Here are mine in a greenhouse one year after planting in 10 gal pots. The two wire trellis is already full. Right now there are 11 pots on 32 linear ft of trellis but that will be reduced to 4-8 after I see how vigorous they are and which varieties I like best. The plants grew at least 20ft the first year. Haven't decided yet if the foliage will stay on top of the wires or hang down each side. In the past two in-ground vines were on this trellis. They hung down each side but were overly vigorous hence the pots to give me better control of water and vigor. I'll get sweeter and more flavorful fruit by shorting water some.

Carol, okay. The offer stands. When I misplace a packet of seeds, I always find them somewhere crazy six months later. So far this year, I haven't been able to find my Yellow Oxheart seeds which I purchased way, way back in Dec 2014. I'm going to tear apart my seed box today, hoping to find them mis-categorized in a ziplock bag full of flower or herb seed packets. I know I have seen them in the last month but cannot imagine why they weren't in the ziplock of other yellow tomatoes. If I cannot find them I'll just substitute Lillian's or Hugh's for them. The big danger in digging through the seed box for them Is that looking at the other tomato seeds will give me a worse case of tomato fever and I'll decide to start 15 more varieties. I'd say the odds of me doing that are somewhat high. I already fought the desire to start Dester, Cherokee Chocolate, Jumbo Jim Orange, Doña, Carmello and a few others on seed-starting day because I had cut them off my list on an effort to cut back. Bon, I am gonna get that list posted today, Lord willing and if the creek don't rise! I have started tons of flower seeds too and hope to post that list. I sort of continually start flowers and usually don't list them because often I am starting new ones almost daily and it makes it hard to keep a current list, I think my flowers get most of the credit for us having a successful edible garden because they attract all the pollinators and other beneficial insects. I just don't talk about them a lot individually. Every time I put edible plants or seeds in the ground, I plant flower transplants or seeds at the same time. Because recurring drought has been so hard on the wildflowers the last few years, often killing them before they can reseed, I am over-seeding several pasture areas with wildflower seeds this month. I bought a little over 3 pounds of wildflower seeds. I am hoping for decent rainfall to help them germinate and get established but not such heavy rain that all the seeds rot or wash away. Dawn

Update.. Well, a different person came here yesterday. Seemed to be more familiar with the machines.he examined very carefully and refused to leave until he solved the problem..he tried two things. He found a drop of lint ( I do mean a drop) in the gully which takes the water from the condenser and empties it into the drain.. He also tilted the dryer slightly back , by raising the feet, so the water would would be going towards the drain. I don't know which solved the problem, but ive done 4 loads of laundry, and nothing's spilling out. He examined the drain pump and the condenser and found nothing wrong with them. He ordered a new drain hose for me and agreed that by making it so short,(the last guy chopped a large portion off) it created a potential new problem it will pop out of drain when the water rushes out of washer. He also said it had nothing to do with my problem. All good news. Thank you all for your suggestions. Talk to you next time. e.

Of course they slow with age and anything can happen. But so many times I have seen (and even experienced personally) how the enthusiasm for one specific cultivar can cause us to rationalize it's choice five ways from Sunday only to admit our errors ten years later. If there is only one lesson to be learned about gardening it would be to choose one specific cultivar for one specific area instead of falling in love with the idea of something and trying to talk ourselves into thinking it could work within our limitations. We somehow get attached to a convoluted vision of how we think a tree should behave and spend tons of energy convincing ourselves and everyone else how we will make it work, but often the trees have other ideas. That is such a prime focal point in your garden- you only have so many such spots and a light, delicate, airy small tree seems just the thing. I would only hope that you choose something that you can spend time sitting back and admiring in it's full glory rather than pruning and staking and attempting to bend it to your will for the rest of your life. Yes, you can "get all bonsai" on it and restrict it's growth my making pruning your primary hobby. But do realize that the growth restrictions achieved by bonsai techniques have as much, if not more, to do with root pruning as they do with trimming the canopy. Good luck. Please update us in 2026!