tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23242716550486574162024-03-27T18:54:58.688-05:00The Ornamental Vegetable Gardenmy experimental project in mid-MissouriUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-52063862153042994912023-10-21T10:57:00.016-05:002023-11-08T13:23:19.668-06:00Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes<p>UPDATE 10/25/2023:</p><p>So, that's the end of the season then! See you next spring. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNCCrEafY1czmmtvoXPiMLfYIL7Hyx8OMjWXlxXRP6Zb1YA2sEMQcgTSqvvccxPHzFrbZ2_hcO8_ggrQWewRUQivERajEkQ49R2MxPzr2zPpD8O13gUG_4Rsa2EJ5zhMXnc3QaQaB_kDEtIFIK_AjfBJe0qv_rFoGBSJpHCaSSiZQoIemj4vgK9WZ2fk/s564/Screenshot%202023-10-25%20150319.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="564" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNCCrEafY1czmmtvoXPiMLfYIL7Hyx8OMjWXlxXRP6Zb1YA2sEMQcgTSqvvccxPHzFrbZ2_hcO8_ggrQWewRUQivERajEkQ49R2MxPzr2zPpD8O13gUG_4Rsa2EJ5zhMXnc3QaQaB_kDEtIFIK_AjfBJe0qv_rFoGBSJpHCaSSiZQoIemj4vgK9WZ2fk/w400-h134/Screenshot%202023-10-25%20150319.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>ORIGINAL 10/21 POST:</p><p>Now that we're at the end of the gardening season, my tomatoes are still coming on and ripening. And they will until it freezes. If that happens soon, no problem this year, because I've had tomatoes out my ears, which is what I wanted so I could put up juice and sauce to last me through the winter months. The plants grew out over the tops of the cages and back down to the ground. So, hurray for tomato weather, even if it was hard on other things. <br /></p><p>Some daily harvests...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbUc2XdjPGRY119ltrh9vQP5CUiLjKUGWsdWqQMf2yVmsIJRwXwp612UA2qndwaQLB1_QvrtxKRSAA0mY__woGN13GCE2kUxl1Kz0EOyzAHBTWQpuyFJZmOregxsqS4ztHLFs6pLBITth1shRjtMDU5OvryAtP8HtSgG-BdO0IkMEFMSD49mrvMU5Qk34/s1000/20231007_112201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbUc2XdjPGRY119ltrh9vQP5CUiLjKUGWsdWqQMf2yVmsIJRwXwp612UA2qndwaQLB1_QvrtxKRSAA0mY__woGN13GCE2kUxl1Kz0EOyzAHBTWQpuyFJZmOregxsqS4ztHLFs6pLBITth1shRjtMDU5OvryAtP8HtSgG-BdO0IkMEFMSD49mrvMU5Qk34/w640-h480/20231007_112201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">'German Johnson' and 'Speckled Roman'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL12Vonns4G6LimM9WPm1qRYjRA0psB3ZXk8aNoPHY0LrZctvb5HMC9pM9v7X3e94wb-V2MXt-dslx_WDvu8TqFxwIE-RK-HLtFF66Wci9ZTtvhkrmFEotYJTrzsQmhQ16GVKLt36RZPjLJBhjRRAGKPhq_wpfUeilCiDyhJwYCCu6UujV2v4gmM3zQg/s1000/20231003_071529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL12Vonns4G6LimM9WPm1qRYjRA0psB3ZXk8aNoPHY0LrZctvb5HMC9pM9v7X3e94wb-V2MXt-dslx_WDvu8TqFxwIE-RK-HLtFF66Wci9ZTtvhkrmFEotYJTrzsQmhQ16GVKLt36RZPjLJBhjRRAGKPhq_wpfUeilCiDyhJwYCCu6UujV2v4gmM3zQg/w480-h640/20231003_071529.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">'German Johnson' and 'Speckled Roman'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsNZgcZW2feNNnc7prKfnzZD7LOdVCHNBsF-5NavF8CdvsmD_Ocwbz96I8uY9tYrpCUHwc5oU6rqQrUFVUU9RAbC8qii2k7zurBIEZHyIime3NASsiwzLUiDNhyaJXGkLm83UWCpNOtJbhFg3d3kDc63n_5yN0xbpg-3LK1Dk85pu-KWoNvWZwjVXXR0/s1000/20231002_092820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsNZgcZW2feNNnc7prKfnzZD7LOdVCHNBsF-5NavF8CdvsmD_Ocwbz96I8uY9tYrpCUHwc5oU6rqQrUFVUU9RAbC8qii2k7zurBIEZHyIime3NASsiwzLUiDNhyaJXGkLm83UWCpNOtJbhFg3d3kDc63n_5yN0xbpg-3LK1Dk85pu-KWoNvWZwjVXXR0/w480-h640/20231002_092820.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'German Johnson'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo54Aj1VVyIIoCr7z8m5SJenqoYf1rmYajYnqQgWg3J7tmjf-Mdo8X7ZP3KrVHdfsmiNf4a3azouO07Dsii-PXKW7Pm5am00Uovt4aHowK7O9DKJFYcdWbUR0iVcUbqSbTuHWsP9L5maDCvKJ1nnE8hN6g7Mp7XzvpJ7TJoDsjxGGVNQbsHbgSWOzGVLo/s1000/20231002_092754.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo54Aj1VVyIIoCr7z8m5SJenqoYf1rmYajYnqQgWg3J7tmjf-Mdo8X7ZP3KrVHdfsmiNf4a3azouO07Dsii-PXKW7Pm5am00Uovt4aHowK7O9DKJFYcdWbUR0iVcUbqSbTuHWsP9L5maDCvKJ1nnE8hN6g7Mp7XzvpJ7TJoDsjxGGVNQbsHbgSWOzGVLo/w640-h480/20231002_092754.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'German Johnson', 'Speckled Roman', and 'Supersweet 100' cherry tomatoes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year's planting of 'Brunswick' cabbage is now being harvested. The heads are huge, and the taste is very peppery. I probably won't plant them again. (Although I have a fall planting of a mix from Pinetree, and I don't know what varieties they actually are.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmUKNAeFrzzBepUdWvNyTMuskSv_NfxZrNurkOCSkLvtgQtjwPD_ZqK005LtINj-9XnQaKQOb-6vJRaspa5VRcTc6IK1P9cUdqFbxk3zxHc_B5o8Z3fTuSVPfss06AjscS9C7NziLDIJXjfRKFhaY6hD95EBUS4Zp7NKTjbuo4qMX9JC1ryhhM6MF3bM/s3117/20231001_123232.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2418" data-original-width="3117" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmUKNAeFrzzBepUdWvNyTMuskSv_NfxZrNurkOCSkLvtgQtjwPD_ZqK005LtINj-9XnQaKQOb-6vJRaspa5VRcTc6IK1P9cUdqFbxk3zxHc_B5o8Z3fTuSVPfss06AjscS9C7NziLDIJXjfRKFhaY6hD95EBUS4Zp7NKTjbuo4qMX9JC1ryhhM6MF3bM/w640-h496/20231001_123232.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZBWlOdG36WGAQpQUecLokIVHEf44zRybiyJO1J7EjJMXzBUrlXRkSkXpBkSpKyK96ySFQQlB2piczTske_omNygig77MMvJ-c4OF2-tYfpn1W3bncPWqiZa_2kgEAmSSLpAjxDQCSLjh3LHJy-x0pegd4ZxUMbdiuXdHrUC4mOZsfb6frORF5Z1kiX0/s1000/20231001_123454.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZBWlOdG36WGAQpQUecLokIVHEf44zRybiyJO1J7EjJMXzBUrlXRkSkXpBkSpKyK96ySFQQlB2piczTske_omNygig77MMvJ-c4OF2-tYfpn1W3bncPWqiZa_2kgEAmSSLpAjxDQCSLjh3LHJy-x0pegd4ZxUMbdiuXdHrUC4mOZsfb6frORF5Z1kiX0/w640-h480/20231001_123454.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm trying to make some sauerkraut with a very simple <a href="https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a100555/how-to-make-sauerkraut/" target="_blank">recipe</a> from Pioneer Woman. So far (about two and a half weeks), it's really salty and not peppery like the raw cabbage. I have to admit I did forget the part about screwing on a plastic lid and instead used my metal canning rings. I don't know if that has caused any problems. If so, I haven't noticed. Next time I'll use plastic to compare.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf98Uj6fKLJEaTlzp40pTMAuEAUBuTgMxEi0IABHQgsEBVhrE4vuwHULLZPi6-QsTBg0JOdq4XppXIW4a-rmAgQaepn9bTjqogpegu7Ws7NGoW4tWH9kCV7EPmIq73Y2W-Hl0Orq2KilT_a0D-Fkv_VtqUQtX5xqYLQFV-mUXG5gFLfJYK2bHVsNNKHCc/s1536/cabbage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf98Uj6fKLJEaTlzp40pTMAuEAUBuTgMxEi0IABHQgsEBVhrE4vuwHULLZPi6-QsTBg0JOdq4XppXIW4a-rmAgQaepn9bTjqogpegu7Ws7NGoW4tWH9kCV7EPmIq73Y2W-Hl0Orq2KilT_a0D-Fkv_VtqUQtX5xqYLQFV-mUXG5gFLfJYK2bHVsNNKHCc/w480-h640/cabbage.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made some cabbage, kielbasa, and potato soup, and the peppery taste mellowed out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A volunteer dill plant has become quite large in my cut flower plot.</div><br style="text-align: left;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlxTg1VDq6Pw3H6ojEQdSZ2i63vPiBqgfwvHT4VBxryOMQE4Prlp0ogwEMriRxz0Zgk35OeAQNFgouIZNmCVVzvAradMyWCufACcl2G7QT-OO2KKVNMpZ7SvAxBY9Z_MKSbNQrs7Ru1DMQlHs1La6JWuRS1wT5NcJ4bC51Wyh4JVr_q2ZI0OI5ORlJfk/s1000/20231003_075417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlxTg1VDq6Pw3H6ojEQdSZ2i63vPiBqgfwvHT4VBxryOMQE4Prlp0ogwEMriRxz0Zgk35OeAQNFgouIZNmCVVzvAradMyWCufACcl2G7QT-OO2KKVNMpZ7SvAxBY9Z_MKSbNQrs7Ru1DMQlHs1La6JWuRS1wT5NcJ4bC51Wyh4JVr_q2ZI0OI5ORlJfk/w480-h640/20231003_075417.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And a parsleyworm caterpillar has taken up lodging on - of all things - the parsley. If it holds out and forms a chrysalis over winter, it should emerge as a black swallowtail butterfly next spring.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkNd5cW6zyORQdFvONl40kldQB5Be2JHf00mcout4SJEX0lbzICyEdoumXp1k24oR7qaaNmUz6oV4tvLqtoP06n8j1GPC3r5YT6CjnJwGvssdHF-mhPj9sDtSl2WUXbbAFVy0jQ0BOf9rgG3zqK8IZQIs5967eJpql0UdHnrAYeBrzuYyLAvBIIMm_5E/s2881/20231003_142101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2659" data-original-width="2881" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkNd5cW6zyORQdFvONl40kldQB5Be2JHf00mcout4SJEX0lbzICyEdoumXp1k24oR7qaaNmUz6oV4tvLqtoP06n8j1GPC3r5YT6CjnJwGvssdHF-mhPj9sDtSl2WUXbbAFVy0jQ0BOf9rgG3zqK8IZQIs5967eJpql0UdHnrAYeBrzuYyLAvBIIMm_5E/w400-h369/20231003_142101.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A couple of volunteer basil plants are showing their different flowers. The thai basil has a greenish-white spike, and the cardinal basil has lovely dark purple pompons.