It’s that time again-time to Spread the Love to the Acorns! I thank each one of you who left a comment (or comments) on the Blind Pig & The Acorn during the month of April. I truly appreciate each comment. Each comment makes the Blind Pig a better place to visit.
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April’s Spread the Love winner is… Lanny and she wins…
A hanging tomato garden! Recently a few of these baskets came my way-and I wanted to share the bounty. Don’t have a clue if they’ll work-but if anyone can figure it out-it’d be Lanny-so I’m glad she won!
Don’t forget to click on one of this month’s commenters and go for a visit-I know you’ll be glad you did!
Tipper
I am so stinking excited about my gift!!!! I’ve always wanted to try one of these pots. I’ve just picked up some of this year’s tomato plants from my oldest daughter, a far far better gardener woman than her mommma, but I taught her and got her started, so I am taking the credit!
I will for sure keep everyone posted! Gotta run now and finish off the rest of the three hundred items on my google reader that piled up from my little break.
Congratulations to Lannie! Wow! What a great gift to win as the growing season is really getting started. She’ll enjoy that so much, I’m sure. Thanks for always spreading the love to your acorns. xxoo
Great prize!
Congratulations to Lanny. Now Lanny, you will have to keep up posted on how this hanging plant works.
Tipper,
Thanks for the Linkie Love. Congratulations to Lannie for winning that hanging tomato basket.
Blessings,
Mary
Thanks for the love! You know that I adore your blog — always have! I need my walk through Appalachia — badly.
Blessings,
Lacy
I would like to try one of those baskets. I will have to pick a few up and see how it goes. We get loads of afteroon sun.
God bless!
Congrats to Lanny! That’s a cool gift. In fact, I had been thinking about trying to grow my tomatoes upside down. Have fun with it! Sorry I haven’t been able to check in as much with getting ready for the move!
Tipper,
The hanging tomato plants look interesting. I’m thinking about trying them out. We’ve gotten most of our garden planted. Your blog is looking great. I really enjoy reading it. Keep up the excellent work!!!!
hey, let us know if those contraptions actually work!
🙂
I’m caught up now. The accounts of the singings reminded me of my own roots. We used to love to sit around with a guitar or two and play and sing. I still sit alone in my office and wail away while strumming my Big Baby Taylor. I enjoy your posts immensely. You have a real quality blog. Unintended consequences, like not knowing where a big rock pushed off a mountain might land, have crippled our land as politicians who act like kids push stuff out of D.C. to run uncontrolled across our country. Pappy
this year, as our allotment is far from ready for any action i have put two tomato plants in a hanging basket that we usually use for just flowers! its haning under our eves in a sunny spot outside the bedroom window and seems to be doing well~lots of flowers and one single teeny, tiny tomato!
Congratulations to Lanny! 🙂
One of my blogging friends has a similar looking contraption. She posted a picture of her tomato plant in it this week, and it appears to be coming along quite nicely. Here’s a link to her blog if you’d like to see it:
http://texasjoy.blogspot.com/2009/04/you-say-tomato-and-i-say-tomato.html
Congrats Lanny! I did an upside down in a five gallon Bucket. It worked pretty well. You have to water the heck out of them. They dry out quickly. Mine produced really well, but my chickens really liked how easily they could reach them. Hang it high!!!! ( and get a water wand)
I planted basil in the top of the bucket….. I called it “My Almost Spaghetti” pot.
Congrats to Lanny! Always love seeing what you are up to and what is going on in your neck of the woods 🙂
Congratulations, Lanny! You’ll have to keep us posted on how those work out. For those of us who still do it the old fashioned way. LOL
Tipper, this is your cousin Sheree, Hazel’s daughter. My brother and your cousin David has planted hanging tomato plants in addition to the ones in his garden. He was amazed at the yeild of tomatoes and the ease with which they were picked. Try the hanging basket, they work well. Sheree
I haven’t tried this yet but I did grow my tomatoes in some upside down 5 gallon buckets last year and they did great.
I’ve never used one but my sis-in-law just got one. She’s anxious to see if it works. Me too!
Tipper: It always nice to spread the love to others. I’ve seen these on ads a wondered how they work.