Just about being happy !!!
 

Aloha to all,
As we watch our gardens/seedlings grow, please enjoy the journey. I do it for food, as well as relaxation. This new year has been good to my garden. My family is safe,all around the world. And I get to play with growing on a 6x15 lanai (balcony) in Hawaii . I consider myself ,very novice , as a grower. The point is to enjoy your sucess, learn or adapt to our losses. And yes, I have been blessed with this chance. Mahalo Nui Loa and Aloha,
Tom

Glad you are safe Tom! Indeed, this is the best time of the year- the anticipation of fruit! I hope you enjoy your bounty!!

Yes. I'm happy about these:
The weather is warm enough to plant out.
My seedlings look good.
35 seedlings planted, 29 to go.
I've got a crossbreeding project going.
I've got some rare-to-the-USA varieties to try.
I've got a mom who gardens with me.
I've got friends and a sister who I give plants to.
I can still garden despite arthritis.
There will be enough tomatoes to give to charity.
...and many many more.

Nan

Nice thread to start. I am always almost giddy at this time of year, but this year especially. It has not been without its weather challenges, though. We went from late deep freezes to spring weather in a couple of days. Nothing could come out of the basement for much longer than usual, then out of the tents for even longer. Throw in an ill timed, but much needed trip to visit to visit family this week, and I am rushing around like a zombie.

What i am particularly thankful this year:
A family has moved into my church in sanctuary. She is severely disabled with Multiple Sclerosis and totally dependent on her husband for her care. He has a deportation order. An appeal in being worked on and it is anyone’s guess where that will go. He is going crazy not being able to leave the church or go to work. I was able to set him up with a container garden on our roof garden. The other day, I found a nice looking fig tree and brought it up to him. He is so excited, it seems like Christmas in May. He goes up daily to count how many of his seeds have sprouted. His enthusiasm is contagious. He is doing a lot of clean up work up there I never quite have enough time to get to, and today he will help me plant the gutter garden. I bought a covering to shade an area from the intense southern exposure years ago, and couldn’t ever quite figure out how to make it work. Now I have a plan. Parts to make a wheelchair ramp are on order so he can take his wife out there. It is making me very happy to be a part of this.

For 10 years I have been begging for an irrigation system for our church grounds, which have fallen into a deplorable state. We had one, but it wasn’t properly maintained. Pretty much everything died as the gardens are surrounded by concrete. It has happened. I have pretty much a blank slate to create some beauty in. Yea, hurray.

We got the fence around our community fixed up so, not only does it look better, but maybe it will keep the deer at bay. It is a beautiful and productive site otherwise, and I am very thankful for it.
Got the tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant in yesterday.

I am thankful to all the people who try new an inventive ways of growing, thereby inspiring me. I am growing in bags of garden soil for the first year. It will be a fun experiment.

I grew up on a farm with large garden plots. Now I garden in the ground at the community garden and at my cottage. I grown in earth boxes, global buckets, and now in bags of soil here at home. I grown on a gutter garden at church. They are all different types of gardens, but each produces a wonderful array of fresh vegetables, and I am so grateful for that. Next experiment up is an ebb and flow garden.

I am thankful for this wonderful community of gardeners willing to share the information they have gleaned from their growing adventures. I have learned so much and gotten so much inspiration here.

I am thankful my DH who aids and abets me in my gardening adventures. I am thankful he no longer shakes his head and tells me my ideas can’t work, but rather figures out how he can help me make them work.

I am grateful for family, friends and coworkers who have come to realize the how great it is to grow a fresh tasty heirloom tomato, and eagerly await to see what plants I will have available for them to grow this season. It validates what I have a passion for.

I am thankful this growing season has started. Let the games begin.

Aloha Nancy,
I am very happy to have started this thread. I am also grateful for many things. Stay Strong up there in Michigan. How cool is this life ?

Thank you very much !!! To Spartenburg. �� we do what we can...Cheers & Aloha

Nancey,
I wanted to add this. I grow things in costco coffee containers, stolen totes, and lately. Coffee bags . Yes, this new thing... burlap bags , who knew ??? Aloha and Enjoy.
Tom

Wow, I love this. Please tell me your Happtimes. C'mon there villans... Share with me. Please

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I'm happy just to see this very happy thread started! Yay!!!! You've already put a smile on my face this morning...thank you!

I love spring. Always a time for renewal and new beginnings.

Today, I'm going to make an extra effort to smile at each and every person I run into today.

Looking outside & seeing sunshine makes me happy. (Seasonal Affective Disorder, here). Especially after the "Weather" thread, with this long harsh winter, and last spring's 2 months of rain.

Nan

Well so far , so good. My lanai garden is starting to become a jungle. The California Wonder , Poblamo and Kaala's are all getting ready to flower. The Kaboucha is taking over. Hey talk about weather ? How's the chance of acid rain and sulpher gas ? That's the price of living in paradise. Have a good one.
Aloha

[QUOTE=Koala Doug;699091][SIZE=3][FONT=Garamond][B]Happiness, for me, is listening to and getting lost in music.
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Howzit Doug,
Have you ever checked out " Playing for Change " ? It's on you tube. Enjoy.

