Re: Wow

Yep. I used to pick the worms off my tomato vines and put them in a coffee can, and when I figured I'd gotten them all for that day, I'd dump the can in the chicken yard. The older hens would go nuts, grabbing them and running off to eat by themselves.
On Mar 24, 2009, at 12:18 PM, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/ SCOSI wrote: 


Always very amusing to give one of those big tomato hornworms to
chickens. Experienced hens will grab it instantly but the younger ones
don't know what to do. Sometimes they'll all stand around pecking at it 
very hesitantly and the worm may actually get the chance to move off.
Finally one hen will grab it and shake it so it comes apart
(eeeuuuuwwww) and then they all pile on. After the first couple they
figure out it's good eatin'.

Cyndi


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of james singer
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 11:35 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Wow

Bet the chickens love them.

On Mar 24, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:


We get the cutworms AND the big green Luna moth caterpillars that
eat our
tomato plants. If you have ever handled one of those big, giant green 
worms...they are kind of scary.  They make a clicking sound.  One of
those
can eat my tomato plant down in one day.



On 3/24/09, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:


cut worms are BAD out on my farm.  They are beautiful when they
turn into a
Luna moth...but horrible to my tomato plants.  *sighhhhhh*



On 3/24/09, Patricia Dickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


I forgot to add my own favorite hint is to use wet newspapers
around each
plant then pile high grass clippings after they get a little
taller so
that
you keep the moisture constant.  They like even water and I find
the mulch
and
newspapers help to keep them watered.  If you have trouble with
cut worms
cutting off your little plant you can wrap the newspaper up the
stem a
little.
Tricia
--- On Tue, 3/24/09, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Wow
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 11:22 AM

Ahhhhhhh...I see.  Well then...I'll just have to shop around and
see what
I
can find.  Thanks anyway tho.
Getting ready to till up a big veggie garden.  Price of food is so
insane...figured I'd grow some this year.  I have the land and the
room -
just need to do it.  Problem with ME is...I get all artsy and
creative
about
it.  I want the cute fence around it, and an arbor over the entry,
and a
cool scarecrow, and some bird houses.  Then my husband just shakes
his
head
and says "too much work....I just do the tilling".  sighhhhhhh
But it's what I want!  So I'll just have to do it!


On 3/24/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:


It's an F1 hybrid so I didn't save any seeds.

On Mar 24, 2009, at 8:50 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:

Hmmm...well if you get any decent seeds from them this year...can
I have

a

few of them?  I have not had very much luck with growing
tomatoes in
Oklahoma.  When I lived in Kansas City they were AWESOME.  I had
more

than

I
could eat.  This year I'm going to grow some in pots and see what

happens.




On 3/24/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:



I bought it as a plant. It was the only tomato plant we had [my

sister's

allergic to them], so when I saw them at a nursery, I remembered

what

Kitty
had said and bought just one for me.

On Mar 24, 2009, at 7:53 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
Jim and Kitty - did you buy the sun cherry as a plant? Or seeds? 
And



where
did you find them?  I'd like to try them this year.



On 3/23/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:



I think you recommended Suncherry last year... anyway we

planted it;

very
nice, good flavor and very productive.

On Mar 23, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Kitty wrote:

The tomatoes ...are coming up in the greenhouse.



I started my seeds yesterday.  Legend and Suncherry

Premium



Mine'll go in the ground.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson,

Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95

CS/SCOSI" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 11:00 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Wow


That sounds like fun. One day I'd like to have

time to go through the


Master Gardener program. I looked into here once, it

was years back,

but
the classes were all the way down in Los Angeles

and so was the

volunteer time. That's an hour's drive.

Now even if it were close I

don't have the time. But one day...
I cleaned up the pond on Saturday, that went a lot

faster than I

expected, and put the rest of my plants from High

Country Garden in

the
ground. Got some weeding done in the dry garden.

There's sure a lot

of
grass in there, sigh...I made a couple clear spots

anyway. It got so

windy I couldn't stay out, too much dirt in my

eyes.

The tomatoes and peppers are coming up in the

greenhouse. Husband got

a
wild hair and decided that he could grow better

tomatoes in pots than

I
can in the ground, and use much less water too. So

off he went to buy

his own seeds. I'm encouraging this of course

although I think he is

grossly overestimating how much water one garden

bed actually uses,

and
he's going to get bored pretty quick measuring

how much water he

pours
into the pots. It will be interesting to see how

it goes.

Sunday started out very cold and raining and then

got extremely

windy.
I
dashed outside only once to put the horses in

their stalls. Even the

dogs didn't want to go out there.

Cyndi


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net

[o*@hort.net]

On
Behalf Of james singer
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 12:05 PM
To: Garden Chat
Subject: [CHAT] Wow

Sure been quiet.

Did my first 4 hours on the Master Gardener desk

yesterday. Slow day

there, too--about seven phone calls and only two

walk-ins. Issues de

jour seemed to be carpenter ants--hint:

they're swarming now--and

fertilizing blueberries. Also got a couple of

calls about our plant

sale: when? [first Saturday in May]; will we have

heirloom tomatoes?

[about 40 varieties].

Kinda boring, so I read through the log to see

what kind of calls

other shifts had gotten [mostly carpenter ants and

blueberries] but

about a week ago someone called in for information

on grafting figs.

Wish I'd gotten that call; it would've

been fun.



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