30 tomatoe plants, 24 peas, and 36 onions on the go

[ConcernedCanuk]

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Got mini greenhouses outside - bring in the tomatoes and peas overnight

onions can tough the cold

I'm Northern Ontario - so we still get freezing overnight(tomatoes don't like that)

but get up to over 80 during the day -

so I take my tomatoes outside for a sunbathe --

Everything is in planters - I may have to move - will donate over 75% of my plants to the food bank garden after the frost danger is gone - June probably

but I'm GROWING stuff -

and I only found out 3 years ago that I'm good at it!

And I love being outside and working with the soil and plants

EVERYONE ENJOY THEIR GARDENINGS THIS YEAR!

I'm gonna . . .

[DrDan]

1. wow - 30 tomato plants - going to do some canniing?

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. Nope - gonna make them seedlings available for the garden at the food bank

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Summer of 2007 I harvested over 1000 tomatoes - put 200 in my freezer, gave some to friends, and hundreds after harvesting to the food bank.

The seedlings were given to me, I like growing, and I know I'll never be able to eat them all

so I'll give them away like I did before to the needy.

One thing you don't get at the food-Bank is fresh veggies.

My greenhouse in 2007 provided the needy with cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini, pumpkins and more.

I wish I could do more, but I no longer have my greenhouse, and an impending move makes it foolish to plant stuff in the ground here -

and I know my yields will be limited in planters

SO

seeing as I like to grow stuff, and am good at it, I'll just start them and give them to the people at the food bank.

You can grow one hell of a lot of food for $20 worth of seeds -

It's the TIME that is the investment

I got time

[DrDan]

3. that is a great idea! and so worthwhile!

[beac]

4. Wonderful that you are helping out the Food Bank. Nice to be able to help while doing something you

I'm a late-blooming gardener too. Had done tomato & basil plants in the past, but really got into it last year with all kinds of veggies/herbs/flowers. Now I feel like a green-thumbed addict, LOL.

[ConcernedCanuk]

5. Here's ONE of my plants from 2007

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That TREE supplied hundreds of tomatoes, around 500 to the local bank that summer

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=246x10250">more pics

and was still harvesting in November



http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=246&topic_id=10365&mesg_id=10365">more pics

[beac]

6. WOW!

And home-grown tomatoes in November? Looks like a greenhouse is next on my list on must-haves! ;)

[ConcernedCanuk]

7. 90% of that greenhouse is thermalpanes, and from our landfill

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Cash output was less than $100