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sallyg said:Ed Intheswamp- You get a big gold star for trying again after the total tomato disaster in your first year (did you say?..wow !)

<chuckle> You remember, eh? Nah, I didn't say "Wow!"...my mouth was too full of tomato to say anything!!!
Yeah, it was really a good feeling to be eating tomatoes this year after watching the horror of last years crop. They might've been bug-bit and bird-pecked but they sure looked good to me!!!! I'm already plotting and planning for next year!!!

And, just to keep on thread topic , my cucumbers were much better this year. I moved from OP to hybrids with them, too. General Lee hybrids. They were more productive and have just recently succumbed to the ravages of the petri dish I apparently live in...but, they made lots of nice cucumbers with a really good taste. Many more and better cucumbers than the Ashley did last year. Also, I'm not sure how they did it, but they dodge wire worms this year...I don't think that could be bred into them, could it?

It has been kind of a strange year. My cowpeas and okra were the stars last year, this year they didn't do the greatest but the tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and watermelons did!!!

Oh, and I'm not sure how it will work out, but I have four pints of bread-n-butter pickles pickling. But, wanting a little spice to them I added a few pieces of hot pepper (I didn't add too much because of a fear of ruining them by making them too hot). Around the middle of September we'll be opening a pint to see how they are!!!!

General Lee cucumbers...they'll be a permanent guest in the garden!!!!