For the last forty plus years, I've looked forward to one of
gardening's most rewarding moments . In 2005, it happened this
morning.
Standing in the garden, having just picked the year's very first,
fully vine-ripened tomato, eating it out of hand, like an apple, while
it's still warm from the morning sun, and sharing it with my wife and
gardening partner.
Life is good.

Ross
Southern Ontario, Canada.
New AgCanada Zone 5b
43º17'15" North
80º13'32" West
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RR wrote:
For the last forty plus years, I've looked forward to one of
gardening's most rewarding moments . In 2005, it happened this
morning.
Standing in the garden, having just picked the year's very first,
fully vine-ripened tomato, eating it out of hand, like an apple, while
it's still warm from the morning sun, and sharing it with my wife and
gardening partner.
Life is good.

Ross
Southern Ontario, Canada.
New AgCanada Zone 5b
43º17'15" North
80º13'32" West
To email, remove the obvious from my address.

Took you forty years to grow a 'mater?!? ;-)

Yup, nothing like picking fresh veggies for salads, sandwiches, or just
themselves. My tomatoes are going gangbusters. I've had so many I had
to start making sauce and freezing it 'cause we just couldn't keep up.
I'm not complaining though mind ya, this winter I'll have great frozen
tomato sauce. Summer squash is doing very well too.

My garlic did very well this year. My peppers and cukes aren't fairing
quite as well but the brussel sprouts are beginning to come into their
own. The jury is still out on those though.

--
Steve
Ever notice that putting the and IRS together makes "theirs"?

In article , RR wrote:

For the last forty plus years, I've looked forward to one of
gardening's most rewarding moments . In 2005, it happened this
morning.
Standing in the garden, having just picked the year's very first,
fully vine-ripened tomato, eating it out of hand, like an apple, while
it's still warm from the morning sun, and sharing it with my wife and
gardening partner.
Life is good.

Ross

Oh yeah... ;-)

How SWEET it is!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

The rewards of gardening are surely here this year.
My tomatoes won't be ready for another week or two, but I have had peas,
potatoes, green beans, peaches (I just got the biggest kick out of watching
my wife and one of her friends walk by, peach juice dripping from their
chins while they were eating their peaches). My wife and I have also been
eating Zucchini nearly every day for the last month and a half or so, The
salad greens were great, and I still have several types of squash as well as
the corn nearly ready to eat.
As you say; This is a very rewarding year for gardening.
Ken.
Marine Zone 8

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RR wrote in message ...
For the last forty plus years, I've looked forward to one of
gardening's most rewarding moments . In 2005, it happened this
morning.
Standing in the garden, having just picked the year's very first,
fully vine-ripened tomato, eating it out of hand, like an apple, while
it's still warm from the morning sun, and sharing it with my wife and
gardening partner.
Life is good.

Ross
Southern Ontario, Canada.
New AgCanada Zone 5b
43º17'15" North
80º13'32" West
To email, remove the obvious from my address.

'05 on the coastal plane of Zone 7 has been the best year in the last 10. A
bit too dry, even with mulch. Few pests other than Stink bug, a few Jap.
beetles, and a little worm that got into the peaches.. No cuke beetle, no
aphids, and no squash bug this year. Leaf diseases more or less under
control.

Romaine, strawberries, and cukes are out but the zucchini (triple crop),
tomatoes, bell peppers, apples, and raspberries all doing well. Late crop
of romaine germinated this week with seed taken from matured spring lettuce

"Kenneth D. Schillinger" wrote in message
...
The rewards of gardening are surely here this year.
My tomatoes won't be ready for another week or two, but I have had peas,
potatoes, green beans, peaches (I just got the biggest kick out of
watching
my wife and one of her friends walk by, peach juice dripping from their
chins while they were eating their peaches). My wife and I have also been
eating Zucchini nearly every day for the last month and a half or so, The
salad greens were great, and I still have several types of squash as well
as
the corn nearly ready to eat.
As you say; This is a very rewarding year for gardening.
Ken.
Marine Zone 8

RR wrote in message ...
For the last forty plus years, I've looked forward to one of
gardening's most rewarding moments . In 2005, it happened this
morning.
Standing in the garden, having just picked the year's very first,
fully vine-ripened tomato, eating it out of hand, like an apple, while
it's still warm from the morning sun, and sharing it with my wife and
gardening partner.
Life is good.