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Years ago in Florida, one of DH's city-raised co-workers came to our house, where we had a big garden. He honestly had NO idea that tomatoes start out as flowers, then the fruit grows and that little spot on the bottom is where the blossom used to be. -Wendy

Oh no! That was such a nice little trailer and you *just* got it! Very glad to hear you weren't injured, just take deep breaths when dealing with the insurance people and it will all be over eventually. -Wendy

Marigolds seem to grow quickly and do well in the heat. -Wendy

My vote was going to be for for Pacman but it sounds like it doesn't do well in your environment. Here I can only grow it in the Fall (I have seeds started now!). In the Spring it's a disaster -- it gets too hot too fast here, the bugs get it, etc. In the Fall it grows nice big (delicious)...

This was my third spring garden here and I'm still making some of the same mistakes -- I didn't start more tomatoes in May so they'd be ready when the first set finished in July. It's on the calendar in REALLY BIG LETTERS for next year. I keep notes about what went well and not so well (grow...

They'd be great for that -- so many pretty colors and patterns. No need to figure out whether they're ready to pick, you can just let them dry on the vine, and pick them when they're rattling around in yellow pods. -Wendy

They are unappetizingly _brown_ when cooked. The darker ones do retain a little of the pattern, but mostly... it's a lima bean. Tastes like dirt. Creamy, buttery dirt in this case, but dirt all the same. ;) DH likes them though, and they are *expensive* at the Farmer's Market. I know why...

As requested, butterbeans on the trellis: 120721_6749 by wsmoak, on Flickr picked 120721_6768 by wsmoak, on Flickr shelled dry beans (just like the picture from the catalog!) 120721_6765 by wsmoak, on Flickr shelled, ready to cook 120721_6769 by wsmoak, on Flickr -Wendy

One year in Florida we grew an *amazing* batch of Celebrity tomatoes. It was the first year for that garden and there was composted horse manure involved. It never happened quite the same way again! -Wendy

I planted a whole packet of Violet's Multicolored Butterbeans (from Southern Exposure) and they are READY! They're past ready -- it says 80-90 days, and here we are at barely 75 and there are some rattling around in brown shells. So, I have plenty of seed saved for next year, with no effort at...

I used Rome apples last Fall and the applesauce turned out fine. Try this recipe from Organic Gardening: http://www.organicgardening.com/cook/spiced-pear-cardamom-butter Even though it's a 'butter' recipe, both times I've made it (once with pears, once with apples,) the consistency has been...

I intend to, and at the beginning I keep up with them pretty well, pruning off suckers and making sure the branches stay inside their assigned tomato cage. Then the growing season gets under way and they really take off growing and I'm planting other stuff and trying to keep it all under...

The last one I found was thrashing around because a large fly was bothering it. I sometimes find damage and *no* worm -- even running my gloved hand along all the branches. I have a lot of birds in the garden (the Eastern bluebird house is right nearby and they have raised three clutches so...

Yellow crookneck is great with caramelized onions -- cook it down and serve with rice. I have blocks of that frozen for winter when it will be very nice to have the fresh taste of summer squash. DH likes butternut squash soup, but I am not sure about my crop this year. The leaves all died so...

I was hunting for another seed source, and according to this one they _are_ self pollinating: http://www.harrisseeds.com/storefront/p-13924-cucumber-cucino-f1-untreated.aspx . From the picture I'm not certain those are exactly the same as the ones Park had. (Expensive little seeds! But...

I bet you would enjoy the Cucino baby cucumber in the greenhouse. They are small, the skin is thin (no need to peel them) and they taste great. I got mine from Park Seed but they've been sold out since then... maybe you can find it elsewhere...

SO glad to see you back online again! You can garden vicariously through us, we'll post pictures. :) -Wendy

Given the vast array of things there are to worry about in this life... treated lumber isn't high on my list. There was some hysteria a while back about it contaminating the soil, countered with some articles about the chemicals not going very far sideways into the bed, but mostly down, and...

How so? The moth (looks like a wasp with a red abdomen) flies at night and lays the eggs, which then hatch and burrow into the vine. :( -Wendy

LOL. I lost all my squash to those horrible vine borers last year, I haven't felt like planting any. :( But I think the first tomato award goes to... who is it with the hydroponic setup who had tomatoes in winter? -Wendy