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Cruising From Portland To Glastonbury, CT

Yesterday, we had to run all over the place to get a bunch of errands out of the way. We had to go to the pharmacy, the hardware store, the bank and then grocery shopping. We did the pharmacy and the hardware store locally, but went to the bank in the next town over.

After we left the bank, I thought it would be a cool idea to drive South into Portland, CT and then swing up through Main Street, Glastonbury. We hadn’t seen this historic area since we were in the car with the realtor.

We made the right onto Rt. 17 North, down in Portland, and drove for a while. We came upon a fruit and vegetable store on the right hand side of the road, I think in South Glastonbury. Now, my nature is to drive right by. I do that with life. So, yesterday, I decided to pull over to see what this fine establishment had to offer.

Well, to my surprise, they had big boxes of tomatoes for only $8. Check them out.

Box of tomatoes

If you know me, you would know that I love tomato sandwiches. Toast two pieces of white bread (don’t get fancy), put some mayo on them, put some thick slices of tomato on them with a dash of salt and you are all set. You’ll love it, trust me.

We had some yesterday and I am beginning to realize that we better eat these things very fast or they are going to go bad. After I finish writing this, I am going to go down stairs and make a few more sandwiches. I think Laura mentioned she was going to make salsa and tomato salad later on. Also, tonight, I am going to blend some tomatoes up and use them as the sauce for a home made pizza. I think we are going to have a bunch of tomatoes left over.

Oh boy.

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Holly, Hydrangea and Tomato Plants

We made a visit to Home Depot yesterday (we are going to be buying from Lowe’s from now on). I wanted to go shopping for shrubs. Maybe I can just cut this, and the following posts short. You can just read all the other ones about shrubs I have written through the years.

I had a bunch of stuff on my list, but mainly items from the garden area. Here is what I got:

- 1 Blue Hydrangea
- 4 Holly bushes
- 2 Rhododendron
- 1 25 lb. bag of grass seed
- 2 Tomato plants

and some other stuff. Maybe I’ll write about that later.

Laura picked out the Hydrangea and made sure it was blue. There are a few others around here, so it should fit right in.

There are a lot of areas I need shrubs. I really like shrubs at the ends of driveways. I don’t know why, but I do. Therefore, I needed shrubs to put at the end of this semi-naked driveway. I put the Holly and Rhododendron there. There is room for a lot more though.

I also did some seeding yesterday. I went through the whole bag in about two minutes. The spreader settings needs to be high, so it really shoots out fast. I raked the seed in some bare spots in the lawn, and just spread it out on the areas up near the road. If the birds eat it, I’ll just get more.

What’s really exciting is our new tomato plants. These are hybrid something-er-others. They are supposed to produce nice big tomatoes. I like tomato sandwiches, so I am hoping they come out nicely.

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