Good question. In my yard I tend to group small items in odd numbered groups otherwise I feel that they disappear. But I avoid having a lot of groups, I feel it makes things look cluttered. I also place more unusual small single items in some of my large planters. It keeps them safe from Squirrel Dog and DH and his infamous weed whacker. Large items I place by themselves, they're big, they can handle take it. Odd numbers is definitely the way to go with groups. Can you make themed groupings? Can you raise any of it above ground level, mount it on a fence or? What about an archaeological themes grouping? Your version of the Forum sort of thing. Play around and keep what looks best to you. Post some photos if you can! I think we all love seeing each others gardens.

You have a great clump of Custard candy! I really like Foolish Kisses, such a bright pink. Your seedlings are nice too, I rather like the recurved one actually. All lovely pictures, thanks for sharing them!

"Large crops of pink, 8-10 oz that have a full, old-fashioned tomato flavor. Smooth, blemish free fruit are borne in large numbers over a concentrated time period, making this variety a favorite in Southern states for canning and eating. Strong determinate. 80 days, #4515 (30 seeds) $2.55" [Tomato Growers Supply seed blurb] My opinion is that description comes from somewhere other than a grower of Bradley, if you get my drift. I mean it seems to ape other seed blurbs for Bradley rather than the results I've experienced over the past 4 years growing Bradley. First of all, I agree with the 80 days to maturity from transplant. But I don't think I ever got a 10-ounce tomato off a Bradley plant. Maybe 8 ounces with plenty of them running 6 - 7 ounces. "Full, old fashioned flavor" maybe in a hot, dry summer but I'd describe it more on the sweet side of old fashioned and down right bland and watery if the season goes overly wet. Tends also to get soft inside with skin splits in overly wet conditions. I had some excellent results in containers, though, where I did get truly blemish free, 8 ounce, tasty fresh slicers. Concentrated set? Not so much. And surely not like many determinate canners that set one huge crop with maybe a second wind smaller crop then peter out completely. The Bradleys I've grown started yielding at 80 days from transplant and continued with reasonably generous yields until cool, low light conditions in autumn tended to shut them down or render the fruit tasteless. Bradley definitely is a producer though, and does have genes that are useful for increasing yield and standardizing fruit size when crossed with an heirloom like Cherokee Purple. I did that in 2007 and in 2008 grew the F1 that yielded more tomatoes of a uniform size (about 6 - 8 ounces) than any other regular size tomato in the garden ... like 8 - 12 fully ripe tomatoes per picking with two or three pickings a week at the peak season. Awesome. And in no way was the F1 Bradley x CP semi-anything. It was robust indeterminate and grew as long or longer than JD's Special C-Tex and Cherokee Purple as next door neighbors. Out produced them both, too. See below: Bradley x CP, one vine, one day.

well oh my gosh...... jo jo jo... are you kidding me??/ that is sooooooooo awesome.... youll be growing things for everyone!!!!! Jo, start with dahlis grin! thats awesome! novembers trade is... marea will you post this on the first post if you post again... so all will know... first we need a list of all those that did sign up,,,,, then we need someone to assign partners,,,, whos gonna do that.... the dahlia trade is secondary!!!!!!! its a side deal... shirley.... wheres the dahlia farm.... where where where... how many dahlias in a bucket for ten... please send me the list please please.... but not threw here.... have to do private email.... jo may i suggest that dec one is alot of work for you to do.. maybe roll it over till after the holidays???? mercy girl! oh ok???? here we go..... novemebers trade.. i pick dawn... so maria thats gloria Has dawn... i love being first! 1. write in a note why you are thanksfull for them.. 2. send them something speciai... 3 something new... 4 something old... 5 something blue... 6 something that smells good... 7 something that dont,,, 8 something they REALLy want,,, and even something they wont,,, 9 something for their very own personal self... 10 and something that will make the rest of us wish that we were all on the senders list!!! now i know this may seem a liitle hard, but its really not... and oh by the way... these must be sent out by thanks giving..... and there will be a winner.... ahhhhhhhh you all just love "winner games" dont yah! BUT beware..... the winner is decided on not what you send..... but...... grin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FLOWERSFORME123 ON EABY HAS BULBS ON SALE! MORE GRINS....