[gulfcoast6]

GOOD A.M. CHAIR, ALL, FROM THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST, USA, BRUISED BUT BEING FIXED (UNLIKE La.)

In the big demonstration yesterday in Washington I saw signs yelling for help for New Orleans, what a laugh, that mayor is doing NOTHTNG but blaming our government and I mean NOTHING! Still is and forever be the 'gimmie, gimmie, gimmie' citizens and government.

By the way, anyone in La who keeps up with New Orleans, how about posting the murder rate daily or monthly, keeping up with Iraq I am sure. Dangerous place, if you go there please, be careful.

My oldest daughter Tammy had a operation the other day and is not at home, she is in pain and would sure thank you for prayers for her, she is staying at our place to make sure she gets good care.

INFORMATION NEEDED. Is anyone familiar with bucket planted upside down tomatoes? They say cut a hole in a 5 gal pucket and plant the tomatoe with the stalk sticking out of the bottom and the roots faceing up. I am needing to know how high to have the bucket and what kind of soil do you cover the roots with.

Speaking of gardens, I am preparing my plot now, won't be long now, in fact, will plant my greens next week (and grits of course). I planted egg plants last year but never did harvest one, could not find anyone who liked them. I am setting a second plot for some watermelons and a few pun kins. I will put hay around the vines and of course will have both plots with electric wire around them or else I want have a garden, chickens will eat the seeds before they come up. I want to plant some thornless blackberries as we have dew berries and they have thorns and are small, taste similar to the blackberry.

There I go, just rambling, think I will drink another cup of coffee and clean my 'shack in the back'.
Toby

[alwaysconservative]

Good morning, Toby! My hubby got me an upside-down tomato planter last year for our anniversary from Hammecher-Schlemmer (spelling?). He does know his bride's hobbies, er, obsessions. It came too late for planting tomatoes here, but I am planning on trying it out this year. The idea is that the weight of the fruit hanging down will keep the stem straight and strong, the position of the plant will confuse pests (and the fruit is somewhat protected from the elements), and finally, that in the top part, where the roots are, you can plant herbs. I'm pretty excited about it! You probably should use a pretty rich soil for tomatoes anyway (and not one that you used for tomatoes or peppers before, because they drain certain nutrients from the soil with successive plantings).