bgaviator, I agree with Taz that you may have gone from not enough water to too much water, but it is difficult to know for sure as wulfe said, it depends on your soil. An inch of rain is exactly that, water that is one inch deep. One inch of rainfall equals 4.7 gallons of water per square yard or 22,650 gallons of water per acre! Most tomato plants will have roots that take up more than a square yard of space. You can't really say so many gallons to a plant unless it is in a container. The surrounding dry soil will wick water away from your tomato when the moisture is uneven. By the same process, if a tomato plant has taken up all the water in it's immediate area, the moisture in the surrounding area will migrate towards the tomato plant. So what you need is an inch of water for quite an area all around the tomatoes. sprouts_honor (Jennifer from Cleveland) had a wonderful suggestion on how to tell whether or not you need to water your tomatoes, and I quote here: "Get a wooden dowel rod (or two) and sink it in the ground near a plant or two and leave it. Pull it out when you think you need to water. If the top is dry and the bottom is a little damp, it's time to water. If it looks dark and feels saturated, wait to water. I use this technique with potted plants that don't like being over watered and it's helpful with in ground plants too." I have a 4 foot dowel marked off in foot increments that I use to measure spacing when planting in rows, and since I read Jennifer's suggestion, I now "store" it in the garden by poking it into the ground. It is easier than finding my meter or digging a hole to check the moisture. The lens on your camera is dirty, probably a finger print or smudge, clean it up with a very soft lint free cloth or lens tissue paper (I used to "shoot" professionally) then as Taz said, take the picture with the sun behind you or to the side so that it is not glaring off the lens. If you can provide better pictures with some of them close up, I am sure there is a lot more we can tell you about your plants. Betsy

I agree with Sue b, I really like the accent tile idea. I had a similar problem, took almost a year to decide. If one more person suggested white subway I was going to scream, just because it was essentially what I had just torn down! I got the same MOP sample as you have, (among others), but ended up with a linear stone backsplash to balance out my "blingy" granite. It provided the calming, organic balance I needed- it makes me happy! Hang in there, you will find what you are looking for!

So many people with issues with parents...sad. I was loved, I had toys and gifts,dresses, dolls, books, sport stuff, games,I lacked for nothing . But as I got older, I think I tried to "recapture" my childhood. As an adult, I loved antique shows, flea markets, garage sales. Any time I saw something we had in our house growing up, I had to buy it. I even bought too many rose bushes and planted them in my garden, trying to re-create my Grandma's rose garden. I now have a linen closet stacked with doilies and tablecloths I'll never use, sets of fancy glasses too fragile to use, things like that. Oh, and on the funny side, my daughter cleaned out my bathroom just yesterday. She found eleven bottles of Listerine. I don't know, I hate the stuff, it burns... I remember buying one bottle because it did everything, whitens teeth, freshens breath, makes gums healthy, strengthens the enamel. I'm just always looking for something to make me happy.

Sorry to hijack the thread ljsemar! Laurie I hope you absolutely love Lovesong as much as I do! Diane (nanadoll) and others recommended it so highly I had to get it. I got standards and they have been putting out what seems like an endless supply of huge sumptuous blooms nonstop! Neptune is amazing too, huge blooms, and very fragrant! Stainless Steel may grow a little awkwardly like a wannabe climber, but I just am tying him laterally to see what happens. Unique, light silver lavender, intensely fragrant blooms. :-)