"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[kuntrygirl]

Sorry to hear about your lost. It's always tough losing a pet. I think anyone who has ever lost a pet will always be touched and will always cry over our pets. The hurt and pain never goes away and we think about them all of the time.

I agree -- I just don't get over it. I still have the ashes of my cat Frostie on my bedside table, and now my dog Sparky, too.

I have my first dog buried in thee back yard under the pecan tree with a beautiful head stone. I go out and talk to her when I'm out there. I buried her with her favorite blanket and a hand written note from me.

 

[kuntrygirl]

OK Happy Thursday! the sun is out! It's a beautiful blue sky! and MY TOMATOES ARE UP! I planted the seeds last Sat. and this morning I have sprouts! Let the gardening season begin!!!! e

Are tomatoes easy to plant and grow?

 

[kuntrygirl]

I was in tears as well. I had to stop reading a few times to get myself together. Such a touching story. He was really really really loved.

What got me was how much he looked like my first dog, Tiger. She lived to be 18 & was in good health up until her last month, then she faded very fast & I found her dead in her bed Christmas morning. She was born 2 days after me.

WOW!! Sorry to hear about your dog.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Sorry to hear about your lost. It's always tough losing a pet. I think anyone who has ever lost a pet will always be touched and will always cry over our pets. The hurt and pain never goes away and we think about them all of the time.

I agree -- I just don't get over it. I still have the ashes of my cat Frostie on my bedside table, and now my dog Sparky, too.

I almost forgot about cremation. I remember Sparky. Handsome he was. And very friendly.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Are tomatoes easy to plant and grow?

I think so. I've never had any problem raising them. I've kept notes for years on what varieties work best for me. I put up a lot of tomatoes and tomato juice, sauce and pasta sauce, so I take my tomatoes very seriously - they have to be disease resistant & heavy producers of good tasting tomatoes! I have tried many, many varieties over the years & every year I try at least 2 new varieties to test against my "keepers". Here's my keepers that I plant every year:

Bella Rosa - very disease resistant & bred esp. for our climate - you can find plants at Petrus. Nice sized tomatoes and good flavor, very juicy.
Cherokee Purple - nice heirloom variety - a bit thin skinned so you have to use them up or process immediately but the flavor is fantastic! Petrus had these plants last year also.
Tomande - this is a hybrid that is no longer offered but it is such an outstanding producer for me that I ordered 10 packets of seeds from Reimer which I keep in my freezer, so I'll be able to plant this one for 8-10 more years. Since it's a hybrid I can't keep seeds because it won't breed true. It's a large, ribbed tomato - it was developed from Marmande so has that size & shape. It makes like crazy. I don't know why it wasn't more popular. It also outlasts every other variety I've ever tried. When the rest are gone it still is producing. I might try & carry over some seeds this year & see can I stabilize it.
Sweet Chelsea - a large cherry tomato & I keep making notes "only plant one"! because it makes tons of tomatoes!
And the two imported Italian ones I'm trying this year - Red Pear and Scatolone - they are both heirlooms so I can save the seeds to carry over if they do well.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Are tomatoes easy to plant and grow?

I think so. I've never had any problem raising them. I've kept notes for years on what varieties work best for me. I put up a lot of tomatoes and tomato juice, sauce and pasta sauce, so I take my tomatoes very seriously - they have to be disease resistant & heavy producers of good tasting tomatoes! I have tried many, many varieties over the years & every year I try at least 2 new varieties to test against my "keepers".  Here's my keepers that I plant every year:

Bella Rosa - very disease resistant & bred esp. for our climate - you can find plants at Petrus. Nice sized tomatoes and good flavor, very juicy.
Cherokee Purple - nice heirloom variety - a bit thin skinned so you have to use them up or process immediately but the flavor is fantastic! Petrus had these plants last year also.
Tomande - this is a hybrid that is no longer offered but it is such an outstanding producer for me that I ordered 10 packets of seeds from Reimer which I keep in my freezer, so I'll be able to plant this one for 8-10 more years. Since it's a hybrid I can't keep seeds because it won't breed true. It's a large, ribbed tomato - it was developed from Marmande so has that size & shape. It makes like crazy. I don't know why it wasn't more popular. It also outlasts every other variety I've ever tried. When the rest are gone it still is producing. I might try & carry over some seeds this year & see can I stabilize it.
Sweet Chelsea - a large cherry tomato & I keep making notes "only plant one"! because it makes tons of tomatoes!
And the two imported Italian ones I'm trying this year - Red Pear and Scatolone - they are both heirlooms so I can save the seeds to carry over if they do well.

Sounds like a lot of work. I better not try. :/

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Sounds like a lot of work. I better not try.

Raising tomatoes is easy! Put them in pots if you don't want to do an actual garden spot. 20 gallon containers - you can probably score liners for free if you look around. People are always buying shrubs & throwing away the liners.

 

[Ron Skekel]

I think so. I've never had any problem raising them. I've kept notes for years on what varieties work best for me. I put up a lot of tomatoes and tomato juice, sauce and pasta sauce, so I take my tomatoes very seriously - they have to be disease resistant & heavy producers of good tasting tomatoes! I have tried many, many varieties over the years & every year I try at least 2 new varieties to test against my "keepers".  Here's my keepers that I plant every year:

Bella Rosa - very disease resistant & bred esp. for our climate - you can find plants at Petrus. Nice sized tomatoes and good flavor, very juicy.
Cherokee Purple - nice heirloom variety - a bit thin skinned so you have to use them up or process immediately but the flavor is fantastic! Petrus had these plants last year also.
Tomande - this is a hybrid that is no longer offered but it is such an outstanding producer for me that I ordered 10 packets of seeds from Reimer which I keep in my freezer, so I'll be able to plant this one for 8-10 more years. Since it's a hybrid I can't keep seeds because it won't breed true. It's a large, ribbed tomato - it was developed from Marmande so has that size & shape. It makes like crazy. I don't know why it wasn't more popular. It also outlasts every other variety I've ever tried. When the rest are gone it still is producing. I might try & carry over some seeds this year & see can I stabilize it.
Sweet Chelsea - a large cherry tomato & I keep making notes "only plant one"! because it makes tons of tomatoes!
And the two imported Italian ones I'm trying this year - Red Pear and Scatolone - they are both heirlooms so I can save the seeds to carry over if they do well.

Purple Cherokee are my all time favorite . I like the black Cherri's too!!

 

[Ron Skekel]

Cracked they just found the ladies body in a field near Madisonville.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Cracked they just found the ladies body in a field near Madisonville.

Is this it?

http://www.waff.com/story/24840861/womans-body-found-in-st-tammany-believed-to-be-missing-al-woman