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By Zack Chavez Gardening in containers is a great way to grow tomatoes when you have limited space.  Using containers allows you to easily set up your plant with your choice of soil mix rather than in-ground gardening, and you won’t have to worry about underground pests that might want to feast on your plant roots.  The structure and limited space actually encourages upward growth that will give your plant maximum exposure to sunlight.  With the growing technique described here, you will be rewarded with delicious, large tomatoes at harvest time. I use  half-wine barrels for my containers.  They give plenty of room for the roots to grow and they are easy to maintain. Select your plant.  Choose a variety that is known for big fruit.  I grow Delicious and Big Zac varieties for my competition tomatoes.    I transplant my seedlings into the wine barrels during the first half of April.  Prepare the container by drilling 10 ¼-inch holes ...

By Dave Chavez It’s been more than a year since we’ve made a post, titled “Looks Who’s Home”.  A lot has happened, so  here we go. First, the tone of this entry.  Since we started this blog Dad has periodically brought up the subject of this final post.  “Do you think it’s going to have a happy ending?”, he’d ask, and we’d laugh.  I don’t think we’re the kind of family to set false expectations.  From us you won’t hear “Don’t worry, I’m sure everything is going to be okay”.  We’re a little more realistic:  “If the ending isn’t quite what you want, who gets your truck and the .45 semi-automatic?” (model 1911, US Govt Issue) This story is a good one.  Mom and Dad are home now, both “cancer free”, settling back into their normal routines.  It’s about as simple as that.  It wasn’t easy at all.  But as they’ve lived their lives, they got through all of it without complaining, by not giving up, challenging the status quo an...

By Zack Chavez Our daughter Tina practices tactical shooting with her 9 mm Glock 19 pistol on a sunny day at the Gedunk Shooting Range. This drill is to shoot at a silhouette target at 7 yards with 5 rounds, the first 3 shots to the chest and the next two to the head in less than 5 minutes. She can shoot!  The pistol was a birthday present from me last year. Video by our son Carl.