Tomatoes

As grocery stores and restraints are pulling tomatoes, I find myself being thankful that I've actually got my own home grown tomatoes to enjoy this year. Many vegetables do well in College Station's spring and early summer climate - if the gardener knows what they are doing or just happens to be blessed with great soil.

I'll admit, this is the first time in my adult life that I've had a vegetable garden - if you can call six plants a garden. I have attempted before but it seems like they died. This year, I followed my dad's tip and planted the plants in a well-drained spot. I've also faithfully followed another friend's advice and watered my plants regularly. In all seriousness, I like gardening and have taken horticulture classes. I just normally don't take the time to do what I know is supposed to be done.

This year, I bought two tomato plants. One was from Wal-Mart and the other from the 26^th Annual Spring Plant sale hosted by the Texas A&M Horticulture Club. The plant from A&M is by far the better plant of the two. It is bigger and is produces two or three times as many tomatoes. From now on, I'll try to buy all of my plants from one of their periodic sales at A&M. (Watch for upcoming posts.)

If you are into gardening, http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/tamuhort.html this link takes you to The Aggie Horticulture home page which has further links to lots of great gardening resources for Texas gardeners. .

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