</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrhJSOYdgb4QW8ShNyTTM2J50zdTfOzpYe2gzTY02fo54TtQGHY_Lh9Ff4w3NclmO0D6p7Kiu5WpHUjjZrrJA9SPGIiJGaNgncpRScnIza5ckIWTR3AYh4UiIOf0wwLlwc-5pYxWAbXbctQd-r4_PVpgy_G-nSKWmNUjzFhfDonq-q2FQ8qdcfvcKrOk/s1000/20231005_091035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrhJSOYdgb4QW8ShNyTTM2J50zdTfOzpYe2gzTY02fo54TtQGHY_Lh9Ff4w3NclmO0D6p7Kiu5WpHUjjZrrJA9SPGIiJGaNgncpRScnIza5ckIWTR3AYh4UiIOf0wwLlwc-5pYxWAbXbctQd-r4_PVpgy_G-nSKWmNUjzFhfDonq-q2FQ8qdcfvcKrOk/w480-h640/20231005_091035.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had some seeds fall out of one of my packets, but I don't know which and didn't recognize them. I planted them recently and am looking forward to discovering what they are. Hopefully it doesn't freeze before I find out. *</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAIgLBbq3EHj5E8KHC-cFlaL2mZnd1eEWqAsKc0rtCc1aLpBpEv41mzSTojxBZiY3PoXAf0aFDKDL-w2glJXGIqeNLKzy_uTl38wzx5UTKi1s28imoRj7Zfd_nnG1I8gig47QWYoMOuZ-To6pGwm7XZliZKtzsVwdSnBNJChJyvtyyAD14IRS_-xnYp4/s1000/20231005_090706.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAIgLBbq3EHj5E8KHC-cFlaL2mZnd1eEWqAsKc0rtCc1aLpBpEv41mzSTojxBZiY3PoXAf0aFDKDL-w2glJXGIqeNLKzy_uTl38wzx5UTKi1s28imoRj7Zfd_nnG1I8gig47QWYoMOuZ-To6pGwm7XZliZKtzsVwdSnBNJChJyvtyyAD14IRS_-xnYp4/w480-h640/20231005_090706.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For four years, I've been trying to get some Korean angelica going and have had absolutely zero luck. This year, I finally got one seedling up, and I'm trying my best to keep it alive. It's very slow growing, and very sensitive to changes in soil moisture, which has been a problem since I've been gone on dog-sitting jobs so much of the growing season.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMAAZ0Eri8G_UlhW0fgEPrVcZ-so860RVKRPpvqF3Bu3n1f7tsiN73J5qmDtin1GACljxWuhUuWxAEoK7zOblntKbxYSR2y0HJUqlUAh0wDb9aSE0EA9WQE-mCP-Tgi9ktTupE1r0h2NJyZxCNWc-rPpz6engtK3xEyDplovAp5yorIhjXvfA35bR1lQ/s1000/20231005_172237.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMAAZ0Eri8G_UlhW0fgEPrVcZ-so860RVKRPpvqF3Bu3n1f7tsiN73J5qmDtin1GACljxWuhUuWxAEoK7zOblntKbxYSR2y0HJUqlUAh0wDb9aSE0EA9WQE-mCP-Tgi9ktTupE1r0h2NJyZxCNWc-rPpz6engtK3xEyDplovAp5yorIhjXvfA35bR1lQ/w480-h640/20231005_172237.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Korean angelica</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The roses are still performing. I managed to keep them from being destroyed by both Japanese beetles (not a big population this year) and aphids. I'm attributing it to using a systemic insecticide and being home at the right time to spray aphids with Sevin (sigh) before they could get a good hold.</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRi4_wuNDkA6IP7kFC6nEWGZiObpS2l8mETKbVUO-Qx0nCXmmfUZY0nyGKzS5EWymeI0SENZLXNdFtVAC5w-GTM208B4yfXh_P45LwXpVndlDUt4mO57JMQlJuhoPrnfmcGLY2wYpMOeEyu3qA2fIuw1bB3gXuLI9jEjq_0pZNCH7WZQLzWFCCseis7JI/s1000/20231005_090602.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRi4_wuNDkA6IP7kFC6nEWGZiObpS2l8mETKbVUO-Qx0nCXmmfUZY0nyGKzS5EWymeI0SENZLXNdFtVAC5w-GTM208B4yfXh_P45LwXpVndlDUt4mO57JMQlJuhoPrnfmcGLY2wYpMOeEyu3qA2fIuw1bB3gXuLI9jEjq_0pZNCH7WZQLzWFCCseis7JI/w480-h640/20231005_090602.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Razzle Dazzle'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96wy3oLgSD1TqMEHy6ARQ9-YB2-hkBs-2cvPys2dYOBNbvS5-otcQLzD6PTJScBrPCmj6zboYd9B4X-ABzZKYgKhv4ZovE00WG9EHoqTNkoeo8P_40EEVA9b-qeF9wlILVALq-Xvh19iysQ5Wmh06pvcjBzY3SDx7yq9ASG0kIv9qSeqRy57-tIJTR5Y/s1000/20231005_173336.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96wy3oLgSD1TqMEHy6ARQ9-YB2-hkBs-2cvPys2dYOBNbvS5-otcQLzD6PTJScBrPCmj6zboYd9B4X-ABzZKYgKhv4ZovE00WG9EHoqTNkoeo8P_40EEVA9b-qeF9wlILVALq-Xvh19iysQ5Wmh06pvcjBzY3SDx7yq9ASG0kIv9qSeqRy57-tIJTR5Y/w480-h640/20231005_173336.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Shazam!'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyenEN2Jt8CpiNqTQ4jL0XxaaMjOGy8w_mddQEp3A63BVjpKOU0pN8HJvCO1rkyEcG5M9RMv3yNTp6FtuHGfmGqK5B52xUyWWcIes0MezGbS9BaOV3RhHMxJZUS8Z7i18uidSmKZ-0Q1cE_nUtf_85hVqssOM_rx0DXnW2IO_IjKf7oBzmI_VPtWF1-bo/s890/20231003_142209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="890" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyenEN2Jt8CpiNqTQ4jL0XxaaMjOGy8w_mddQEp3A63BVjpKOU0pN8HJvCO1rkyEcG5M9RMv3yNTp6FtuHGfmGqK5B52xUyWWcIes0MezGbS9BaOV3RhHMxJZUS8Z7i18uidSmKZ-0Q1cE_nUtf_85hVqssOM_rx0DXnW2IO_IjKf7oBzmI_VPtWF1-bo/w640-h474/20231003_142209.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">'Shazam!' underbellies</span></div></div><p>I'm guessing there might be one more post before the season ends, but if we don't get a freeze before Christmas (hahahaha), there may be two.</p><p>UPDATE : Dang. There may be none! The 10-day forecast:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQF2CQWpuSvzDhz4n8e2arU9fAHYqShVgXiQ1DEEkIy2r7MhfzWgORYI3cVQ5NOVHWMPDekbrlLd_H5BE3tVm9MrAax8XBGP7FClTCpwStwZYsXctzQmhWZzj241-DD6EWxgp0twXK6EaOfSMFBtdwHsZmbAhTph9JEFjkwwmaoRPY5qNzyfd737WonA/s834/2023-10-22%2018.47.37%20twitter.com%207bff36a36e66.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="834" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQF2CQWpuSvzDhz4n8e2arU9fAHYqShVgXiQ1DEEkIy2r7MhfzWgORYI3cVQ5NOVHWMPDekbrlLd_H5BE3tVm9MrAax8XBGP7FClTCpwStwZYsXctzQmhWZzj241-DD6EWxgp0twXK6EaOfSMFBtdwHsZmbAhTph9JEFjkwwmaoRPY5qNzyfd737WonA/w640-h110/2023-10-22%2018.47.37%20twitter.com%207bff36a36e66.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>*UPDATE 11/08/2023: </p><p>That, I believe, is 'Seaside' spinach.</p><p>It survived the 4-day freeze (no snow), as did the celery, both of which I covered. At last look (November 8), it looks like this (surrounded by poppy seedlings that fell from a field poppy plot earlier in the year):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuGawRDQHeAtPr20h26PKwTESNP-o6XXunMNhGPSEFPGBmm316wBJxGvvkZgaVk5cKcaoSfSjq6w6hTC36gLgHpYg2a8732U5hDo1xcZedmj2R0BVcWDVqbbLSpYX_1d5hyYo_MkZV4_SklthXO7J_ghJDLA-lmPBBD3ejbMgkM6eI6pcbeYhRGAdCEU/s1000/20231102_160537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuGawRDQHeAtPr20h26PKwTESNP-o6XXunMNhGPSEFPGBmm316wBJxGvvkZgaVk5cKcaoSfSjq6w6hTC36gLgHpYg2a8732U5hDo1xcZedmj2R0BVcWDVqbbLSpYX_1d5hyYo_MkZV4_SklthXO7J_ghJDLA-lmPBBD3ejbMgkM6eI6pcbeYhRGAdCEU/w480-h640/20231102_160537.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hate that late October freeze that seems to happen every year before the temperatures rise again. If not for that, I'd have tomatoes and roses at Thanksgiving this year. Such is the gardening life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What a waste.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlq-T_CG2eNk5LRmwbQIFAf3iMkFDvomZZfxB5JzKM8oWzxAuRyxezuOxXU_S0R5Lc9_vVFB9Pp72ihVjvi-m7sVYO7tUr5AAmDa536TNJiPsutQZ0hlHTVLd7h-aiZ6PI5mxFQszWGtK52IlvWJUJYq_c3yP9oGCVgTANfRzhOhDPHWPYNW7fC6WWpo/s1000/20231108_115737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlq-T_CG2eNk5LRmwbQIFAf3iMkFDvomZZfxB5JzKM8oWzxAuRyxezuOxXU_S0R5Lc9_vVFB9Pp72ihVjvi-m7sVYO7tUr5AAmDa536TNJiPsutQZ0hlHTVLd7h-aiZ6PI5mxFQszWGtK52IlvWJUJYq_c3yP9oGCVgTANfRzhOhDPHWPYNW7fC6WWpo/w640-h480/20231108_115737.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did find patches of new bright green grass after the freeze. Going with the definition of a weed as a plant in a place where it's not wanted, this qualified. It was growing in gravel, and I pulled up bunches like sod and laid them in the paths where I'm about to succeed finally in getting rid of weeds and growing grass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAN6puCyP92wH0wI6XZLClt2ps5YmgtItgXksx31gE_a7GVgW96AszfxyToqL3DINiwh16uFV0iV_FiI6MQ_cgjyfqTxqCqBxQqmvQ91T6YuqugZyiULnBEGa3Guv23KyDdqNUQkgF-dtlFuR44QxokhtzgiKKsTWIlTVW35878_LEdi7UvdILulVe9QE/s1000/20231108_121901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAN6puCyP92wH0wI6XZLClt2ps5YmgtItgXksx31gE_a7GVgW96AszfxyToqL3DINiwh16uFV0iV_FiI6MQ_cgjyfqTxqCqBxQqmvQ91T6YuqugZyiULnBEGa3Guv23KyDdqNUQkgF-dtlFuR44QxokhtzgiKKsTWIlTVW35878_LEdi7UvdILulVe9QE/w480-h640/20231108_121901.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGIKDd-7TZfErBdIecOWbz2rWMl1TIWa8odmDihDBbLvTrTvU-az5CStiWo68VCbq66LPVvQz9ZpyNqO5OQKJloIjz4Nilh97QNyNEBA9vn0lrNIVDQJCaeRflzK_FxTqcg-8EB1Fw6zCtxapbdQJU0JntcaYHSO0bUiCpDthxaJ-wuZ-iDAUj_tygec/s1000/20231108_121911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGIKDd-7TZfErBdIecOWbz2rWMl1TIWa8odmDihDBbLvTrTvU-az5CStiWo68VCbq66LPVvQz9ZpyNqO5OQKJloIjz4Nilh97QNyNEBA9vn0lrNIVDQJCaeRflzK_FxTqcg-8EB1Fw6zCtxapbdQJU0JntcaYHSO0bUiCpDthxaJ-wuZ-iDAUj_tygec/w480-h640/20231108_121911.