Stop Buying Tomatoes. Use These 4 Smart Methods To Grow An Endless Supply

Find Out How to Grow Tomatoes at Home the Best Ways

A fruit with many uses, tomatoes can be added to soups, pastas, salsas, and chiles, among other dishes. Growing your own tomatoes could save you money and improve the flavor if you eat a lot of them. Though establishing a new harvest with a tomato seedling is the most popular method, there are other options to think about. These four tactics will ensure that your favorite fruit is always available.

1. Bury Slices of tomato

A plentiful harvest can result from burying tomato slices, did you know that? The Wannabe Homesteader provides an easy-to-implement and affordable fix. An overripe tomato, some planting soil, and multiple containers are all you need. Potting soil should be added to a large container until it is nearly full. Then, cover the soil with a few thin tomato slices. Pick slices with many of seeds and bury them in enough soil so they don’t sprout. Give them a week or two to begin growing.

The tomato seeds take around a week to sprout. Up to sixty seedlings can be raised in a single container. Take cuttings from the top four or five strongest sprouts and plant them in different locations. Every few weeks, check on the young plants and pull off the weaker ones to make place for the stronger ones.

2. Bury Them in the Earth

Planting your tomatoes directly in the ground will greatly boost your harvest if you have a large yard with lots of sunlight. According to Bonnie Plants, this method also lessens the requirement for watering. But be aware that rabbits and deer can like nibbling on your garden, so you’ll need to take extra care.

3. Construct a Window Box for Them

In window boxes, tomatoes can be grown successfully even in situations when you don’t have much room for a garden. Use a window box large enough to accommodate at least 1.5 liters of soil, and use a string trellis that is drilled into the wall to support the plant. Use smaller tomato types to ensure the success of this technique.

4. Use a hanging basket to grow them.

Instead of using a pot on the porch, use a hanging basket if you’re concerned that hanging a heavy box from it would damage it. But remember, since the water will evaporate faster in this container than it would in a regular one, the plant will need more water. Use a cascade cherry tomato variety, like DIY Network recommends.

An easy and affordable method to get fresh, tasty fruit all year long is to grow tomatoes yourself. Take into account these tactics to guarantee an endless supply of your preferred fruit.

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Nurse believed that the young girl’s family was not aware of what she did daily

One of the worse things is cancer, even more so when it’s concerning children.

Jonathan and Shelby thought that their daughter, Sophie, who is two years old, was suffering from allergies. She was finding it hard to breathe and her doctor thought it might be asthma. Unfortunately, it was soon going to be evident that it was much worse!

The little girl, Sophie was set to have an allergy test a few day later, but she didn’t get to take that test.

One night she stopped breathing…

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For every parent it’s a worse case scenario, Her parents ran to call an ambulance and within minutes they were on their way to the hospital.

It was just at that moment that doctors finally confirmed that Sophie had a condition that was much worse than just asthma or allergies. She had developed cancer, a T-cell lymphoma.

Sophie has since then spent many months in hospital having chemotherapy, even though fighting it hard the cancer spread.

The treatment affected her ability to talk, walk, use her hands to eat, her tiny body is going through the preparations for a stem cell operation.

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Shelby is keeping a constant watch over her daughter and is by her side constantly. So many times Shelby forgets to take care of herself, it’s just the only thought she has, to get Sophie better!

Jonathan and Shelby have created a Facebook page to record Sophie’s fight against the disease, they want friends and family alike to have an easy method to see updates on how Sophie is getting along. The page is called Sophie The Brave.

It’s not just family that follows the page, there are over 12,000 people following Sophie’s fight.

There is one post on the page that has especially been welcomed. Moms with sick children will also relate, very likely, to what Shelby’s said.

Shelby wrote:

“I see you. I sit on this couch all day long and, I see you. You try so hard to be unnoticed by me and my child. I see your face drop a little when she sees you and cries. You try so many ways to ease her fears and win her over. I see you hesitate to stick her or pull bandaids off. You say ‘No owies’ and ‘I’m sorry’ more times in one day than most people say ‘thank you’..”

“I see all of those rubber bracelets on your arms and wrapped around your stethoscope, each one for a child that you’ve cared for and loved. I see you stroke her little bald head and tuck her covers around her tightly. I see you holding the crying mom that got bad news.I see you trying to chart on the computer while holding the baby whose mom can’t-or won’t be at the hospital with her.”

“You put aside what’s happening in your life for 12 hours straight to care for very sick and something’s dying children. You go into each room with a smile no matter what’s happening in there. You see Sophie’s name on the schedule and come to check on us even when she isn’t your patient. You call the doctor, blood bank, and pharmacy as many times as necessary to get my child what she needs in a timely manner. You check on me as often as you check on her. You sit and listen to me ramble for 10 minutes even though your phone is buzzing and your to do list is a mile long.

“I see you. We all see you. No amount of snack baskets or cards can fully express how appreciated you are. You are Jesus to us every single day. Our children wouldn’t get what they need without you. Moms like me wouldn’t feel sane or heard without you. You save our babies and we couldn’t do this without you.”

Shelby got 26,000 likes on her post, its easy to see and understand why, all the amazing people at the hospital, the nurses, all deserve to be thanked and recognized for their great work.

Let’s all hope and pray that Sophie makes a fast recovery, and as it happens the family got some really great news, Sophie’s cancer is almost all gone!

Let’s also share Shelby’s words about the nursery and hospital staff so that more and more people can hear about the amazing work they do.

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