Planetd a garden for the first time this past Summer. Decided to show it off a little while puffing a Special Jamaican. Enjoy!

Thought it was John Hopper (is that his name?) of Blues Traveler for a sec...LOL...MAN!...I see why your nickname is "Iron Bar"...HUGE!..People like you are why cops like me (5'10 190) get to carry pepper spray and batons 🙂.Guy has a sensitive side...Cool..I couldn't plant a garden if I tried...Nice job! (Seriously)

Yes Popeye, I mean Iron Bar has been eating canned spinach for years-But No More! Now he has the fresh stuff!

ahhhhh ... it's just an optical illusion ... or one of those 'fish eye' lenses (please don't punch me!)

Actually that pic was taken with a standard 50mm lens baby! I have 22" (flexed) biceps and stand 6' 5' tall. So I was gifted with good genetics. I'm still a great big softie and would never EVER get into with a cop of any stature so no need to pepper spray me!

Top'd for Rickamaven...See Rick IB is just a big softy. J/K IB, I couldn't find the one of you in the cornfeild but I'm sure it will turn up!...LOL

hard to believe such language came from such a pleasant looking chap. and look how delicately you are cradling whatever those are in your palm.

The physique and mentality to play Lenny in John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".

Whew...Good to know!..LOL

Tomatoes, duhhhhhhhhhhh!! Iron Bar should try the WWF! Charlie

Note to self: Measure flexed bicep.

Note to self #2: never tell ANYONE that puny measurement...

Hmmmm. Forgot all about that picture! I thought that these threads would expire after a certain amount of time. Well, Rick, I am a pleasant chap for the most part, but I haven't any tolerance for extreme left wing liberals spouting dogma which sounds more like a Billy Graham revival than a serious political discussion. I used to be fairly liberal back in college until I found myself in the real world, having to pay real taxes, and a real mortgage, and raising a real child of my own. It was then that I found that I do not need liberals to save me from myself. I found that I do not appreciate liberals attempting to take away guns from people. I found that I do not like the liberal attitude that we should just make new taxes to solve all of our financial problems. I do not like the liberal policies of continuing the dole for america's citizens who are perfectly capapble of getting a job. In short, I don't like liberals in general. I don't like alot of far right-wing folks either. If you wanna talk politics to me, you better be able to back up your statements with credible proof, and be willing to accept that there might just be another side of the coin. If not, then STFU.

Yo Iron Bar you better tread lightly, Rick works out and has been known to bench press up to 80 lbs. LOL. JonR

Just havin' some fun IB.Thats all...Feel free to top the Endangered Species pic whenever you feel like it...LOL...Richards pic is in here somewhere also...Laterzzzz

Hey Iron Bar, pretty right on in your comments, the thing I hate most about liberal mindset, is that they know what is best for everybody! Tax and spend policies are all wrong! Why not try and make the system work as it was supposed to work? No, it is far better for the liberal left to constantly remind us that they are looking out for us by taxing and throwing more millions at a useless program! Charlie

IRON MAN: you seem to be a gardner. if you will email me your snail address, i will send you a long video called the secret life of plants. came from pbs.
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I am a gardener! I just finished spreading a yard of mushroom compost into the garden area and tilling it under. Spread a bag of Soil Sweet Super Sweet lime to the mix too. Today I shovel it all into raised beds and get ready for planting next weekend. All around the garden area I spread a bale of straw for a path to walk on. Then at the end of the year I spread it out on the garden and till it under to add more compostable material to the mix. I figure that in a couple more years I'll have the most fertile soil in the whole neighborhood.

That tomato plant aint gonna cough no matter how many times you ask!

IRON MAN: i repeat the offer.