Good questions: For me, Taxi is much larger than a golf ball, it is baseball size or larger. Some are smaller, but I sell just about every single one, regardless of size. They produce early and are a good match for the other early red ones. I have found that older customers like the smaller yellow ones and they will buy them even if there are larger ones available. I also plant BHN 871, a larger orange/yellow one. Where I live, I am bothered by wind and tornadoes. I have had one tunnel get pulled up in the middle on one side, due to wind. Luckily I was outside and saw it happen and was able to grab and hang on to it and push it back in the ground and called for backup. If I had tomatoes tied to the frame, they would have either been damaged or pulled out of the ground. Maybe that isn't a good reason, but I would prefer to loose the structure and maybe keep a slightly damaged crop than lose the entire structure and crop. I plant 5 plantings of determinate tomatoes inside and outside in a year. My customers are wanting large slicing tomatoes all year long and the indeterminates were always disappointing me. They give me a good early crop, but the size keep getting smaller as the year goes along. Also we grow for winter markets, so we need to clear out the building in August to prep for the winter season. Determinates fit that production schedule. This is my 3rd year of going mainly only with determinates and I have been very happy. We are actually increasing production by several hundred plants again this year. Jay

Thank you everyone for coming to the swap. What a difference a weeks makes. Couldn't have been more perfect weather, especially after last weekend. It was and is my pleasure to host the swap every spring, and plan on doing so for a lot more years. Agnes you beat me to the link with the recipe. Tara, now what good is a large yard with grass growing in it. costs money to keep it growing, way to much water to keep it green and we end up with water bans, restrictions all over the place, so how do you water the lawns?, patch the lawns and keep the grass seed wet so it will germinate, seedlings grow etc. Yup, tis why my front lawn looks like it does. We've had permanent water restrictions in town for years and years now and there is a fine for watering on the wrong day. Trust me, the town is eager for money and they travel around just looking for someone watering on the wrong day. If I'm going to water on alternate days, then it's going to be water used to grown my plants and garden beds, not lawns. Zazheen, not a problem with the wagon. Melissa took it with her, got in her car and now the kids have it. Melissa, thanks but no thanks, the wagon is yours, but as Mark said, he would love to see pictures of the "newly renovated wagon" when it's done. Now if you want to turn those kids into wonderful gardeners, got the perfect plan for you, just call or shoot me an email and I'll be glad to tell you all about it. Again, thanks everyone for coming, enjoy all the new "babies" and how about posting some pics to show all of us how they look when they bloom. Fran

Hi Angie, it would be nice if you could get here around 10:45. I really appreciate your help. I think I should give you one of Jolana or PJ's plants for being so nice. lol Here are the directions to the plant swap: I've had several people ask for directions to the plant swap and it's a good thing they didn't map it on the internet because both mapquest and yahoo maps have it wrong. They both say to take Thousand Oaks to Yvonne Dr. but Thousand Oaks is a deadend street. Here are directions to the plant swap from Loop 820 in Ft. Worth. DRIVING DIRECTIONS TO THE PLANT SWAP DO NOT TRY AND USE THE MAPS ON THE INTERNET OR YOUÂLL GET LOST Map quest and Mapit both have it wrong. From 820 in Ft. Worth you turn onto I-35W south, head south and stay on I-35W until you see the Hwy 174 Cleburne exit. This will be in Burleson. Head south on Hwy 174 (which is also called Wilshire Blvd) until you come to Joshua. When you come up a small hill, youÂll see an Assembly of God church on the right. In front of the church is Main St. Take Main St. and go three streets down to Yvonne Dr. ItÂs the 7th house on the left 1011 Yvonne Dr. Look for the birdhouse mailbox. If you have any questions or get lost then call me Carol 817 447-3438. ItÂs real easy to find.

Tuesday, October 4, at 6 PM, there's a preview of plants that will be in the sale. Thursday October6, from 4 PM to 6 PM there's a pre-sale open to FW Botanic Society members only, & members get a 10% on the plants they buy. Membership is $50, so it may or may not be too late in the year for this to be a good investment. You might check on the FWBG's website to investigate the other perks. Then the big big thing! Friday October 7, 2 PM to 6 PM first day of sale, Saturday October 8, 9 AM to 2 PM second, final day of sale. I never have managed to get there on Friday, but on Saturday the place is like Grand Central Station! Get there *early* to get the best choice of parking space, bring your hat, sunglasses, & bottles of water, wear comfy clothes & shoes, bring your own cart if possible (saves having to load/unload/re-load), & if you see something that you like, grab it. Do not say, "hmmm, I like that, but I'll look at every plant out here, & then if I still like this one, I'll get it on the way out." That plant & every plant like it will be gone! it's loads of fun, & you'll find things that just don't appear at other nurseries.