I'm thinking we should have a thread for Ideas and Planning for Field Trips and Regional Events. Then we could put an Old Fashioned Christmas at JB's Farm, and a trip to Rita's vegetable patch as our first ideas. What do you all think?? :-)

Done! You are now looking at our brand new thread!!

So--December?: trip to JB's farm for an Old Fashioned Christmas?

And--date for trip to Rita's vegetable garden so we can all pig out on freshly picked tomatoes and other garden goodies??

Well, my tomatoes are the hit of the entire neighborhood!

I'll bet they are! How long does your harvesting last?

Oh till end of September usually. But that is not at peak, The next few weeks should be at peak.

so what dates would work for you, Rita? And for others, too? I'm flexible on weekends through Labor Day. Then DD goes back to school and I become a chauffeur on weekends!

I'll be having guests stay with me for the next three weeks. I'm also preparing for a large group of people getting together at my house on the 23rd.

thanks, Roses. I know it's awfully short notice for a group field trip. One possibility is to plan something small for this year, and then have more time to plan something larger for next summer! What do you think? Rita, are you around and accepting visitors over the next few weekends?

I hope you guys are really kidding. I can't imagine people actually driving to see my gardens. Well, maybe in June when the roses start to bloom but right now everything looks pretty sorry!

They want free tomatoes Rita...can't you tell?????

JB said:They want free tomatoes Rita...can't you tell?????

I just cut zucchinis and cucumbers and then added some tomatoes and gave them all to my friend Vinnie that is the park gatekeeper here, I give him stuff from the garden each summer. Honestly I have been giving away the tomatoes as fast as I harvest them.

Of course I do keep some for myself.

Vinnie....Rita, you did not tell me you were bribing the gatekeeper. Hmmmmmm. Lily, I may have to give your Momma some advice here.

Now there I go, off topic again. I am so bad. I should be punished big time. Maybe probation????

JB said:Vinnie....Rita, you did not tell me you were bribing the gatekeeper. Hmmmmmm. Lily, I may have to give your Momma some advice here.

Oh yes, I give him fresh veggies each year. I don't know what I could bribe him for as I surely am a resident and only residents allowed in the park. Lily and I usually stop and chat with him when I see him when we are going for our exercise walks. He thinks Lily is cute. He has good taste!

Rita, I was thinking of this as an *educational* field trip to learn about different kinds of tomatoes and different vegetable growing techniques!!

Catmint20906 said:
Rita, I was thinking of this as an *educational* field trip to learn about different kinds of tomatoes and different vegetable growing techniques!!

Okay!

Mine is looking kind of spent, also. I'm trying to deadhead everything in the hopes that something will bloom again.