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_QkNfH6G6XcHiDxVaFJ8THmIhCtENSXZpAiMUej87baqgibVeMvtDoDlLvajrV6C9NMTtXVoVMcO2IxpusjYMyP1CQ0Ij10-kAwegfN1_reHPOr6gukG3szuZrrnH4o-vdbPkaHdbbFxQeZbqpAYxEQFdL7uRHhyq31pVuJOiq4tAQVmAxL-_eEHNtY/s1000/20231108_123241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="748" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_QkNfH6G6XcHiDxVaFJ8THmIhCtENSXZpAiMUej87baqgibVeMvtDoDlLvajrV6C9NMTtXVoVMcO2IxpusjYMyP1CQ0Ij10-kAwegfN1_reHPOr6gukG3szuZrrnH4o-vdbPkaHdbbFxQeZbqpAYxEQFdL7uRHhyq31pVuJOiq4tAQVmAxL-_eEHNtY/w478-h640/20231108_123241.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also scattered some seed in the bare spots, so I'm looking forward to next spring to see what I've got. Fingers crossed.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-36377206613170795362023-09-20T10:30:00.002-05:002023-09-20T10:30:28.637-05:00Cabbages and things<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This may be the first year I actually have fall plantings, even though every year I think I'll do it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I purchased a seed packet from Pine Tree that was a mix of various cabbages. As yet, I can't tell what varieties are growing. They all look alike right now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMTVwQ4PPcHohrNPNE_J-hzCNb-a0u3Jvko9evq-8R3GC2JBXhL2PX04kcophQR0DeUotZrdd2mpHerKfi37qHc2l6hzQ8haqZFNPZhl9ZGANUMl2-df2Ok-xf2X_EGqxlwTCpVbcVf2-ZyrpmMWKqiaLrE092ImofysoaLp8FPgoZbjGSyPkqauLcNA/s1000/20230917_104629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMTVwQ4PPcHohrNPNE_J-hzCNb-a0u3Jvko9evq-8R3GC2JBXhL2PX04kcophQR0DeUotZrdd2mpHerKfi37qHc2l6hzQ8haqZFNPZhl9ZGANUMl2-df2Ok-xf2X_EGqxlwTCpVbcVf2-ZyrpmMWKqiaLrE092ImofysoaLp8FPgoZbjGSyPkqauLcNA/w480-h640/20230917_104629.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This spring was the first time I tried 'Brunswick' cabbage. I think it's a common one. It's quite large, and since I've been pet sitting through a number of gardening weeks, it's a bit chewed. Not too bad, though. Also, it looks like it could be grasshopper feeding, and if so, the non-chemical Bt I spray for caterpillars wouldn't have stopped it anyway.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDfNqMMzcJDTN5PIJ8ZBcgx5DxjBXKTSS0pGdgoCnhmTJZkH9IlUlmE1p0G7kqEM4zyrpxoy5_q_KRH6pNQzR8z1m4K_5c4x_nIey7a-hGGanlng6xTE-39QUa7xUxhG-5xRCikt-YqjubLgPG7EBftSWtk9P5FR6CfpyhqUdSgenPf9nwHpnx0WZeBs/s1000/20230917_104640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDfNqMMzcJDTN5PIJ8ZBcgx5DxjBXKTSS0pGdgoCnhmTJZkH9IlUlmE1p0G7kqEM4zyrpxoy5_q_KRH6pNQzR8z1m4K_5c4x_nIey7a-hGGanlng6xTE-39QUa7xUxhG-5xRCikt-YqjubLgPG7EBftSWtk9P5FR6CfpyhqUdSgenPf9nwHpnx0WZeBs/w480-h640/20230917_104640.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had some 'Ruby Perfection' seeds left over from previous years. They never performed well, so I'm not expecting much from them this year and certainly won't plant them again. I only have two plants. They make pretty rosettes, but I'm still waiting for a head.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqMTw4ZaUNBjlmhj42YoHjBKGisBL6djyenp21Syw4_pVjToigqfFI5bArX65_Ptn5tLadtpbhYU7C8YdRoFNkvt2UQZMZ5ZU2IgOF63sAKG_bCQ1lh22Fj5myIDA6g9GjX8pNZu4Vni4Dy16FPF4zd-t7rul2xH3BApFd-ThGQn_5lXNBMdiC0VCmzQ/s1000/20230917_104643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqMTw4ZaUNBjlmhj42YoHjBKGisBL6djyenp21Syw4_pVjToigqfFI5bArX65_Ptn5tLadtpbhYU7C8YdRoFNkvt2UQZMZ5ZU2IgOF63sAKG_bCQ1lh22Fj5myIDA6g9GjX8pNZu4Vni4Dy16FPF4zd-t7rul2xH3BApFd-ThGQn_5lXNBMdiC0VCmzQ/w480-h640/20230917_104643.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Baker Creek seed company normally sends along a free packet of some surprise with every order. The last order included a packet of 'Yedikule' lettuce seeds. They're very pretty plants, but they were also very bitter. Even when small. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXYvPVjWGZEpkZUQLjYxpUZZbNn8DQD5mH06lIltPxRc-vs9MHu-uC2wxNlFllYW1vCrxgFG5aVhuMI4pW7GimjNRRCkiRLd2mLJOP0yzmh_IQmbeouU_4H-kfSVT4YKvTV98XS3F5XCi4ZDy4N3A_qrScpJ3juKOb3BIm9ssUfN-kcE42W3DuLFVHfI/s1000/20230908_160210.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXYvPVjWGZEpkZUQLjYxpUZZbNn8DQD5mH06lIltPxRc-vs9MHu-uC2wxNlFllYW1vCrxgFG5aVhuMI4pW7GimjNRRCkiRLd2mLJOP0yzmh_IQmbeouU_4H-kfSVT4YKvTV98XS3F5XCi4ZDy4N3A_qrScpJ3juKOb3BIm9ssUfN-kcE42W3DuLFVHfI/w480-h640/20230908_160210.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Yedikule' lettuce</span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fall peas I planted are up now, and tomatoes are still slowly ripening. They've also completely outgrown their cages and are on their way back to the ground again!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqP27YA2bDb8RjIF1NBLOL3igg69J4-01a5SocYMGkA8DhBsOVNM_xtWashbXOj2h5sX6SeQlSWNvHltX2_G30hTszqajab3zOeJFR-rdbXOfCNx0YtPVp6QF5lsvSnaRJKNWRzlhD87bMwziyFV4WZiHsKbsS0HnQ39f_idr_d1hBCEuKISSIOiEsc4/s1000/20230827_142419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqP27YA2bDb8RjIF1NBLOL3igg69J4-01a5SocYMGkA8DhBsOVNM_xtWashbXOj2h5sX6SeQlSWNvHltX2_G30hTszqajab3zOeJFR-rdbXOfCNx0YtPVp6QF5lsvSnaRJKNWRzlhD87bMwziyFV4WZiHsKbsS0HnQ39f_idr_d1hBCEuKISSIOiEsc4/w640-h480/20230827_142419.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The roses have loved the dry heat, which is coming to an end. At least for this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrQXyl8PpDGBxi82ARB_ymJba3pNmWW4r-03VvXCKxXCdh9TNFm91k0Tn_HljfEInGG2oEm15Fli4jiEVNFphoFMqYTED-LuBvH_0YC7RoCQTZn_kH3KPLS775S2Lg-u5b2-qRFzQbd_PI2oP7ZIi-uTVM9q8XRZBcvISYND4NSJE5mhL9Q2giYOygLQ/s1000/20230827_141117.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrQXyl8PpDGBxi82ARB_ymJba3pNmWW4r-03VvXCKxXCdh9TNFm91k0Tn_HljfEInGG2oEm15Fli4jiEVNFphoFMqYTED-LuBvH_0YC7RoCQTZn_kH3KPLS775S2Lg-u5b2-qRFzQbd_PI2oP7ZIi-uTVM9q8XRZBcvISYND4NSJE5mhL9Q2giYOygLQ/w480-h640/20230827_141117.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Mother of Pearl'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bXUbQvG24LeAUjtGXVwikEN0hfC6AOwD9CUl247fPxdf2GZhjvZoLdGA0KMbmEyU8e8dQSV5ANQ-NnvqrC1jKukXYHrfcurms08hipmt15y17RzKRDNmk4dwDQcXcH0dY4mXpN3ZHCzAJ2ONjIOgsUpFaia7Yb9K1L_W-NoNzgJM6HqQ87-xeMFx3Ec/s616/20230828_102625.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="616" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bXUbQvG24LeAUjtGXVwikEN0hfC6AOwD9CUl247fPxdf2GZhjvZoLdGA0KMbmEyU8e8dQSV5ANQ-NnvqrC1jKukXYHrfcurms08hipmt15y17RzKRDNmk4dwDQcXcH0dY4mXpN3ZHCzAJ2ONjIOgsUpFaia7Yb9K1L_W-NoNzgJM6HqQ87-xeMFx3Ec/w640-h500/20230828_102625.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">'Mother of Pearl'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRyI3S2ivufcbslCt8ai1dSSuWYGn0V3vrmhCtnjK1RsuHOfy8zhFxi0jNTnrinWbDh_HE0Bnm_Zy4tVUplHeZ1rS79MbEN1WaCj3ZmDbvEw_unuyz7sDaAJ9kipYII7UxiLDVLxgKrUPmgAmBQHMlwHUeW2UrTEI-EGUzCTT-CNPQKT7m5cJvMp_-TM/s1000/20230907_142140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRyI3S2ivufcbslCt8ai1dSSuWYGn0V3vrmhCtnjK1RsuHOfy8zhFxi0jNTnrinWbDh_HE0Bnm_Zy4tVUplHeZ1rS79MbEN1WaCj3ZmDbvEw_unuyz7sDaAJ9kipYII7UxiLDVLxgKrUPmgAmBQHMlwHUeW2UrTEI-EGUzCTT-CNPQKT7m5cJvMp_-TM/w480-h640/20230907_142140.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'South Africa'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-oD7q1cJrt6WoCc-jJtlAvedFq38Khi2r3YM7XZe0gTPtKQz2DLtzCB3mJkv5JMCYkM0rgbB1lQV3LvVzzqTNeoZczwg4dous1ZoGfK13B7RUxXeQUedWaIWMl4xF0qzXQE1L8c2AUq3EVVWRxFLOinIwsIFTAfu0UMfFJSZljhPV3mIul8G44Mx5iI/s1000/20230908_124950.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-oD7q1cJrt6WoCc-jJtlAvedFq38Khi2r3YM7XZe0gTPtKQz2DLtzCB3mJkv5JMCYkM0rgbB1lQV3LvVzzqTNeoZczwg4dous1ZoGfK13B7RUxXeQUedWaIWMl4xF0qzXQE1L8c2AUq3EVVWRxFLOinIwsIFTAfu0UMfFJSZljhPV3mIul8G44Mx5iI/w480-h640/20230908_124950.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'South Africa', purple 'Poseidon', and 'Grande Amore'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hopefully, our extreme summer weather is behind us. More importantly for me, I hope we don't also have extreme winter weather ahead of us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Til next time.</div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-48262396972360054072023-09-02T09:38:00.001-05:002023-09-02T09:38:53.974-05:00Photo dump<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While I'm away from my garden, and as it no doubt becomes overgrown with weeds, I have a few photos I didn't yet post anywhere, so, in no order (yes, lazy), here they are...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijoSeEBPt7DpJS6GHcdOEn5FfMbWfoY9f2OgVgvaZtlTPgriNzmyTXHELcgntCs67wYvO5G5jvI7yA9Hf2CnDg97L7SCF5E8YWOIz1YG_p62yxihnZkyRNFbk2xcfi_qiV6fGE8bjCfHmTXpIPKKEKuApCNVKZbZzjNt8IIq-YZ1wslB_C6OkdYD0Dq_M/s559/20230827_085142.