Top 3 in your city

[DeletedUser]

Also I like both Hellman's and Duke's but prefer Hellman's.

Same

[Back2Lawrence]

Them's some good lookin'maters.

Pickle bucket garden ftw!

[pdub]

Our 'maters look the best they have been in a couple years - some longer hotter days I think have helped - last season it rained for something like 30 out of 40 days in June/early July - but our 'maters aren't ripe until mid to late August here.

[Back2Lawrence]

70-88 or so is ideal. We get so many hot hit days here that one can almost hear the plants crying for help. But this spring was great, and although we’ve been Kansas hot much of July, we got a good head start.

[Back2Lawrence]

Also: I’m a novice gardener. How do you keep your plants alive in the winter?

[TDub]

Also: I’m a novice gardener. How do you keep your plants alive in the winter?

gotta bring them inside or put them in a greenhouse

[Back2Lawrence]

Yeah, that was the obvious answer. Didn’t know if there was some
Other voodoo I didn’t know about

[TDub]

I mean, you can cover them and/or use smudge pots but that's not real efficient

[Back2Lawrence]

I mean, you can cover them and/or use smudge pots but that's not real efficient

Hmmm.

I think I’ll just plant starters next year. That process is fun for me in and of itself. I haven’t done directly from seed myself, although I don’t think that would actually be difficult at all.

Things to ponder! Just know I’ve been enjoying the utilization of my San Marzano’s greatly thus far!

[pdub]

I haven’t done directly from seed myself, although I don’t think that would actually be difficult at all.

Seed is harder than starters imo.
We have had plants from both starter AND seed ill-produce or flat out fail despite our efforts but moreso with seed.

[DrPepper]

I start tomatoes from seeds for many reasons. Let's see, super cheap, fun when you are itching to grow and it is still too cold out, VARAIETIES you can't buy as plants, my starts are super appreciated by friends and neighbors, not overly fertilized, I can better control the hardening off. With a $2 packet of seeds, I can grow 25 plants that are a tastier variety than any nursery sells. Tomato seeds store really well, so last for years. The only special thing you need is something for heat as tomatoes do need warmth to germinate. I got a $15 heat mat many years ago that lives in the south window of the kitchen each spring.
The one slicer variety that I will always grow (and it is very hard to pick) is Black Krim. This is a common variety and it should be easy to find the seed. It is not super prolific, but the taste is great and everything else is very good.

[DrPepper]

The best tomato I ever tasted was a Thorburn's Terracotta the first year I grew them. But I know that weather conditions and soil contribute mightily to taste. Those are ugly tomatoes, they do not get very big, but they taste great on a BTO (bacon, tomato, onion-white).

[Shirley]

In an abundance of consideration for the intermittent fasters in our midst, would it be possible to restrict discussions of what sounds like delicious food to an 8-hour period every day?

tia.

[Sparko]

In an abundance of consideration for the intermittent fasters in our midst, would it be possible to restrict discussions of what sounds like delicious food to an 8-hour period every day?

tia.

After the stuffed crust Supreme arrived, I almost didn't post about it. Progress.

[Shirley]

In an abundance of consideration for the intermittent fasters in our midst, would it be possible to restrict discussions of what sounds like delicious food to an 8-hour period every day?

tia.

After the stuffed crust Supreme arrived, I almost didn't post about it. Progress.

Sparko, sometimes I fear you give too much!

[Back2Lawrence]

In an abundance of consideration for the intermittent fasters in our midst, would it be possible to restrict discussions of what sounds like delicious food to an 8-hour period every day?

tia.

1. This morning’s bounty (of Roma’s)
2. My 18 year old kitty and KU pint glass for scale (and see Titans hat for my fan allegiance, as often stated ).
3. Yeah, her bed is on my table, and yeah my table is currently a mess. Or as Gutter might say, junk.
4. It’s just the raw materials Shirley

[Shirley]

That's quite a harvest!

18 y/o, must be an indoor cat?

[Back2Lawrence]

It’s not bad for everything being in buckets.

She’s indoor, but this summer, especially since her companion died, she MUST go outside a few times a day and drink from a water bowl outside. It’s supervised/unsupervised, but she mostly sticks to my patio, and will run between my house and the two neighbors, but never strays too far.

She eats bacon, tuna, chicken, cheese, whatever I am eating. I’ve kinda fostered a monster in this regard, similarly to having her bed (one of them) on my table. But I don’t care, she’s put in her time.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Hijacking or at least bringing the thread back to a top 3 in my city......

"Top 3" music events taking place within reasonable (under 3 miles) walking distance to me today.
In no particular order and personally - I don't have much interest in any of them......

1. Volleywood.
https://www.volleywoodchicago.com

2. George Strait with Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town
https://www.soldierfield.com/events/det ... rge-strait

3. Pitchfork Festival
https://pitchforkmusicfestival.com

[TDub]

George Strait with Stapleton would be fucking awesome.


Stapleton is one of the few artists I've seen thay sounds exactly live....I mean, exactly like he does on his records. He's terrific And George .....is the king.