Way off topic

[jumpinjiminy]

Well, here it is the middle of winter, and I'm missing the fact I didn't have a garden this summer. For some odd reason (which I had no idea way back in the spring) I was so tired and not the least bit interested in putting one together or tending it. Now I know there was a physical cause for this lack of interest, but I still missed having rows of fresh green beans to pick and preserve and fresh tomatoes and all the rest.

So, seeing as how my future gardening plans and abilities (having a hard time keeping commitments that require physical exertion and stamina) are in question, I've decided to get more involved in hydroponics. Earlier this year I tried one of those countertop gardens to grow herbs and loved how easy and clean it was. It was pretty fool proof, but not extremely prolific. After a bit of research I've found better nutrients supposedly make this more successful.

Santa treated me this year to a couple more of these table top hydroponic gardens, and now I've already got some romaine lettuce and cherry tomatoes sprouting under lights in their little pods.

If this is lupus, I may have to give up the outdoors in summer, but I won't have to give up my gardens and fresh produce. Those little winter tomatoes from the store just don't cut it for me.

Adjust and adapt. It's what we do, right?

[HVAC]

Glad you have found away around it and can garden.

Alex

[MCBCON]

This make me think of the move "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"

[jumpinjiminy]

Thanks, Lulu. My husband doesn't eat fresh tomatoes either. They don't like him, not the other way around.

[Lulu54]

My DH would love to garden with you - he hates the winter tomatoes we get after being spoiled with the fresh garden ones.  He says they are worlds apart in taste, but I wouldn't know because I can't stand fresh tomatoes.  

Have fun with the hydroponics..... this could be a new leisure time activity for you.

best, L