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="559" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijoSeEBPt7DpJS6GHcdOEn5FfMbWfoY9f2OgVgvaZtlTPgriNzmyTXHELcgntCs67wYvO5G5jvI7yA9Hf2CnDg97L7SCF5E8YWOIz1YG_p62yxihnZkyRNFbk2xcfi_qiV6fGE8bjCfHmTXpIPKKEKuApCNVKZbZzjNt8IIq-YZ1wslB_C6OkdYD0Dq_M/w640-h558/20230827_085142.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Mother of Pearl'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7Y273o7mC1nHXwhq6CvdlnhxmJoDXHyNc88sGfTKZmVVS0yTkGp0Ulppg-DHXCUrtNFnSH9d6TNJG-CIa6-WenhSt_fqYkqrNQYY-Zs7e15OoC9hU6yTsjE4acJj6l_11vfTEJGozfsHIrMU4sR8aUh4WGI9Z_vSNtGxcJWcmakkaJ2mwdPN_L3NEXI/s1000/20230827_141117.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7Y273o7mC1nHXwhq6CvdlnhxmJoDXHyNc88sGfTKZmVVS0yTkGp0Ulppg-DHXCUrtNFnSH9d6TNJG-CIa6-WenhSt_fqYkqrNQYY-Zs7e15OoC9hU6yTsjE4acJj6l_11vfTEJGozfsHIrMU4sR8aUh4WGI9Z_vSNtGxcJWcmakkaJ2mwdPN_L3NEXI/w480-h640/20230827_141117.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">'Mother of Pearl'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXBcpAf3joxgwKaty_0Yzylx6ffZ19_79BDeBUTz0Fw5-77ZRW9jEPLgUwICuJN2epVBJfxdYm_2QNsfqCFIZUwUwXBa2V8M2B9U5_x49pG5j36JjkrKSRs6fub9QjMNXDBomb0lSmXHXfqgYMM0FEbrza-oMRoS_dD22_dwL-OQav-rt1S812_58xWY/s616/20230828_102625.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="616" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXBcpAf3joxgwKaty_0Yzylx6ffZ19_79BDeBUTz0Fw5-77ZRW9jEPLgUwICuJN2epVBJfxdYm_2QNsfqCFIZUwUwXBa2V8M2B9U5_x49pG5j36JjkrKSRs6fub9QjMNXDBomb0lSmXHXfqgYMM0FEbrza-oMRoS_dD22_dwL-OQav-rt1S812_58xWY/w640-h500/20230828_102625.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">'Mother of Pearl'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pTP5K2217FXyUs_cqWxjqrbBjkKJuFJBigYsCam5vPtVaYTjW28EMcJ3PeXK1yFh3p8a8rrx58AzERyo8LX1TFjudUtEUZkhWs2WGgiRidOpY7mHiSUMrwvojuqCQwo2f84zgSxd0Umu9akqUJ6lb94GWJTercwcGsO4rIa9ut_6Q3btfAgpRkczu98/s1000/20230827_141040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pTP5K2217FXyUs_cqWxjqrbBjkKJuFJBigYsCam5vPtVaYTjW28EMcJ3PeXK1yFh3p8a8rrx58AzERyo8LX1TFjudUtEUZkhWs2WGgiRidOpY7mHiSUMrwvojuqCQwo2f84zgSxd0Umu9akqUJ6lb94GWJTercwcGsO4rIa9ut_6Q3btfAgpRkczu98/w640-h480/20230827_141040.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rose garden</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQT-OBOiloTWukI20WZAA9ts7f62QYozbSUY2sb1PhURIX48T_WklaOZtF1l4j00qzig8xheG9YYZe3ptTG_RquLVgovfk5csE2Icqg670rgQkEPpp8zf1dQEacw51b_LxeJLrw4HkJFu3JTAiKpHyxTZW00lVgGRqhkMepuw8Azdt76zr2b6IG6H_Zds/s1000/20230827_141137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQT-OBOiloTWukI20WZAA9ts7f62QYozbSUY2sb1PhURIX48T_WklaOZtF1l4j00qzig8xheG9YYZe3ptTG_RquLVgovfk5csE2Icqg670rgQkEPpp8zf1dQEacw51b_LxeJLrw4HkJFu3JTAiKpHyxTZW00lVgGRqhkMepuw8Azdt76zr2b6IG6H_Zds/w480-h640/20230827_141137.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wc6hcbMqsQ_huw56LmUr800RuHCIkBM8J_OEegrwDOA7qmKUgz_a5wQcogTj8ai2izqWkJELYLnxtUt1zj5zFV9KVQG2gvvMsewstFl5fI-0NVSNJYMPlJDoYNphK5zEWhUSIrF5rDGoDsnTCa9jcJiHygTykHaEy-l3QIZcTzIzieWX_gReVW3gSgM/s1000/20230827_142419.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wc6hcbMqsQ_huw56LmUr800RuHCIkBM8J_OEegrwDOA7qmKUgz_a5wQcogTj8ai2izqWkJELYLnxtUt1zj5zFV9KVQG2gvvMsewstFl5fI-0NVSNJYMPlJDoYNphK5zEWhUSIrF5rDGoDsnTCa9jcJiHygTykHaEy-l3QIZcTzIzieWX_gReVW3gSgM/w640-h480/20230827_142419.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'German Johnson' tomatoes gone wild</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJLsse316f0CH5UxNoEGtpDcBVrz7l8Y8trWh5bbUODGqu9NNa993tsblr3vru8-VtWdCDVrY_EyD_n3MtH6Lxkoe1-emOAwjxnF9Wd1-8t2lHDYVN9ptuUBQRBBQiQFRKvFiUtcyV4SR8N7BMKX2JtaffJ_MM3eX5yykqUorTkSCgDfYp8RmXcKvH4I/s1000/20230827_142426.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJLsse316f0CH5UxNoEGtpDcBVrz7l8Y8trWh5bbUODGqu9NNa993tsblr3vru8-VtWdCDVrY_EyD_n3MtH6Lxkoe1-emOAwjxnF9Wd1-8t2lHDYVN9ptuUBQRBBQiQFRKvFiUtcyV4SR8N7BMKX2JtaffJ_MM3eX5yykqUorTkSCgDfYp8RmXcKvH4I/w640-h480/20230827_142426.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">'German Johnson' tomatoes gone wild</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WbxRAiskiCyLwi_B9kZ-jggA0P0CYQdCK7PLMarmQzvHsY1aUCaOy8V7r6jhGmpo0vJvNpeJLm1Pcoinvv8Velt8LsvbjLStvak66uSP3Y6ux9AviUp3XbV4Ct-R_SlKIaDJYBs3iYbxMh5HL0oCvr8r5XNcYLVMqKb0tzzUH24TBWehD9J2jKAUXGk/s830/20230828_102645.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="744" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WbxRAiskiCyLwi_B9kZ-jggA0P0CYQdCK7PLMarmQzvHsY1aUCaOy8V7r6jhGmpo0vJvNpeJLm1Pcoinvv8Velt8LsvbjLStvak66uSP3Y6ux9AviUp3XbV4Ct-R_SlKIaDJYBs3iYbxMh5HL0oCvr8r5XNcYLVMqKb0tzzUH24TBWehD9J2jKAUXGk/w574-h640/20230828_102645.jpg" width="574" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Poseidon'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVYbt1mZ6elNPwpvhwOMSslhC2OHMvtd6fmnKhfpFobHFwr8uR2mT5Lome2dEbK_aW1FiwF8Eq0ZoQCyPRmDysPMKEvthzx1UDJpS9bvbmoRIgLueYN0g7-jl2WKLtLvlibPuvEeI1_1QlTZc2mhZj2gbNHf24NihMRP2xdHVm6DCy-z-Bm-5Cp_G9Gg/w480-h640/20230828_102705.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">'South Africa' and 'Neptune'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOsakDPLXbVov9NgHAmghYt6H1btAX8m7QQdGZ40mdMGF5uB825hSG5gDMh5i5W-g-ID4ymLuoLAb3hk2iBWrCRV_3uFu_MU-aOPIstyncK7tyS4082ShgnApFZ6chKNrLDApjacL4nABtyU1fEBVqWJpUQIKZNroEl-pojO9kfJf3nE5ZoYz5wcLdLE/s1000/20230828_103516.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Carmine gomphrena and Missouri primrose</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyJv2o2brxudkFRTC9qalzkE7jOdoOUruko_AjpeVbF985dDGw9d_BLZy2UYRmWCPBBHquWGbmiZdedp0-7eeqIpKek6snNrtFEnz-ah4iCxTRUUZUUNDJq0R46ORHktKk54bjjQNpzdxOOcPTwp6ECYxSn2iTv0av2CGzxmRUWKZ2JXWJKvhCH5SRd8/s801/20230828_103408.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="735" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyJv2o2brxudkFRTC9qalzkE7jOdoOUruko_AjpeVbF985dDGw9d_BLZy2UYRmWCPBBHquWGbmiZdedp0-7eeqIpKek6snNrtFEnz-ah4iCxTRUUZUUNDJq0R46ORHktKk54bjjQNpzdxOOcPTwp6ECYxSn2iTv0av2CGzxmRUWKZ2JXWJKvhCH5SRd8/w588-h640/20230828_103408.jpg" width="588" /></a></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-27470863927985425962023-08-21T08:50:00.001-05:002023-08-21T08:50:21.474-05:00Approaching Hell<p>Wildfires are raging from Canada to Hawaii, and much of the mainland is experiencing devastating weather events. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvp3UYf1B3n95OGfqpDGOhaL64GWjEI-SCIE0t5JBAwzqJCmwh-08thlq3juiNnj3uDelYSuXxGA3JuoA1jP4yz5KTy5QmyXIuKTc2N8_oPF0b3Mzvo1Z5VJ1TqnGO5TAewNwdmhntqcrYt1-ulbi_FL_OKY2khGHbI6DsM3KYsXK679w-2LXjxrZ3w0/s843/an.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="843" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvp3UYf1B3n95OGfqpDGOhaL64GWjEI-SCIE0t5JBAwzqJCmwh-08thlq3juiNnj3uDelYSuXxGA3JuoA1jP4yz5KTy5QmyXIuKTc2N8_oPF0b3Mzvo1Z5VJ1TqnGO5TAewNwdmhntqcrYt1-ulbi_FL_OKY2khGHbI6DsM3KYsXK679w-2LXjxrZ3w0/s320/an.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p></p><p>In mid-Missouri, it's about to get too hot to garden. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqI9r8Lr8iDX2spYc0ZrXkAIPRnbCh-CfbeCqZx1cN-OmyRjwxlvdNBPddYIocHnGY1CFXv43Ho_nGo0tgZjbLck3sUW1W_Qu6-IeoJ7MfBVl2YjwJKUjFenzFVq0-PDGBI_YcP5mvfUKqCNbGxwtUCao2cpiH4w5MHIGU5ZvCojCdz3Ix9PLIe4LY5I/s945/2023-08-21%2007.05.23%20twitter.com%20c2ddda27dc16.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="945" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqI9r8Lr8iDX2spYc0ZrXkAIPRnbCh-CfbeCqZx1cN-OmyRjwxlvdNBPddYIocHnGY1CFXv43Ho_nGo0tgZjbLck3sUW1W_Qu6-IeoJ7MfBVl2YjwJKUjFenzFVq0-PDGBI_YcP5mvfUKqCNbGxwtUCao2cpiH4w5MHIGU5ZvCojCdz3Ix9PLIe4LY5I/w640-h346/2023-08-21%2007.05.23%20twitter.com%20c2ddda27dc16.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>So this post is from more recent tolerable, and even mild, weather.</p><p>Aphids have appeared on new rose growth, so I've been trying to stay on top of them - unfortunately with Sevin, but the last couple of years I tried to use only neem oil and soap, unsuccessfully. This past week I've been in Chicagoland, so I don't know what I'll find when I get back, but the 'Mother of Pearl' I managed to propagate from a cutting (the mother of Mother of Pearl died over winter) was looking lovely when I left.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MEtmTLMQXBgFK0F2bTx3rV-eQVdJwOLfXpIEYNz_78IJmwC7L2IK1IXIZA6JVnGcJ8NRtlPW_c81KPyF9n6ng6dkhyB1jV1AGUvSSfDGDC4CPOdVqqh-5hHxpGopB5rNLjDv9T-8eqCE4wMlVydn4ipTXq9DWNeKgkoH-rcTni3x6LR0HemGMojZOPw/s2455/20230813_061939.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2455" data-original-width="2430" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MEtmTLMQXBgFK0F2bTx3rV-eQVdJwOLfXpIEYNz_78IJmwC7L2IK1IXIZA6JVnGcJ8NRtlPW_c81KPyF9n6ng6dkhyB1jV1AGUvSSfDGDC4CPOdVqqh-5hHxpGopB5rNLjDv9T-8eqCE4wMlVydn4ipTXq9DWNeKgkoH-rcTni3x6LR0HemGMojZOPw/w634-h640/20230813_061939.jpg" width="634" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The whole of the garden was actually doing pretty well, considering all the crazy weather this season.