"every April 1, get out there and dig up those tomatoes"

[habitat_gardener]

]See the video at http://www.gardenrant.com/
(posted april 1)!

[rnewste]

Funny video.

I wonder how many "city folks" would believe it!!

Raybo

[MoonlessNightx]

The sad thing is that I know quite a few people I could show that to and they would be like... I didn't know tomatoes grew underground, how cool.

City Folks is an apt description.

[Goldie]

Thanks for posting. I needed a laugh

[ContainerTed]

Now, there's a couple of goals for some of our more highly motivated, "adventuresome" breeders.

Funny, but I think he went to the punch line too quickly.

Ted

[habitat_gardener]

Originally Posted by habitat_gardener

]

Still one of my favorite spring harvests!

[gorbelly]

Originally Posted by MoonlessNightx

City Folks is an apt description.

In my experience, people living in cities have a better idea of where their food comes from than people who live in the suburbs. I grew up in the suburbs, lived in big cities for 20 years and recently had to move to the suburbs. Way more people I knew in the city grew vegetables or supported local farms than people in the surburbs. Growing up, my family was basically the only family I knew that had a vegetable garden. Not a single neighbor we knew ever did anything except landscaping and lawn care. Now that I'm back in a different suburb, I see that things have not changed much. Once again, my house is the only vegetable garden I've seen in this town. The suburbs are basically a styrofoam-wrapped bubble, culturally speaking. People in rural areas and in cities are much more connected to and interested in nature, in my experience.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by gorbelly

In my experience, people living in cities have a better idea of where their food comes from than people who live in the suburbs. I grew up in the suburbs, lived in big cities for 20 years and recently had to move to the suburbs. Way more people I knew in the city grew vegetables or supported local farms than people in the surburbs. Growing up, my family was basically the only family I knew that had a vegetable garden. Not a single neighbor we knew ever did anything except landscaping and lawn care. Now that I'm back in a different suburb, I see that things have not changed much. Once again, my house is the only vegetable garden I've seen in this town. The suburbs are basically a styrofoam-wrapped bubble, culturally speaking. People in rural areas and in cities are much more connected to and interested in nature, in my experience.

Depends on what you call a suburb.
A small farm town swallowed by the larger cities or a sub division.
Many but not all of these folks that live in these subdivisions are simply consumers.
They have money and dont care where food comes from.
There was one of them in the store the other day buying corn bread mix she had no idea how to make cornbread.
I had to help her with something else I cant remember waht it was.
She was my age.
Corn Bread mix to me is one of the biggest ripoffs in history.
Corn meal and baking powder at ten times the cost.
The same goes for the fish fry mixes.

Where I live just down the street is some of the best farm land in the country just beautiful rock less sandy loam soil.
Vast open yards of it everywhere.
Not one person has a garden.
It makes me sick as I am on the top with the poor soil.

Worth

[greenthumbomaha]

I agree gorbelly. Many homeowners in my subdivision grew up on farms and think vegetable growing should be confined to farms, not residential tracts. Landscapes are the norm; uniform and manicured at that. When I lived in NYC, making a weekend trip to a farm stand was part of summer. Chinese markets found on every corner do great business there.

- Lisa

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by greenthumbomaha

I agree gorbelly. Many homeowners in my subdivision grew up on farms and think vegetable growing should be confined to farms, not residential tracts. Landscapes are the norm; uniform and manicured at that. When I lived in NYC, making a weekend trip to a farm stand was part of summer. Chinese markets found on every corner do great business there.

- Lisa

A lot of people in Austin have gardens but in the subdivisions the HOA people are the devil to deal with.

[UFXEFU]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Depends on what you call a suburb.
A small farm town swallowed by the larger cities or a sub division.
Many but not all of these folks that live in these subdivisions are simply consumers.
They have money and dont care where food comes from.
There was one of them in the store the other day buying corn bread mix she had no idea how to make cornbread.
I had to help her with something else I cant remember waht it was.
She was my age.
Corn Bread mix to me is one of the biggest ripoffs in history.
Corn meal and baking powder at ten times the cost.
The same goes for the fish fry mixes.

Where I live just down the street is some of the best farm land in the country just beautiful rock less sandy loam soil.
Vast open yards of it everywhere.
Not one person has a garden.
It makes me sick as I am on the top with the poor soil.

Worth

City girls cornbread..!

[twillis2252]

Originally Posted by UFXEFU

City girls cornbread..!

Where's the cast iron skillet???

[Worth1]

Reminds me of the time one of my old bosses and I were talking at work.
I mentioned my wife getting up and fixing my lunch and making coffee.
Some other guy said you gotta be kidding me I cant get my wife out of bed where did you find a woman that would do that where is she from?
I said West Texas.
My boss said my wife does the same thing.
The guy said really, where is you wife from.
He said West Texas.
We were in Austin at the time.
The guy was flabbergasted.
Here is the deal the girls in West Texas often have fathers that work long hours in the oil patch.
They have to get up early and get the men on the road and the kids to school.
And then have supper ready when they get home.
If they dont do this they are totally worthless.
Many of them have gardens to take care of too.

Worth

[UFXEFU]

Originally Posted by twillis2252

Where's the cast iron skillet???

Haha... City girls don't have any cast iorn pots.

Bb

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by UFXEFU

Haha... City girls don't have any cast iorn pots.

Bb

Can we please not talk about cast iron I have too may already and have my eye on a cast iron chicken fryer.
This has started the itch again.
Worth