August was hectic but thank goodness for a garden.
Tag: tomato
Tomatoes are in Season
All of the beds are blooming with summer flowers while the veggie plants are growing very strong! Bed one has tomatoes of all sizes and so we are amassing recipes for when they ripen to red. The jalapeno and serrano are also budding with wonderful vegetables. I’ve noticed various insects visiting such as parasitic wasps…
Tendrils of Life
This week has been a bit crazy for us. It was my last week of class, I got a head cold that kept me out of my garden, and the thunderstorms have been constantly coming through driving all of us nuts. Luckily, my cucumber plant seems to like it and has started to wrap its…
Rain, Rain, Go Away!!
We’ve definitely had our share of rain lately, and frankly I’m getting a bit sick of it. We did go out and have a walk about the area to see how things were progressing. As you can see, our dogwood is finally losing its flowers, beds one and two are doing good, but beds three…
Birbs, Bees, and Anniversaries
Although we didn’t get to much planting this week, there were some significant highlights and pictures I wanted to share. First of all, during an evening stroll through the garden, Eric and I saw a bird fly out from under our deck. We knew there were a few nests built so we went to inspect…
Last weekend, Sunday
Finally, I was ready to put plants into the ground. We ended up going to Home Depot for more companion plants, which are plants that grow well with my focused plants and also repel bad insects while attracting good insects. I had to remember some of the lessons we learned at Epcot’s Flower Garden festival,…
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