Posted by Stephanie | Posted in Park Seed | Posted on 03-02-2009
The winners of the resolution contest I mentioned last Thursday have been announced! They are each receiving a Park Seed gift certificate and bragging rights for their much appreciate participation. There were hundreds of entries, and four winners were chosen. One of my favorites was actually picked as a winner. If you'd like to participate in a contest like this, or you'd like to get the latest garden news and the best deals, just subscribe to Park Seed's Newsletter.
And the winners are:
| I had the brainstorm one year to plant Nicotiana next to our many (~60) tomato plants…not thinking that Nicotiana is related to tomatoes, & that Nicotiana has the loveliest night-time fragrance, & that lovely fragrance would draw in night-flying moths to visit, & that apparently MOST of those night-flying moths would turn out to be Sphinx moths. The strong-flying parents of the Tomato Hornworm. We had the best crop of Tomato Hornworms EVER. Hundreds of them. Hundreds. Not only on the tomatoes, but also the Nicotiana. That's a lot of hunting & squishing. We'll never plant Nicotiana again, anywhere, as long as we grow tomatoes. And a caveat to gardeners trying to attract butterflies, moths, & other wildlife to your plot: investigate what their "babies" like to eat before planting! Every year in the garden is a new adventure, even after 40+ years! |
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— Judy
Weymouth |
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My New Year Resolution for |
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— Irene Lyons
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| 1. I resolve never again to allot three feet square for zucchini plants. 2. I resolve never again to raise eight tomato plants at once for a table that feeds two people. 3. I resolve never again to let my dog romp through my unplanted garden. 4. I resolve never again to let the heat and weeds and bugs beat me back by April. |
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— Lisa
Willmon |
| I will never again buy the leftover pitiful looking disease ridden plants that nobody else wanted at a nursery that tells me they just need a little TLC and some good soil and that they'll catch up. I'll start with quality and plan ahead even if it takes a few days longer to get them. |
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Kelly Palmer |