WineDiva on April 18th, 2011

A Cook’s Garden Eight years ago my husband and I bought our house after a much discussed compromise. I wanted a lot large enough for flowers and vegetables. He wanted a condo. We found, what we thought at the time, was the perfect house. Small backyard, very low maintenance and a front yard with a [...]

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WineDiva on May 6th, 2010

Tomato Plant in a Pot For those of us who haven’t gotten around to planting our tomato seeds, don’t worry. Costco has ‘Better Boy’ tomato plants in a 16″ pot with cage! All the plants are about 2′ tall and already have fruit. No muss, no fuss. All you have to do is put it [...]

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WineDiva on February 21st, 2010

Tomatoes If you’ve been to any of the home improvement stores or Walmart, you may have noticed that they’ve gotten their first supply of vegetable plants and seeds. One tomato plant costs $3.00. You can get a package of seeds for under $2.00. If you plan to grow more than a couple of plants then [...]

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