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagx6_9rhQ5V6CfecoStpJg9ncDRTr6urVRDXa_9PEG_Q6baignPsrMH8IVLtwu0ZQwar1Jrdtyptk_C-aIOB4eC_Xwc2szi7KaSCJTQDkzm137Ete19XVJsjCnDDQJ4LUElFQvAMd0z9tJUby0KfS1YriIMt-fME5GhUgYgLT898ryiqxoVXcWEsnO7g/s1000/20230811_071517.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagx6_9rhQ5V6CfecoStpJg9ncDRTr6urVRDXa_9PEG_Q6baignPsrMH8IVLtwu0ZQwar1Jrdtyptk_C-aIOB4eC_Xwc2szi7KaSCJTQDkzm137Ete19XVJsjCnDDQJ4LUElFQvAMd0z9tJUby0KfS1YriIMt-fME5GhUgYgLT898ryiqxoVXcWEsnO7g/w640-h480/20230811_071517.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But not the cucumbers. They're barely hanging on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLZDwZC1tCDLSIX9nL2Hkcnf_X_NQFOuLWHAVpkSrGY1dH0O4dhaQ95EBDwHJlTbzuq7quXh4EyXq8UfnEOAtZHZly924pEDVB5oMQzlDsjv1tvEO185oqj9FJSqTDur6Mga0aeeHtOFj52VBYFhIUxcCOTuLZFfzDefy6YEmbyX6FCy1nelouENR95U/s2486/20230811_071741.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2020" data-original-width="2486" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLZDwZC1tCDLSIX9nL2Hkcnf_X_NQFOuLWHAVpkSrGY1dH0O4dhaQ95EBDwHJlTbzuq7quXh4EyXq8UfnEOAtZHZly924pEDVB5oMQzlDsjv1tvEO185oqj9FJSqTDur6Mga0aeeHtOFj52VBYFhIUxcCOTuLZFfzDefy6YEmbyX6FCy1nelouENR95U/w640-h520/20230811_071741.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I harvested less than half a dozen early on, and nothing since. I planted two varieties: 'Marketmore' and 'Beit Alpha'. Neither has taken off. They should have those wagon wheels hidden by now. That's two years in a row I haven't had a decent cucumber crop, and they're usually coming out of my ears.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Surprisingly to me, the 'Calima' green beans are still producing well. Were, I should say. Surely by the time I get back in a few days they'll be done. But I've thought they were surely done several times already.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRLWcjP-Umd5Vdu2djDpJjo8D4gbgR6YP_QZ5ZD2eOo4Y7MQFlAeJRVO7PyGBxvcRiuk8o313Oq37vzwlhXNZu4hYNg7CFYX-p94EnGgYdWwkt6zX0LE9_fbLeM6r-1DLAnKpJgIEUD0NifybFPD3bJVWvr77In8H2_qoZjLrM4llyT9IQ47JAei_EaE/s1000/20230805_071411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRLWcjP-Umd5Vdu2djDpJjo8D4gbgR6YP_QZ5ZD2eOo4Y7MQFlAeJRVO7PyGBxvcRiuk8o313Oq37vzwlhXNZu4hYNg7CFYX-p94EnGgYdWwkt6zX0LE9_fbLeM6r-1DLAnKpJgIEUD0NifybFPD3bJVWvr77In8H2_qoZjLrM4llyT9IQ47JAei_EaE/w480-h640/20230805_071411.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have three varieties of celery that are all performing well, so they obviously have no complaints about the weather.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the one I bought from a nursery that was labeled only "celery". It has the largest stalks of all the varieties.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjay3OOrp-c43drKvPS7WmVqkUBTrgKOnvxGacmoFG7-fgvg--gNy-oPcaou4jvTbbgWNHbE7E9C0fWRc8b7jjjZ6DN2xRFKHOLENa9fDz1FSVIXqNJFoXLSaaT3Yn6RP5B18hyKJi5WtZ1lH2XMuFT3CoVdQLDux_6ScMpyZJ9LY6AUPcm6aafPOpUTxs/s1000/20230811_070710.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjay3OOrp-c43drKvPS7WmVqkUBTrgKOnvxGacmoFG7-fgvg--gNy-oPcaou4jvTbbgWNHbE7E9C0fWRc8b7jjjZ6DN2xRFKHOLENa9fDz1FSVIXqNJFoXLSaaT3Yn6RP5B18hyKJi5WtZ1lH2XMuFT3CoVdQLDux_6ScMpyZJ9LY6AUPcm6aafPOpUTxs/w480-h640/20230811_070710.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This pink celery is one I grew from seed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTW6DGGBdI4Cz7zL6qK_W8mzTDA_WJBlGwD1faEDQP_nO7psJoqG62HDwcIlZFK-XUob8NGDX54KQsKrwgkPbatcYa2y9-nEIudr212k7u3kOpzqsQgqsCVakeWIJO0Be7uNX2XffgS66qN7QRsreRi6mdeMKkj78blFbtjbtTImId_-E1o_n3k4LqIBI/s2962/20230811_070700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2962" data-original-width="2389" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTW6DGGBdI4Cz7zL6qK_W8mzTDA_WJBlGwD1faEDQP_nO7psJoqG62HDwcIlZFK-XUob8NGDX54KQsKrwgkPbatcYa2y9-nEIudr212k7u3kOpzqsQgqsCVakeWIJO0Be7uNX2XffgS66qN7QRsreRi6mdeMKkj78blFbtjbtTImId_-E1o_n3k4LqIBI/w516-h640/20230811_070700.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Besides the pink celery, I started a dark green variety as well. I don't know which seed produced this plant that has white stalks, because I didn't have any seeds that should have produced it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTCYr_pqPBs4TIe2MgpQG753_d_EhmLz5XT7sH9IrTLHvlmUDR0J7WsAHSUTHp8T6YHIzBd9ew3BDq1OoOM9qQjLCi0nQzkg441Z4WRvAOYr95g-7XdtU4Yt6JtA6xJ44uNolhSvhaW6BMJ3YgeITAu3uXFt0FNGuMzyppmen7FFdHmBVIUeWNSNesto/s3469/20230811_070655.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3469" data-original-width="2389" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTCYr_pqPBs4TIe2MgpQG753_d_EhmLz5XT7sH9IrTLHvlmUDR0J7WsAHSUTHp8T6YHIzBd9ew3BDq1OoOM9qQjLCi0nQzkg441Z4WRvAOYr95g-7XdtU4Yt6JtA6xJ44uNolhSvhaW6BMJ3YgeITAu3uXFt0FNGuMzyppmen7FFdHmBVIUeWNSNesto/w440-h640/20230811_070655.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This one 'Brunswick' cabbage plant has become a giant. The others of its kind are about half this size and more what I would have expected.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxAxhEuXZjyaOzM_lMq6X5GZ_Leuhrt5xshfRjWCdYux5l9Kf3bCuC4xp-_lc2VSL37mrmFiZ9V8Y7GWEBUFKKIGQ9DOkNbwTkOvwdAXrQddOEZNIV2YSvHwuBtaW6LGbVcDUCR0BVNghP_0h8xGrWCiW9bgGVXra1kE4o5-BBT27xmakChNu_wDd7Bs/s1000/20230811_070546.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxAxhEuXZjyaOzM_lMq6X5GZ_Leuhrt5xshfRjWCdYux5l9Kf3bCuC4xp-_lc2VSL37mrmFiZ9V8Y7GWEBUFKKIGQ9DOkNbwTkOvwdAXrQddOEZNIV2YSvHwuBtaW6LGbVcDUCR0BVNghP_0h8xGrWCiW9bgGVXra1kE4o5-BBT27xmakChNu_wDd7Bs/w480-h640/20230811_070546.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIC7FFDrEYwtqGMuclsQFN7mxjx3K03HiLXOb96rGAUZOVyLHzqcD_2DCzDUfLn6xXK0fjJa032GTtLY6CdP9h9WNogH6d-skQ1cNXVKF3aK1wJO34cAUXQRyGVg3ncUwJJIvyBo_6ePZoivysN1u0b0z2Bhn0sdL_d6i2OLkxf-WKoiXASRB5nPmc5s/s1000/20230809_073514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIC7FFDrEYwtqGMuclsQFN7mxjx3K03HiLXOb96rGAUZOVyLHzqcD_2DCzDUfLn6xXK0fjJa032GTtLY6CdP9h9WNogH6d-skQ1cNXVKF3aK1wJO34cAUXQRyGVg3ncUwJJIvyBo_6ePZoivysN1u0b0z2Bhn0sdL_d6i2OLkxf-WKoiXASRB5nPmc5s/w480-h640/20230809_073514.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Brunswick' and 'Ruby Perfection' (bottom-most) cabbage</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">'Cardinal' basil is happy enough. No problems there. But I never have any problems with basil.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDyK0PRvZcl05IlmQ2uifZS5dQRw4bp5tW_ILn-e1wGWxtuA5p3dyyTYWjo3foGkQoSn2pttL9vdiZK256v5dhlgxxOy0EJiTh_M1kX7-sls6Fx0ASkkuYTWJM_rwThgxXm-7kZcJ0W5OH7VpsU5z83Qk5JGLri_LgKK_c_zCLW1jqvbfejP1FFrTPRgA/s2780/20230811_071603.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2203" data-original-width="2780" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDyK0PRvZcl05IlmQ2uifZS5dQRw4bp5tW_ILn-e1wGWxtuA5p3dyyTYWjo3foGkQoSn2pttL9vdiZK256v5dhlgxxOy0EJiTh_M1kX7-sls6Fx0ASkkuYTWJM_rwThgxXm-7kZcJ0W5OH7VpsU5z83Qk5JGLri_LgKK_c_zCLW1jqvbfejP1FFrTPRgA/w640-h508/20230811_071603.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I got one - count 'em, one - decent cantaloupe this year. The caged ones have produced essentially nothing, and the ones that sprawled on the compost hill were the Small Persian variety that tasted only barely sweet.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_p9-Xvo2saXCMDrTnXedWJHSxfDwjWR_Y3YGjmDZfLcDHZcNfUUsk9MimQl8IRlZA6z3UqmFjFIx7S0hCx9b83bimdG8nWWu5SmGUvPHR79M_xOlXLZgNn3Nkozgsx0hNcrc-0to-y7eKSIDoArTdz6InGavZoih0LR66MvtKQO59ES_dYmMhrFd1Mo0/s1000/20230805_072521.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_p9-Xvo2saXCMDrTnXedWJHSxfDwjWR_Y3YGjmDZfLcDHZcNfUUsk9MimQl8IRlZA6z3UqmFjFIx7S0hCx9b83bimdG8nWWu5SmGUvPHR79M_xOlXLZgNn3Nkozgsx0hNcrc-0to-y7eKSIDoArTdz6InGavZoih0LR66MvtKQO59ES_dYmMhrFd1Mo0/w640-h480/20230805_072521.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Small Persian melon</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The wire net bags kept the raccoons from eating them, though. So next year I plan to plant my favorite sweet variety 'Savor' in a space where they can sprawl on the ground and bag them this way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't know if the damaged part is where raccoons tried to get at them or if they were the result of insects in the wet soil beneath the melons. Maybe both. Whatever it was, it didn't get through the rinds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMbmptoS5mPZKMnZysMDklYuioUYbKy7vLkRxBKP_bl0F4fe1JWeSIiYgaH74itNlN3SlzWzYux3LfFs1xhMa16Sqx68AbYfkGXZx9c6LifH2BvJZEXCLh_LKFNV-ogMIp28grenU_6bmP0lCkUtOOH_kNdFJeNPEJ3Xs04MSkF3aLgMY9iVv2P2qxbo/s1000/20230805_064833.