When my mom got back down south she decided that I needed tomato plants for my new planter that I bought myself. I was content to not have tomatos this summer since I hadn't started any early. But mom insisted. So she came up with this idea- buy started tomato plants, stick them in a water bottle (cutting in half, and then taping together), add a little water, and put into an express post envelope. Well it worked! She put them in the mail from Dawson Creek, BC on a Tuesday and I got them 2 days later on Thursday! Canada post has never been that quick. So the plants look great and I have them planted. Perhaps I will have tomatoes this year!
Tomato plants in bottles:
Here is a tomato planted in my new planter. The tomatoes hang out the bottom!
I also baked a cake for a friends kid last weekend. It is supposed to be a dinosaur! I had fun making it and the birthday boy liked it- so that is all that matters!
5 comments:
What an ingenious idea to get plants up to the north. I should try something like that. I really miss having the odd plant in the house, especially when you can't buy one in town.
Someone should write a book on all the inventive ways of getting hard-to-get items sent up here. Maybe the criminal element would take advantage of something like that on second thought. But I still think it would make for an interesting read.
She mailed you tomato plants in plastic bottles? Wow! That's amazing! I can't believe it worked, and I'm still in shock that you guys can grow veggies in Kugluktuk (read about that on Larry's blog). I hope you'll post progress photos later on.
Great cake too!
wow, never thought about that. sorry for the silly question, but obviously you keep them indoors right?
Yep, I keep them indoors. I do not have a nice greenhouse for them! Hopefully one day I will though!
Awsome cake! Now THAT is talent!
:-)
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