Ray, you live near Buffalo NY. Wow you must see a lot of snow...90+ inches? If it snowed 9 inches here - we would seriously be homebound.
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Hntress, I missed the part about you being in the Long Island area too. It was around 92F there today.
I've never been to Long Island, but the space you are growing in could look really great with some containers growing tomatoes. Containers don't have to be boring plastic. You can buy or make some to show off to the world. You did say it is a hobby growing tomatoes. The containers can steal the show