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMbmptoS5mPZKMnZysMDklYuioUYbKy7vLkRxBKP_bl0F4fe1JWeSIiYgaH74itNlN3SlzWzYux3LfFs1xhMa16Sqx68AbYfkGXZx9c6LifH2BvJZEXCLh_LKFNV-ogMIp28grenU_6bmP0lCkUtOOH_kNdFJeNPEJ3Xs04MSkF3aLgMY9iVv2P2qxbo/w480-h640/20230805_064833.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-5XCYITQjLjqrZUuqzqjZWYOSYY_XrJp8bKpZkeKgfEomWRotsXTWOq3_54XZ28kUJlD6JL1su3niDY2YesiX-QUyi-tzJkODp9C2K8-8wLClVRdh7TtmwF-yUedefXInHivc5slNpsFM0x8CN3jvlu15x-hg-LSdpz8ZP-LCmDLu3zalXgTTiUKFd0/s1000/20230805_065120.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-5XCYITQjLjqrZUuqzqjZWYOSYY_XrJp8bKpZkeKgfEomWRotsXTWOq3_54XZ28kUJlD6JL1su3niDY2YesiX-QUyi-tzJkODp9C2K8-8wLClVRdh7TtmwF-yUedefXInHivc5slNpsFM0x8CN3jvlu15x-hg-LSdpz8ZP-LCmDLu3zalXgTTiUKFd0/w480-h640/20230805_065120.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fun stuff:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One day I noticed a group of <i>ammophila</i> wasps on the tarragon. I noticed them because I was trimming the plant (that's now quite large so I cut it in roughly the shape of a pyramid with hedge clippers). I didn't want to disturb them since they're a beneficial insect, preying on moth and sawfly caterpillars, so the plant didn't get a finished haircut. I don't know which particular <i>ammophila </i>these are, as there are over 200 different species.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjc6jKHy4JSMYb3TK3fe6OM87XeiE7opr5W-rv-NufrH_vyF69N3Y4b40tjjKzo6uCjLk1BvVVTRiKBGQcFOHs8JqW0HbxlcobYYUVXDnKmy1zAluh7E1XAcM71ldcXQEBxD3LLtFSic6q1NL2cw0wDdIIUUmvmYcMe5iA2By7H-P7oeJv3ql5-_1u-1s/s2577/20230812_073320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2577" data-original-width="2275" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjc6jKHy4JSMYb3TK3fe6OM87XeiE7opr5W-rv-NufrH_vyF69N3Y4b40tjjKzo6uCjLk1BvVVTRiKBGQcFOHs8JqW0HbxlcobYYUVXDnKmy1zAluh7E1XAcM71ldcXQEBxD3LLtFSic6q1NL2cw0wDdIIUUmvmYcMe5iA2By7H-P7oeJv3ql5-_1u-1s/w564-h640/20230812_073320.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I assume this is worm casting. It looks like it, but it would have been a very, very large worm if it is.</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLif1T43Uls0c7h5BxhdJWhmTwjN6w-_fOlks9uLu-tsygt-LI2SUHM1lgGg0ZcqFQmaoK5GYjnrtLA-vXzosLn78O53GUP8wIyJoPaVkpAOhQlt3zIUruAGxRQZA_7SNuCQkMovBbpppXahdao7bU-jMErE4P_whxST519Q7Qp1V5YcohJdlBRGaQ8aE/s606/20230811_072657a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="481" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLif1T43Uls0c7h5BxhdJWhmTwjN6w-_fOlks9uLu-tsygt-LI2SUHM1lgGg0ZcqFQmaoK5GYjnrtLA-vXzosLn78O53GUP8wIyJoPaVkpAOhQlt3zIUruAGxRQZA_7SNuCQkMovBbpppXahdao7bU-jMErE4P_whxST519Q7Qp1V5YcohJdlBRGaQ8aE/w508-h640/20230811_072657a.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So...until next time (and hopefully the garden hasn't burnt up by the time I get back to it)...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLJgERAayqxwCcFMoovs0ETk299VDVs_mLgOB5_EbXgRtYEsLutgSZIbml4p72z6_r1VdtArCoLiSa2cI3IEghaz_LuxMuGSlXHUpyqdzfBNFDIL9Itzdt5TX7o-OojKAcp-Bp_HUj4YDTxV4r5mHWcMbE_YjTeceQC2M46vQVszo62LSXZ3qnmtdWSE/s1000/20230730_065339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLJgERAayqxwCcFMoovs0ETk299VDVs_mLgOB5_EbXgRtYEsLutgSZIbml4p72z6_r1VdtArCoLiSa2cI3IEghaz_LuxMuGSlXHUpyqdzfBNFDIL9Itzdt5TX7o-OojKAcp-Bp_HUj4YDTxV4r5mHWcMbE_YjTeceQC2M46vQVszo62LSXZ3qnmtdWSE/w640-h480/20230730_065339.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>You can eat them, but the more white druplets, the more it tastes like cardboard instead of blackberry.<br /><div><br />From a <a href="https://www.uaex.uada.edu/farm-ranch/crops-commercial-horticulture/horticulture/ar-fruit-veg-nut-update-blog/posts/fruitdisorders.aspx" target="_blank">University of Arkansas extension page</a>:<br /><blockquote><i>White druplet is associated with a drop in humidity and an increase in temperature. As this happens there is less moisture in the air to deflect solar radiation from directly contacting the berries. This increased solar radiation is blamed on individual or groups of druplets turning first white and then later brown in color. [...] ‘Apache’ is a variety that is more prone to this disorder.</i></blockquote>I have 'Navajo', which sounds like it could be a related variety, and we have certainly had decreased humidity and increased temps this year. Both my blackberries and raspberries (which produced absolutely nothing) would have benefited from watering.</div><div><br /></div><div>'German Johnson' tomatoes are ripening. It's suggested that they be picked early when they are just starting to soften and then let them ripen indoors the rest of the way, so that's what I do. It helps me get them before the raccoons do. But not always.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LO1TW9QQDYmOkBR2dCvN3CUeQ_78UD7ICN5dGoZArfiZS2Z000-yb0ptBg0GdbK4zaOgE9qLdK2jEturvesX6vxy-S_cq5tXauIYCRx9LXMutk-YpdFK_xAaJhxGFiLEjcaVv9kw3AxsJEmxHCxYPYTyABBcrsKblcvaEYuUeEXUBGdImZllmexcuNA/s990/20230730_103407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="990" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LO1TW9QQDYmOkBR2dCvN3CUeQ_78UD7ICN5dGoZArfiZS2Z000-yb0ptBg0GdbK4zaOgE9qLdK2jEturvesX6vxy-S_cq5tXauIYCRx9LXMutk-YpdFK_xAaJhxGFiLEjcaVv9kw3AxsJEmxHCxYPYTyABBcrsKblcvaEYuUeEXUBGdImZllmexcuNA/w640-h326/20230730_103407.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Pink celery:<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJT3RRH8rCVXCwrZiYX2YaDPlwArqEBjesWJ7s-1fRk3W3rVmtQuGSzB2-w-JNRLPGqnVzAP9N933Mrz5WbVUXiaTtCnxuCERGrLHzlaOvSPtYxhEQSCZG1PRtA5I07MRo1k2QKmsaeXIzJGW1QnHpYRBvavLXbepA_c9AMLOoCNYZWTK_Y7gVZl-DKtY/s698/20230729_141831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="698" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJT3RRH8rCVXCwrZiYX2YaDPlwArqEBjesWJ7s-1fRk3W3rVmtQuGSzB2-w-JNRLPGqnVzAP9N933Mrz5WbVUXiaTtCnxuCERGrLHzlaOvSPtYxhEQSCZG1PRtA5I07MRo1k2QKmsaeXIzJGW1QnHpYRBvavLXbepA_c9AMLOoCNYZWTK_Y7gVZl-DKtY/w400-h359/20230729_141831.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The melons growing up tomato cages aren't producing anything. They get more shade than the ones on the compost hill, which have several full sized fruits already, so that could be an issue. However, I haven't grown them sprawling on the ground before, so maybe they just do better that way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1ioxqxDRBmfMtQDF6_ZD249ti36Smx6VeZKeB3UcNtPhQy-EOsQY4me2X3IZ9bizNhj5FWr0lTO6amIzBHD-e0j8vCYutXhhRU9Buy2JTf9j-_Twth1sLhSHCsjKLIBvBh8P4vz8vMgrS6RKByhyuSTnu0omkgE_n6Jq2e1nU8hmZHc3C1YbR9RMF8A/s1000/20230729_085954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1ioxqxDRBmfMtQDF6_ZD249ti36Smx6VeZKeB3UcNtPhQy-EOsQY4me2X3IZ9bizNhj5FWr0lTO6amIzBHD-e0j8vCYutXhhRU9Buy2JTf9j-_Twth1sLhSHCsjKLIBvBh8P4vz8vMgrS6RKByhyuSTnu0omkgE_n6Jq2e1nU8hmZHc3C1YbR9RMF8A/w480-h640/20230729_085954.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have no doubt the raccoons will be after them before they're fully ripe, so I've put several in wire baskets in hopes that will allow me to get some ripe ones. I've read that, while melons will continue to ripen after being picked, they stop the sugar production process at that point.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVCpHd-OKWWrvhPYsykFC47zYL_enFRUPGgMrS64ud2xazaBFzF0TSQgpH6uYz3pdtXzIOIlOetEWb6XvAC22k9-VEBttcYgNAoQt0GnV2iufsHJLFnvYzY1WGI_TFBrHSPp_4V2vXaHo-p-Yp0chyoPaNYHXu-fwNlRSP4nv3iy1GV5DUj_nzQaXnQ0/s1000/20230730_072034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVCpHd-OKWWrvhPYsykFC47zYL_enFRUPGgMrS64ud2xazaBFzF0TSQgpH6uYz3pdtXzIOIlOetEWb6XvAC22k9-VEBttcYgNAoQt0GnV2iufsHJLFnvYzY1WGI_TFBrHSPp_4V2vXaHo-p-Yp0chyoPaNYHXu-fwNlRSP4nv3iy1GV5DUj_nzQaXnQ0/w480-h640/20230730_072034.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'll wait.</div><br /><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-58380824520601062072023-07-27T09:55:00.000-05:002023-07-27T09:55:06.215-05:00Hotter and hotter<p>The roses are flushing out again. They're quite happy with the heat and lack of rain.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5d5yLzrWc2ibZt3-Gbb16EuFNx3i5WFI0k5l1h8jItzjxKZhEELo4ZPpY-VCeF8mxvj5LDrZ3LsyZ2nKKQ2fE7K2eo2owXlYmj18LuT8TKFRNWyADcpVdm6mfV6o5CHwQSHnhDumZtjg9CuD0haWBawSYG4q4TvkDGagbdWcB0JGkzN8JvQYyGsP5Ct8/s1000/20230723_065516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5d5yLzrWc2ibZt3-Gbb16EuFNx3i5WFI0k5l1h8jItzjxKZhEELo4ZPpY-VCeF8mxvj5LDrZ3LsyZ2nKKQ2fE7K2eo2owXlYmj18LuT8TKFRNWyADcpVdm6mfV6o5CHwQSHnhDumZtjg9CuD0haWBawSYG4q4TvkDGagbdWcB0JGkzN8JvQYyGsP5Ct8/w640-h480/20230723_065516.