mint Julip, Cilantro, cucuzzi squash, and Romaine. The rest of the garden will be planted from seeds.
#2.1 BD on 2008-05-18 14:08 (Reply)
If I may pry, what's with all the peppers? When I was living in Keene, I was dating a 10th-generation Yankee and ate at her folks' home a fair amount, so I got a pretty good idea of what downeast cooking was all about, but I don't remember "jalapeños" being very high up on the list. A taste you acquired in college, perchance?
#2.1.1 Dr. Merc (Link) on 2008-05-18 17:08 (Reply)
Well, we are sort-of yankee rednecks I guess. We smoke meat and we love the hot stuff. Grits too.

But I would never turn down a good fish chowda'.
#2.1.1.1 BD on 2008-05-18 20:39 (Reply)
It's so good to see these kinds of places! Living on the opposite side of the continent, Seattle, we have many of the same varieties plus a good number of Asian types as well.

Thanks for the real life view of what's happening there!
#3 PeterGunn on 2008-05-18 15:31 (Reply)

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