Ours is getting bigger! Above you can see the orange tree (with two oranges ripening slowly!), the fig tree (scheduled to produce next year), and my beloved blueberries! Vexingly, the birds ate my first tiny harvest!! They waited patiently until the berries were perfectly ripe and *snatch!* I got some bird netting to avoid aviary harvesting on my mid and late season varieties (slowly getting bluer!)
Matsuma Orange
These are our continually growing tomatoes – Beefsteak and Brandywine varieties. A few have tiny green tomatoes…. And the tri-color cherry tomatoes are still monochromatic and green, but looking promising.
This mystery bulb finally flowered and I’m in love! I’m taking some with me to South Dakota – aren’t the cannas pretty?
And our amazing worms have turned table scraps and weeds into beautiful dirt over just two months!! They are AMAZING! We’re putting our scraps into another bin and plan on transferring the worms soon.
And here’s some colorful and tasty fruit of our garden – the first harvest was golden zucchini YUM! We sauteed it with garlic, onions, jalapeno, mushrooms, and green pepper and served it with cheese or hummus in a crepe. Highly recommended. And the more colorful your dinner, the more variety of nutrients and goodness for your body – it’s not just about gorgeous food…
4 comments:
Did you grow your tomatoes from seeds? Or did you buy already started plants? Could you continue tomato plants inside so they wouldn't freeze?
I've realized that with my new love for trying to grow a garden I've grown a new hate for all living creatures in our yard. Our cherries were completely devoured by birds. Tucker netted the apple tree to prevent our apples from the same fate. Then, our tomato leaves keep getting eaten by squirrels! Squirrels! They're so hard to fight against! We now have a fence and chicken wire up, and they still got through today! I'm so peeved! I need to sit out on our porch with a shotgun!
We grew the tomatoes from seeds - ordered from Renee's Garden http://www.reneesgarden.com/ and Southern Exposure Seed Exchange http://www.southernexposure.com/index.html
I THINK you could continue tomato plants inside - but I don't know how long they will produce...
We've definitely learned we want to start our seeds earlier and keep them in little pots longer (the first ones stagnated in growth when we put them in the ground, while the later ones grew right away.)
That's funny, I think we kept ours in small pots too long... they also were stunted in their growth!
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