Let's Grow Tomatos !

I know, I know, the almanac is callin' for one more frost in May but I'll bag 'em if need be.

So, what's on the menu? Big Beef, Pink German, and Early Boy.

If ya' ask me, I'll tell ya' anything other than a Big Beef is a waste of good dirt, so I let the wife plant the niche tomatos in the (Troybilt) garden and I went whole hog on two Big Beef plants.


As you can see this is a little different method for growing tomatos. I picked this up from Uncle Fred from whom much timeless wisdom and brilliant bullshit flows. Much as I like tillin' a garden I hate weeding it at least as much, and I just want to kill every bunny born, but not SpaceBunnies. I'll share my tomatos with SpaceBunnies.



Anyway, ya' cut about a 1" hole in the bottom of a five gallon bucket. (Yes, Bill, you can use a holesaw) and stuff your plant through it taking care to not damage any of its tender stems and leaves. Moisten the root/soil block and hang the bucket before filling the bucket with topsoil. I use my super double secret recipe of aged and tilled horse shit, rabbit shit, and garden soil. I usually put a couple of shovels full in and then water again before filing the rest of the way.

The vine will grow down happily without all the weeds and bunny trouble. Water and fertilizer are applied from the top of the bucket.

There are several advantages to this:

1) It's entertaining to "pluck" tomatos instead of pickin' 'em up off the ground like common folk.

2) The top-down watering/feeding method gets all the goodies to the plant.

3) the bunnies and beetles can't reach it. Though I have considered using a fishook through a leaf to catch one... Could be fun.


I'm sure this looks appetizing to deer, but I'll take my chances. Y'all give it a try. Even cityfolk can do this, and your neighbors will think you're a damned genius.

Hey, Gregg:

Link dies: Here's the new one.

The Lovely Long-Suffering Lady Inquires:

Pardon the ignorance, but what's the point of camo on someone riding a really loud bike?
Spacebunny | Email | Homepage | 04.27.06 - 12:10 pm | #

This is, of course, re: the military motorcycle posted below.


1) Camouflage is useless against terrain while in motion.
The human eye is drawn to motion and outline (visible boundaries). Camouflage serves to breakup an outline against a natural background rendering an appropriately camouflaged entity invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. The second it moves it becomes visible against the background, in fact it commands attention from the human eye. Therefore, the camo is for when not riding.

2) The KLR is not loud.
The audio was probably boosted during editing for entertainment value. A stock KLR muffler sounds remarkably like an old Volkswagen Beetle and has a "tweety" sound. I can understand the confusion here as my KLR is very vocal and does not conceal it's considerable power delivery.


Chicks.....


I guess ya' gotta give a girl credit for participating in a motorcycle discussion, though.

The Return of Boyhood heroes: GhostRider

We all had heroes growing up. They run the gamut from Superman to Hopalong Cassidy for most. Loud mouth do-gooders if you ask me. I had no use for them. Mine were cut from a different mold.
My favorite was an under the radar kind of fella' most times, but hell's own ass whoopin' when aroused, and though troubled somewhat by his base nature it was not troublesome to the extent that it would cause him to refrain from indulging it. Let the big dog eat!

The Ghostrider movie is in production and he has a bitchin' bike.

This got me to thinkin'.....

All he needs is a sail !