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But I've had to start watering again for everyone else.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thankfully, the 'German Johnson' slicing tomatoes did set some fruit. I've gotten a few ripe ones, but now they're taking their time ripening due to the blistering heat. It barely cools off enough in the middle of the night to reach the 50-80 degree temps required for ripening. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5_pKiAQDCGyCqWN5eaffjUki_hkx8ltS-Du1kP5iytAZN2uRkRhByM1PPDWf0pBRFFwkfyYT6xjtvCTtXbKOMCMOceSyjnLZlBVAQ9d3AqDWvJjwaCMm3v9nnItKNTIdyrVM_wYKijpAfk-GsQzIitTsUsMMTiPSMbTQGp2GLtIH5WlbI74bhCb5or0/s1000/20230723_081747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5_pKiAQDCGyCqWN5eaffjUki_hkx8ltS-Du1kP5iytAZN2uRkRhByM1PPDWf0pBRFFwkfyYT6xjtvCTtXbKOMCMOceSyjnLZlBVAQ9d3AqDWvJjwaCMm3v9nnItKNTIdyrVM_wYKijpAfk-GsQzIitTsUsMMTiPSMbTQGp2GLtIH5WlbI74bhCb5or0/w640-h480/20230723_081747.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9ZamasyprBJG80RJcruSWz4wfH94WLI7lUOATia9LL042FPuTT3ucWVkjNrLuvFUb2078C57xXciIh87Mwdu_TIzUm2_oYVhQK7yKQwo_CvRkOSSUacn-Dtq6h4MzEB0G5ymtZj63PToXlQ8Ob7e_y3tLtIGmEwxcMV6Jxs6xDVtxEy4gzh-yG8RBEg/s1000/20230723_081721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9ZamasyprBJG80RJcruSWz4wfH94WLI7lUOATia9LL042FPuTT3ucWVkjNrLuvFUb2078C57xXciIh87Mwdu_TIzUm2_oYVhQK7yKQwo_CvRkOSSUacn-Dtq6h4MzEB0G5ymtZj63PToXlQ8Ob7e_y3tLtIGmEwxcMV6Jxs6xDVtxEy4gzh-yG8RBEg/w480-h640/20230723_081721.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The 'Speckled Roman' sauce tomatoes have been ripening all along, however, and have set lots of fruit. Raccoons leave evidence daily.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRezxfBmmx8H0e2IPp63WJa3OTTnVtCyU97uYDfOcL9tbH8nu7c42Fif0XkDz34t0s4HVPsTHB4PCHK0nXnhcRxZfhdbhILiVzbaVEmSpO8LJkhMhxQU_ZkdOM42xJr_VrY5vFbJgaByQZGjW-iqThI6c5Wel3tj3s6_-oFIBDfzpqW0P2kquUgNE897U/s1000/20230724_082410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRezxfBmmx8H0e2IPp63WJa3OTTnVtCyU97uYDfOcL9tbH8nu7c42Fif0XkDz34t0s4HVPsTHB4PCHK0nXnhcRxZfhdbhILiVzbaVEmSpO8LJkhMhxQU_ZkdOM42xJr_VrY5vFbJgaByQZGjW-iqThI6c5Wel3tj3s6_-oFIBDfzpqW0P2kquUgNE897U/w480-h640/20230724_082410.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made a pint of sauce from the romas and 'Supersweet 100' cherry tomatoes (which haven't produced as much fruit as they normally do).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsk0aNfLGmuWF4hM0JmPTI_y4Kc4_bA2S7avo1IvXq6UDQYhsJuVptO_9UfdFmp6fgSsdvuIwUjekiUC6dGOYKEFD3huQF-yXw1ExgnoG0517zuf5bBT_jq654GxI6iX41-gb_f_HXf1BKXya-lw8_y2T0yVPWOI_SjRYcjXtcwt3KwBJ36U47Rbm61Y/s1000/20230722_175042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsk0aNfLGmuWF4hM0JmPTI_y4Kc4_bA2S7avo1IvXq6UDQYhsJuVptO_9UfdFmp6fgSsdvuIwUjekiUC6dGOYKEFD3huQF-yXw1ExgnoG0517zuf5bBT_jq654GxI6iX41-gb_f_HXf1BKXya-lw8_y2T0yVPWOI_SjRYcjXtcwt3KwBJ36U47Rbm61Y/w480-h640/20230722_175042.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Speckled Roman' and 'Supersweet 100' tomatoes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2iOs-ERvmE06vRDRhg6KaGU1xRX3EV7MbNLSHHQHDz5f8dCmhmoeleg-50b25jbC6YGzl9G0I9Qom3VIwWbRKpHiwIZfnWpAnrXkGDVGmZbzJNYFn4-m1phejermw-1PUe444DnD8LV-hchvCIk_rMFZ1wq7PAbiFVu6FWGZX-drdZX0QL_PwZRxqzE/w480-h640/20230724_105423.jpg" style="color: #0000ee;" width="480" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrwriGXAZ77IQhd2MjoFxbyiGtJ9YEszaNY2JrVvYioi0z2zYhNJv_Gx1ilvKufSCQvjtI6NFN1z7nFCI0b9HjCBr3qejctRspUUZhk--hyJO6itnTKBWQvHEGY5kWdxIeFi7yuhW53c5Ip0QLbkaSkZLICbCQObFDlkISvrez1yjfueIr8gwgbVywjM/s852/20230724_131632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="646" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrwriGXAZ77IQhd2MjoFxbyiGtJ9YEszaNY2JrVvYioi0z2zYhNJv_Gx1ilvKufSCQvjtI6NFN1z7nFCI0b9HjCBr3qejctRspUUZhk--hyJO6itnTKBWQvHEGY5kWdxIeFi7yuhW53c5Ip0QLbkaSkZLICbCQObFDlkISvrez1yjfueIr8gwgbVywjM/w486-h640/20230724_131632.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The recipe called for some sugar, and it's too sweet for my taste. I'll have to add some lemon juice when I use it. Neither variety has enough acidity to warrant adding sugar. Next batch, I'll delete the sugar and add some basil.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm finally seeing some fruit develop on the small Persian cantaloupe vines.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0WfoloW550nsLv23LgpO_nReWDTmmPqBXAGCiyK5idwFwq9ic8WMler93mFhhCCXjGdJL9dj0YnY6ZEJD_tLo3OyqQAcbrcxRTDuQHEYnFbwFhs3RR2g3qmq2qLoPiwc0iJJJINXZDjsopNIylTOEdULZaXoykvxsMvDCisx6Qt4Vw2dTbK1F5K0RU0/s1000/20230722_095634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0WfoloW550nsLv23LgpO_nReWDTmmPqBXAGCiyK5idwFwq9ic8WMler93mFhhCCXjGdJL9dj0YnY6ZEJD_tLo3OyqQAcbrcxRTDuQHEYnFbwFhs3RR2g3qmq2qLoPiwc0iJJJINXZDjsopNIylTOEdULZaXoykvxsMvDCisx6Qt4Vw2dTbK1F5K0RU0/w480-h640/20230722_095634.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In my attempts to keep melons safe from raccoons, I ordered these screen barriers for roots and bulbs to protect underground. I got the idea from a video online.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GSl_l5f00RZz4zkInrnqgztt9Wr4FWholAaPmplfrMgFyDha43J1ceDlik5_WVpKHRC5LKNPnq2FuoaezF8GxcJT2cQcg6vjXp2JaSoGTbYRJ7TUFUj-63tDmWlklBPI1QAFIHe9YpCxEEH8kAubvWJXsGYCT3gKkwtoXdXLhRNETnNwmlTkrezOQSQ/s1000/20230724_083033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1000" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GSl_l5f00RZz4zkInrnqgztt9Wr4FWholAaPmplfrMgFyDha43J1ceDlik5_WVpKHRC5LKNPnq2FuoaezF8GxcJT2cQcg6vjXp2JaSoGTbYRJ7TUFUj-63tDmWlklBPI1QAFIHe9YpCxEEH8kAubvWJXsGYCT3gKkwtoXdXLhRNETnNwmlTkrezOQSQ/w640-h472/20230724_083033.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Perhaps in an unnecessarily early stage, I wrapped a 'Sugar Baby' watermelon in one as a test.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxUd1u9FLuAXjyq69KAsQm_NzZ_tGbSJVrGYh8qn2eywkVp7t4vxEuazeON7vn45Pw4XSgFXrWl_ECi8X9AnEWIFcaEDEySoBSbknkg8vhjkiuLiwYCeYSpbDvPSZfQTqtBw59eFv0p6uDnMq-YOF0MuA_Ppvz6elUxstF07mGB5tGeVNKJ7E_0qKgrA/s1000/20230724_083604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxUd1u9FLuAXjyq69KAsQm_NzZ_tGbSJVrGYh8qn2eywkVp7t4vxEuazeON7vn45Pw4XSgFXrWl_ECi8X9AnEWIFcaEDEySoBSbknkg8vhjkiuLiwYCeYSpbDvPSZfQTqtBw59eFv0p6uDnMq-YOF0MuA_Ppvz6elUxstF07mGB5tGeVNKJ7E_0qKgrA/w480-h640/20230724_083604.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The melons on the compost hill have grown over the potato plants that I hadn't yet harvested. I thought I had more than one still in the ground, but could only find this 'All Blue' plant.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6O7ZcF0L4nQR7zaoRKZOs-Z8rP7QTc4mygr4Lx-4TQm6FvJr4UUVVbMBY_VjqKsRPZBQ9DkL3GNbTPM-DGKy2sf5gK9do6JGO2Xt0mfJR2kaSoVZ-GtHAgKX7m-xTNiyeXv-wte9cB3VFNBZTCCwAavC5TKGswVeyDX8sDj5jeOjGozzR6KvV81_yMCo/s1000/20230724_083745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6O7ZcF0L4nQR7zaoRKZOs-Z8rP7QTc4mygr4Lx-4TQm6FvJr4UUVVbMBY_VjqKsRPZBQ9DkL3GNbTPM-DGKy2sf5gK9do6JGO2Xt0mfJR2kaSoVZ-GtHAgKX7m-xTNiyeXv-wte9cB3VFNBZTCCwAavC5TKGswVeyDX8sDj5jeOjGozzR6KvV81_yMCo/w480-h640/20230724_083745.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I won't be planting them again. The spuds are small and turn gray when cooked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was disappointed when I thought I wasn't going to get many jalapeños this year, and then I found out I had simply forgotten which plants were which varieties. There aren't many, but at least there should be enough for a batch of jalapeño jelly.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1d6duHhR3Zl8BUJwXNqYH3BkSOeVheblY-WaGOHGPcWwzKSSMG27p0Od0-qwOap59cSFa32CEmZD553UDV77jA6_NvTyTZAPI3TtP6-E3PMgXy2TR0jvOVv30O2gAzc11g0OI_gdkSi0JGquIrwRoWZInb8MK5CZv51AISQz-7EdgtKEfvBnrOJFOl4/s1000/20230724_085300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1d6duHhR3Zl8BUJwXNqYH3BkSOeVheblY-WaGOHGPcWwzKSSMG27p0Od0-qwOap59cSFa32CEmZD553UDV77jA6_NvTyTZAPI3TtP6-E3PMgXy2TR0jvOVv30O2gAzc11g0OI_gdkSi0JGquIrwRoWZInb8MK5CZv51AISQz-7EdgtKEfvBnrOJFOl4/w640-h480/20230724_085300.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now to go dance for rain.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-27392238009504641512023-07-21T13:47:00.000-05:002023-07-21T13:47:15.096-05:00Hot and humid - only moreso<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yaNB-2M0Nr-npJxvkHxwGGL6hwoLAanLo2fD4z9mtn_p9iCabH5mSzGVgJF2SW4LnBOXOiz8yxjSp0m-DtyUGU5syKb1J8c4VR3hob05oZ3Lk0YYdywDV8kwRtqjVIIjYIqo1N9xf5WOc22JS6ofpEavhJ_zoRJUyNCF9YmYDVegqY2KIIxNUBU1bBg/s1000/20230705_061350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yaNB-2M0Nr-npJxvkHxwGGL6hwoLAanLo2fD4z9mtn_p9iCabH5mSzGVgJF2SW4LnBOXOiz8yxjSp0m-DtyUGU5syKb1J8c4VR3hob05oZ3Lk0YYdywDV8kwRtqjVIIjYIqo1N9xf5WOc22JS6ofpEavhJ_zoRJUyNCF9YmYDVegqY2KIIxNUBU1bBg/w480-h640/20230705_061350.