So much for a fall tomato crop — at least any that were grown from seed. A week after I transplanted them from pots into the garden, they are looking pretty sad. Continue reading
2015_Day 262: Thank you flowers
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2015_Day 259: Tomatoes finally transplantedÂ
I don’t know whether they’ll grow, but I finally got my fall tomatoes transplanted into the raised bed. There are three of the bigger variety, and those seem to have the best chance to grow. There are also three cherry tomato plants, but those were pretty much just stems when I moved them from pots to the raised bed. Continue reading
2015_Day 248: Of pumpkins and tomatoesÂ
Weekends are good for the soul in so many ways, and for me, gardening plays a big role. Like this morning, when I walked out to see beautiful yellow flowers on Wanda and Cosmo, my two pumpkin plants. Continue reading
2015_Day 238: Two tomatoes better than none
It’s a week after one of my downtrodden tomato transplants looked like it was getting its second wind, and guess what? Now there’s a second tomato plant that looks like it might be coming around, too! It would be wonderful if both keep growing, especially since one is a cherry and the other a big-tomato variety. Continue reading
2015_Day 233: Friday flashback to tomatoes, sunflowers
You know why I talk about tomatoes so much? It’s because I love them a lot and in previous gardens, I’ve always been able to grow a lot of them. So when I came across this photo I posted on Facebook a couple years ago, I knew I had to share it. It was on this day in 2013 that I posted it, giddy that I was finally getting pails full of tomatoes in one picking. Continue reading
2015_Day 232: Tomato, cool-down and sprinkles
It’s amazing what an effect one day of cooler temperatures can have on me. I think one of my tomatoes may be staging a comeback and I feel like that’s because it’s 6 p.m. and it’s only 76 degrees. Amazing how good 76 degrees feels at that time of day after being used to it being in the upper 90s. And did I mention it’s sprinkling, too? Continue reading
2015_Day 230: Hope dimming for fall tomato seedlings
Still holding out hope for one of the two tomato plants in this pot. The volunteer zinnias, on the other hand, are doing just fine.
The pictures say it all — the tomato seedlings definitely look like they’ve seen better days. I planted them back in July, hopeful for fall tomatoes. They sprouted nicely and grew just fine for a good three weeks. Then the heat hit and they’ve struggled. Continue reading
2015_Day 218:Â Heat won’t stop pumpkins, zinnias
While the hope of fall tomatoes seems to be edging closer to a nightmare, I’m really happy that the zinnias and pumpkins are faring well. Continue reading
2015_Day 207: Making room for pumpkins
Three pumpkin plants now share a raised bed with several green pepper plants and a few marigolds.
I’m not used to pulling dried-out tomato plants out of the garden until September or even October, but three that were well past their prime got the boot today to make room for several pumpkins. I had intended to be out in the garden by 7:30 or 8 a.m. to beat the hot sun (forecast high was 97), but as usually happens on a Sunday morning, I was feeling a bit lazy. I finally got to work a little after 9 a.m., and the sun, she already was a wee bit warm. Continue reading
2015_Day 205: Gonna be a green weekend
Doesn’t matter how hot it’s gonna get this weekend — the tomatoes need transplanting. There’s about a gazillion of them in peat pellets, so I’m gonna have to whittle them down to just a handful. Continue reading
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