[QUOTE=Tomzhawaii;700168]Howzit Doug,
Have you ever checked out " Playing for Change " ? It's on you tube. Enjoy.[/QUOTE]

[B][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3]I haven't even heard of it... but I found a Youtube page with that name and this is one of the videos:

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:yes:

Is that what you were talking about?

Either way, I liked it!
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Love that song! Takes me "back in the day".

I'm happy the doctors just fixed my DH's heart and he came home today!

:dance:
Nan

[QUOTE=Koala Doug;700190][B][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3]I haven't even heard of it... but I found a Youtube page with that name and this is one of the videos:

[YOUTUBE]t4sK8d48Exs[/YOUTUBE]

:yes:

Is that what you were talking about?

Either way, I liked it!
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Yup ,that's the one. Enjoy

[QUOTE=Nan_PA_6b;700196]I'm happy the doctors just fixed my DH's heart and he came home today!

:dance:
Nan[/QUOTE]

Nan that is indeed marevelous news and I am happy to hear it!

Awww Nan. That's great news!

Hearing about good things happening to people makes me happy.

[url]https://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y[/url]
Music for a different generation...the good one

You're talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation!

Nan

😎 off to work.
Aloha

I'm so happy that I gambled on starting tomatoes a month early, and it hasn't been too bad, they're setting up fine.
I'm so happy my son and DIL are coming for a visit this summer, and they're coming early so it's even better that I planted tomatoes early.
I'm so happy to have nice weather in april when you can get out and do things that there wasn't time for last spring, or the spring before, or.... I did some things in the garden that have been waiting a long time. I potted up nut pines to grow them up bigger and plant them out. I weeded and mulched/fed the siberian ginseng - it survived! I'm very happy to see nice buds on it!
I'm really happy we had a winter with not much snow, and for once the snowshoe hares didn't do a lot of damage to the trees by rinding the bark when there's nothing to eat! So my trees are getting a year of grace.
I'm even happier that the garlic survived really well in spite of the wierd winter.
I'm totally stoked about my bulbils coming up, new varieties from far off lands!
I'm really delighted that my friend is still doing the farm and CSA this year although she has a part time job and a little girl nearly one year old. And I'll be going once a week to farm frolicks whether it's work and/or teaching that little one to weed or just to walk and play safely.
I'm happy you started this thread Tom, I'm really happy to know you are safe and happy! Been watching the lava flows on the news, like nothing I've ever seen or imagined. I'm happy that no one has been hurt. I have visited your beautiful state, it's a wonderful place. Stay safe! and happy... :D

Thank you bower,
The Big Island is in some bad shape. It is a huge producer of coffee , papaya and other fruits. I hope things calm down soon.
On a different note.
It is a very good feeling to read the stories of such a wide group of people. Only connected by our love of gardening. I thank you for your sharing. Tomatoville has been really kind to me. And the huge amount of knowledge here is more than anyone could ask for.
Again thank you and have a great summer.
Aloha, Tom

Coffee bag idea needs improvement
 

[QUOTE=Tomzhawaii;699033]Nancey,
I wanted to add this. I grow things in costco coffee containers, stolen totes, and lately. Coffee bags . Yes, this new thing... burlap bags , who knew ??? Aloha and Enjoy.
Tom[/QUOTE]

The coffee bags were made from jute. It seemed like a good idea. They actually didn't last long enough. I still think there is still value in a mesh type growing container. Grow bags are good and I am still insearch of something similar to the coffee bags.

To all,
Now is a time we begin to see the fruit of our labors. Some brought their babies home and gave them nurturing and love. Some did the same for their tiny seeds. We have all done something great. Whether it worked out how we expected or not. We are still doing something to help ourselves and mankind(ie. The neighbors). Good luck with the remainder of summer. And enjoy that sweet taste of accomplishment and learning.
Aloha,
Tom

Today I have enough maters to send a batch to the food bank.:):):)

Nan

[QUOTE=Tomzhawaii;707205]Good luck with the remainder of summer. And enjoy that sweet taste of accomplishment and learning.[/QUOTE]


[B][SIZE=3][FONT=Garamond]Thanks, Tom![/FONT][/SIZE][/B]
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Aloha all,
I thought it might be a good time to add a little to this thread. Winter for me was an awakening. Tomatoes grew well and I learned my limits.
Now that spring is here, well I'm back to learning..... my wonderful pepper sprouts are not what I imagined. What happened ? Well as many of you know and I am learning, things don't happen in our timeline. It seems the peppers were planted in March. What I have is Califlowers that were planted in ??? (Memory lose ) Anyway my big cheef are well and so is the russian orange. Sorry can't spell. My garden is showing life. And I hope yours is doing great also. I look forward to reading the glourious stories of you doing the things we love.
Aloha and please come visit us.
Tom
P.S. we need the tourism
Mu ahh

Aloha,
I forgot to mention a few things.
To the wonderful lady in Detroit, Michigan. I wish you the best. God bless your work and your health. Please pm for anything you may need. Aloha to you Sister.
The other thing I forgot is ........
Well, I am grateful for all of the t'ville folk who care about others.
Amen & Aloha,
Tom