I was in JAPAN- cool huh? Now that county's got gardening DOWN. I highly recommend anyone who's remotely interested in gardening to visit- we were lucky enough to catch the Cherry Blossom season when we were there, too. I'll post a few pics, but two dimensions just don't cut it. It's ethereal. Goodness I've never used that word before!
So the real inspiration for my post is this video- From what I can gather on his youtube channel he's in Toronto, like me, and loves to grow tomatoes, also like me.
But his is MUCH better- It's what I'd aspire to- lots of cherry tomatoes and great use of straw. The other thing that I love is his swing chair! I've been contemplating throwing my old cedar auction love seat out- it's awkward and the nails are pretty rusty, I'm just attached to it because it was such a fight to get at the auction at the time- 20 years ago, hmm- ok, i think it can go :)
Enough about me- Vlad also has lots of videos about the carrville community garden- located behind the Toronto Waldorf School- looks like a good group of folks- 106 litres of tomatoe sauce made from their gardens in 2005!!
So because I missed starting my own toms, I'm going to have to hunt for some come May. Which is kind of nice- no dirt in the dining room, no hustling plants in and out, rushing home on cold night to get the seedlings back in, no balancing precariously on chairs (which my other half is happy about) with trays.. but also no daily little joys of green. Ah well, at least there's the internet! Time to live vicariously through others for a while!
...and one last picture of cherry blossoms:
