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Hi greetings from a newbie here from Canada

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Post: # 148121Unread post Jeannine Anne
Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:52 pm

Hi, I am officially saying Hi in the right place now.. I came looking for info on Tomatoville which I had been on for many years and decided this was a good place to stay so after a few days I joined and I said hi in that topic.

So I am Jeannine Anne.. but please drop the Anne part.. Jeannine is just fine. From BC Canada with UK roots. I used to garden extensively on acreage but no more, just a lovely large glass greenhouse with thigh high raised beds all round, a lot of large pots outside and a three tier light setup inside so I am still gardening. I try to grow as much as 1 person can eat, it works with many things but not all of course but it is fun trying.

I recognize some names from TV here good to see you.

I look forward to getting to know you all.

XX Jeannine

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Post: # 148129Unread post rxkeith
Thu Mar 27, 2025 1:46 pm

hi jeannine, and welcome aboard.
i will be one of the familiar names among many who will be saying howdy.
we all play well together in the dirt.


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Post: # 148131Unread post habitat-gardener
Thu Mar 27, 2025 1:55 pm

Hi Jeannine, Nice to see you here. I recall your posts about perennial brassicas! The only one I've grown is purple tree collards, aka perennial kale. For a couple decades, more or less, I had a kale forest. In-between I moved and it took a few years to get it started again, then last year I let my winter squash take over the kale bed and lost all the kale. (Accidentally on purpose, actually -- I got tired of pulling harlequin bugs off the kale all summer!) Before that I gave away lots of cuttings, so I hope it is surviving in other gardens around town. Thankfully one of my cuttings thrived so I'm starting again.

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Post: # 148134Unread post Labradors
Thu Mar 27, 2025 2:06 pm

Welcome Jeannine! I recognize you from TV where many of us are from.

My first tomatoes were Moneymaker and Alicante, and Mum used to send me the seeds from Woolworths when I first moved to Canada. It took me a while to figure out that there's a whole world full of better tasting tomatoes out there!

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Post: # 148138Unread post Whwoz
Thu Mar 27, 2025 2:16 pm

Welcome to the Junction from Down Under @Jeannine Anne from another who has done the migration

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Thu Mar 27, 2025 2:34 pm

Welcome to the forum!
Woodbury, NJ zone 7a/7b

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Thu Mar 27, 2025 5:44 pm

Welcome from down here in Georgia!

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Post: # 148148Unread post MissS
Thu Mar 27, 2025 6:05 pm

Hello and a warm welcome to you @Jeannine Anne. I'm glad to see that you found us here. I always enjoyed your posts at the 'ville and I'm sure that you will be right at home here.
~ Patti ~
AKA ~ Hooper

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Post: # 148157Unread post Jeannine Anne
Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:24 pm

Hi Keith, thank you for the welcome, something new...eek..but it looks good XX Jeannine

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Post: # 148162Unread post Jeannine Anne
Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:31 pm

habitat-gardener wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 1:55 pm Hi Jeannine, Nice to see you here. I recall your posts about perennial brassicas! The only one I've grown is purple tree collards, aka perennial kale. For a couple decades, more or less, I had a kale forest. In-between I moved and it took a few years to get it started again, then last year I let my winter squash take over the kale bed and lost all the kale. (Accidentally on purpose, actually -- I got tired of pulling harlequin bugs off the kale all summer!) Before that I gave away lots of cuttings, so I hope it is surviving in other gardens around town. Thankfully one of my cuttings thrived so I'm starting again.


Oh yes I remember. you made me laugh with your kale story, it can get a bit like that. Mine is long gone as I had a bit of time off except for a few things.. but..... guess what I have been collecting this past winter and am sowing as we speak...perennial brassicas but I won't go on and on about them. You did really good though and still are..well done you XX Jeannine

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Post: # 148164Unread post Jeannine Anne
Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:37 pm

Labradors wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 2:06 pm Welcome Jeannine! I recognize you from TV where many of us are from.

My first tomatoes were Moneymaker and Alicante, and Mum used to send me the seeds from Woolworths when I first moved to Canada. It took me a while to figure out that there's a whole world full of better tasting tomatoes out there!
Hi, now come on don't you be knocking Moneymakers to a Yorkshire lass. I learned about tomatoes with Moneymakers when I was a kid about 70 years ago .. who knows without Moneymakers I may not be here LOL. In fact I still sow one plant every so often in memory to my dad who taught me and yes the 2 seeds I sowed to get one plant have just popped..memories of me and my dad in his first greenhouse learning together are worth it. Whatever they taste like

XX Jeannine

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Post: # 148165Unread post Jeannine Anne
Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:40 pm

Whwoz wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 2:16 pm Welcome to the Junction from Down Under @Jeannine Anne from another who has done the migration
Thank you from down under, sadly I never made it there , despite promising my brother I would go for a few weeks, life just got in the way. I regret that now.

XX Jeannine

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Post: # 148166Unread post Jeannine Anne
Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:41 pm

pepperhead212 wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 2:34 pm Welcome to the forum!
Thank you Pepperhead nice to meet you, love your name by the way XX Jeannine

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Post: # 148167Unread post Jeannine Anne
Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:43 pm

GoDawgs wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 5:44 pm Welcome from down here in Georgia!

Thank you GoDawgs, your name sounds familiar?

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Post: # 148168Unread post Jeannine Anne
Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:44 pm

MissS wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 6:05 pm Hello and a warm welcome to you @Jeannine Anne. I'm glad to see that you found us here. I always enjoyed your posts at the 'ville and I'm sure that you will be right at home here.
Thank you again MissS. XX Jeannine

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Fri Mar 28, 2025 7:27 am

Greetings from America's Dairyland. I have a Sister in Leitches Creek/Cape Breton/Nova Scotia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitches_Creek

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Post: # 148189Unread post bower
Fri Mar 28, 2025 7:31 am

Welcome to TJ... I've always loved reading about your gardening experiments on TV. Delighted to have you here. :)
AgCan Zone 5a/USDA zone 4
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yearly precip 61 inches/1550 mm

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Fri Mar 28, 2025 7:50 am

Jeannine wrote: Hi, now come on don't you be knocking Moneymakers to a Yorkshire lass. I learned about tomatoes with Moneymakers when I was a kid about 70 years ago .. who knows without Moneymakers I may not be here LOL. In fact I still sow one plant every so often in memory to my dad who taught me and yes the 2 seeds I sowed to get one plant have just popped..memories of me and my dad in his first greenhouse learning together are worth it. Whatever they taste like.

Oh that's so nice that you grow a Moneymaker in memory of your Dad :). At least they taste good cooked, especially in an English breakfast :).

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Fri Mar 28, 2025 8:23 am

Jeannine Anne wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:43 pm
GoDawgs wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 5:44 pm Welcome from down here in Georgia!

Thank you GoDawgs, your name sounds familiar?
I used to be at T'ville.

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Fri Mar 28, 2025 8:34 am

Welcome from Illinois!

~Sam
Tomato and pepper collector :D Zone 6a, Northern Illinois.

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