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"Time is precious - do not waste it."
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Dad's Tomato Garden
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A Little About My Tomato Garden and Myself
My name is Ray White. I was born Spetember 2, 1913. My home is in East Tennessee. I was born here and have never had a desire to leave. When it comes to gardening, tomatoes are my first choice.
I always have between 50 and 75 plants each year. I don’t sell any. I just give them to my friends and neighbors. It is a great pleasure for me to grow pretty red tomatoes and to see people smile when they see them. The tomatoes on this page were grown in Dad’s Tomato Garden. The pictures were made using a Kodak Digital Camera DX3700 or Fuji FinePixS5100.
Another hobby of mine is feeding and watching the beautiful birds in the Tennessee Valley. We have hummingbirds, eastern bluebirds, blue jays, cardinals, goldfinch, woodpeckers, mockingbirds, and many, many more.
It is a great joy to me to feed and water these birds on a daily basis. I have 3 hummingbird feeders and 2 bird baths, in addition to several other bird feeders and corn stands for the squirrels.
I had a wonderful privilege a year ago in the Spring watching two blue birds raise four beautiful little babies. I have a blue bird box next to my family room window. I watched them as they chose which box to use and build their nest. Then I checked back each day for the eggs to appear. Soon four pretty blue bird eggs were there. Then I waited for them to hatch. It was a pleasure to watch the two birds feed their babies from sun-up to sun-down every day, protecting them from all evil. Then they flew away into the trees near my garden. What a miracle!
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Ilustrations from Gardening Made Easy
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"" Fruiting crops, including tomatoes, needfull sun most of the day for good production of quality fruit. Good drainage is also important. In high to medium rainfall areas (more than 30 inches per year) work the soil into ridges and plant on the ridge or build raised beds 12 to 18 inches deep. Plan on setting out at least one cherry tomato and 4 to 6 large-fruited varieties depending on the number of fresh tomato lovers in your family. You'll need stakes or wire tomato cages to support the plants to keep the fruit off the ground where it would rot. To insure even and efficient watering, you will want to put in a drip or soaker hose system for watering. Finally, count on mulch to keep down the weeds." From Gardening Made Easy
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LINKS TO SOME VERY INTERESTING WEB SITES
Write me at white6416r@aol.com
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CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW AND YOU CAN VIEW PICTURES OF OUR TOMATO PLANTS FROM THE TIME WE PUT THE PLANT IN THE GROUND UNTIL WE HARVEST OUR RED RIPE TOMATOES.
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BABY CHICKS WEB CAM VERY INTERESTING
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Now to smell, hear and see Dad frying green
tomatoes and to see some of his recipes, click the link below.
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