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Razzle Dazzle' rose</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been eating from my garden for a couple of weeks now. The cabbages I planted this spring haven't yet started forming heads, but the 'Primo Vantage' plants that overwintered have harvestable heads that have been making good cole slaw.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xe2G6hTVrmYI-7K9ekjr2ExeFB_kz8lcw_fLoFZGCdYUHjazfZfnrR4hLf7Y5qnDzeI4YBRZxUaWDKDGYIIW3w9A3_gRAfzOjHEHFExth3vnroF1UK9cZ8hPeYx06v3Axlz4Fv6SOE0LPxuGrqr_7_kfWV_WLbgZRV2s0XjFEDX6U0dHV_ungNj5ayg/s1000/20230703_100108.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xe2G6hTVrmYI-7K9ekjr2ExeFB_kz8lcw_fLoFZGCdYUHjazfZfnrR4hLf7Y5qnDzeI4YBRZxUaWDKDGYIIW3w9A3_gRAfzOjHEHFExth3vnroF1UK9cZ8hPeYx06v3Axlz4Fv6SOE0LPxuGrqr_7_kfWV_WLbgZRV2s0XjFEDX6U0dHV_ungNj5ayg/w480-h640/20230703_100108.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Primo Vantage' </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While I was away for a week, the 'Ruby Perfection' (planted this spring) that has grown the largest was ferociously attacked because it got no Bt spray when it needed it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49-wOA9wZUISKLDWohZ0yHyQQoKNvc5n5uoDiCCwJDRl3FIV50sV_jIi9x4eqXHAkzz2TehjamaBiIYdvafuG1fCfrWNxeL-dBnB-f5YrkZ3fdJA5e-WvS1FmHJch1Y_hFEJevkYXIDaMzVv_f-YU-At9wO62hhNbWA8E8iUin09ne_1ZVhxIBs9WOUs/s1000/20230716_093145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49-wOA9wZUISKLDWohZ0yHyQQoKNvc5n5uoDiCCwJDRl3FIV50sV_jIi9x4eqXHAkzz2TehjamaBiIYdvafuG1fCfrWNxeL-dBnB-f5YrkZ3fdJA5e-WvS1FmHJch1Y_hFEJevkYXIDaMzVv_f-YU-At9wO62hhNbWA8E8iUin09ne_1ZVhxIBs9WOUs/w480-h640/20230716_093145.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">'Calima' bush beans are producing massive amounts of beans per plant. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK8mhGY0PYUfyVjNIb1De8HFKvalwj930TrmrmGxcF4Nvil8drEq-Pgy-JyFNG1TyzrT0uHGMJSYsAqXzfrT9SbG9Ex8kYLtaYpgzMLflVfQ1p3YS6O3re7VIEBk7GMp1r7s8A70sHrR07uFGae7Q3n7hLMnfLXrxXgUfNyE3aFwvLyOA4GjG7N7PAhJI/s1000/20230706_085306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK8mhGY0PYUfyVjNIb1De8HFKvalwj930TrmrmGxcF4Nvil8drEq-Pgy-JyFNG1TyzrT0uHGMJSYsAqXzfrT9SbG9Ex8kYLtaYpgzMLflVfQ1p3YS6O3re7VIEBk7GMp1r7s8A70sHrR07uFGae7Q3n7hLMnfLXrxXgUfNyE3aFwvLyOA4GjG7N7PAhJI/w480-h640/20230706_085306.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Even tomatoes are producing in this heat, and a few are beginning to ripen.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztmeeMCDg1KavFq6_7LMd4nCQchyk3quu8n5uSTBlxLPLEWxO2-yutQAZnIcgzidsCWehjjaNO_lsvRZxYUKJ5Q_8utQJXs0OXRuEUbiBdG12Um9uo2wZWCueW-1MJDKT9GBqLurjES-goohX7ZnKN7hV9jVHY0sb20gb0vwPj39To2IzWHIwXyOWm0Y/s1000/20230706_081740.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztmeeMCDg1KavFq6_7LMd4nCQchyk3quu8n5uSTBlxLPLEWxO2-yutQAZnIcgzidsCWehjjaNO_lsvRZxYUKJ5Q_8utQJXs0OXRuEUbiBdG12Um9uo2wZWCueW-1MJDKT9GBqLurjES-goohX7ZnKN7hV9jVHY0sb20gb0vwPj39To2IzWHIwXyOWm0Y/w480-h640/20230706_081740.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'German Johnson'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had bagged a few flowers on the 'German Johnson' plants to prevent cross-polination with the 'Speckled Roman' plants, thinking I'll try to save seed this year, but I removed the bags when all the flowers seemed to be dying from the heat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I missed one...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQ2Tk7-JcqtptrquGEDOUh3uhoFTBYnyFIg36NSU4b-rqzxhLPmNsvxTO4upIwfnXk4hHzw_Tgkyq9N-BItM7DMOWoDAq4yuGgl5uA6IKaY1-RzxphGO0u1sT4vR4MaWSwKblpM5f66lupg5Jc1jFI2EjstAGkmWh7yJviWUCgQ7rh4ROdLs2XBju0l0/s1000/20230706_191909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQ2Tk7-JcqtptrquGEDOUh3uhoFTBYnyFIg36NSU4b-rqzxhLPmNsvxTO4upIwfnXk4hHzw_Tgkyq9N-BItM7DMOWoDAq4yuGgl5uA6IKaY1-RzxphGO0u1sT4vR4MaWSwKblpM5f66lupg5Jc1jFI2EjstAGkmWh7yJviWUCgQ7rh4ROdLs2XBju0l0/w480-h640/20230706_191909.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">'Supersweet 100' cherry tomatoes are producing well, but I don't think they're as sweet as last year's crop.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZ_h_bN2HBdkVY0cOLp_vjt608oOMCx0fm0BB83G7cL8zO4TGW7qWdSPgVW0bxduNtiz1PTPJNlVEKDNKaOC5jTv0-JPgjG468u5BG2ruAInsRHbt5jKEWqD0a2AC83WQFyEvJoEzTmUVLtCIMUWcGtdFG0NgHasnvig6idUdLPNpSyfi08scc2AV75k/s1000/20230706_192340.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZ_h_bN2HBdkVY0cOLp_vjt608oOMCx0fm0BB83G7cL8zO4TGW7qWdSPgVW0bxduNtiz1PTPJNlVEKDNKaOC5jTv0-JPgjG468u5BG2ruAInsRHbt5jKEWqD0a2AC83WQFyEvJoEzTmUVLtCIMUWcGtdFG0NgHasnvig6idUdLPNpSyfi08scc2AV75k/w480-h640/20230706_192340.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm going to combine them with the 'Speckled Roman' roma style fruits to make tomato sauce. This is the first year I've grown sauce tomatoes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhur_54UPUAmbmAzojuq5tkikiQsg_ylBX16bUFWx_L87kIR9H9nMJfO0ypt0hNHUPPjGMsal5c8WTzHLsT7wwmkIorgEpZpcN4nlGewoQfL_AFNL_TFMYJnLYT3-_bhgP1-2PpiWuqM21JiYpPj9DYWgsvlcSocrK7xoqgVAoSj5MV702oGlFuwzhojBw/s1000/20230719_061024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhur_54UPUAmbmAzojuq5tkikiQsg_ylBX16bUFWx_L87kIR9H9nMJfO0ypt0hNHUPPjGMsal5c8WTzHLsT7wwmkIorgEpZpcN4nlGewoQfL_AFNL_TFMYJnLYT3-_bhgP1-2PpiWuqM21JiYpPj9DYWgsvlcSocrK7xoqgVAoSj5MV702oGlFuwzhojBw/w480-h640/20230719_061024.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Speckled Roman'</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-zxRNE6HPnSNqkWa0NhYIv_ZY90kMTx3pPxdifge_oGLCS8DUAwGDRIOT0Tp9riGzpYKY8aKAJGEPjOU-ba3h6TiJnIfDwyesBlkd1SXlHQoKkPDI1dfQEulo5PmQuikQuX42MLcaijWgiJv81_pE7R3jPGZJ4aEyfkUtL3ltxLHNaXqGvnGgmnH6B0/s867/20230719_062642.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-zxRNE6HPnSNqkWa0NhYIv_ZY90kMTx3pPxdifge_oGLCS8DUAwGDRIOT0Tp9riGzpYKY8aKAJGEPjOU-ba3h6TiJnIfDwyesBlkd1SXlHQoKkPDI1dfQEulo5PmQuikQuX42MLcaijWgiJv81_pE7R3jPGZJ4aEyfkUtL3ltxLHNaXqGvnGgmnH6B0/w554-h640/20230719_062642.jpg" width="554" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div>They're so pretty, but not the right taste for a sandwich or salad tomato. The foliage is shrivelly and curly - finely lobed - and not very attractive, but I guess it puts all its beauty in the fruit.</div><div><br /></div><div>The 'Navajo' thornless blackberry plants are finally maturing enough to produce a small bowl full of berries every few days, which is a thrill for me, sprinkled with raw sugar and left to sit for a while before gobbling them down. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4Lw2K7MZyojc9Q0BJ-uT_Nc7aBfW4iRCeuYR-VpWE7E16l2NLXKjcFJJN9jZm3QVLtqBfzLwf-u-jsr4qIWNCWpqaaXKGLUMiUDpNLUz0QhUU8yimMTTIDgGGLutncg9NKP5VbP9L7MaoREn4SQb6pRVkepx5ZrvkpF6xQPcJhAQpZkmrUXQHJt62jg/s1000/20230709_074257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4Lw2K7MZyojc9Q0BJ-uT_Nc7aBfW4iRCeuYR-VpWE7E16l2NLXKjcFJJN9jZm3QVLtqBfzLwf-u-jsr4qIWNCWpqaaXKGLUMiUDpNLUz0QhUU8yimMTTIDgGGLutncg9NKP5VbP9L7MaoREn4SQb6pRVkepx5ZrvkpF6xQPcJhAQpZkmrUXQHJt62jg/w480-h640/20230709_074257.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Calima' beans, 'Supersweet 100' cherry tomatoes, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and 'Navajo' blackberries</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">None of my raspberry plants were able to set fruit in the dry heat.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't see any fruit forming on the melons I have growing in cages, but they're mostly hidden by the African marigolds I planted all around them to mask the smell of ripening melons hoping to discourage raccoons.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But over on the compost pile, the small Persian cantaloupe plants and one 'Sugar Baby' watermelon are lush and forming fruit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7OKdMwOd48P-5O5H-KUU21v6o49gBJNGt9jPN21FW3gA0qbFl2CSnuRmBHOeMIn0o_VgRlZ6fHpZApAGb0e3LVi4WoV-8-wedigZ8YBY8w2dM3i3qDgm092xJXA1Ybpj5pyGPy0M8bvS-InErh2ZLtIHw9TFHsWvmDeDB7_zSoypBoZmVT9Ji2FN0pyg/w480-h640/20230716_092650.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Sugar Baby' watermelon</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqM1Z53EviNhuMcrwLV57VJWKiwhlN3QWhjRhdrUWNyT-JUSrIMak5gXXcBaUaKoAacnS8jLIz480eTNcQY_QuDbx21zYbhoLW4keVr86wg92GWRuTv5DlcGGs4coeZjOdUtLBtR8HmEro-AQA8F6Ar128--FhdDSXjjJ_s7wx5TNBhpw3HI9whQpIDvQ/s1000/20230716_092711.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqM1Z53EviNhuMcrwLV57VJWKiwhlN3QWhjRhdrUWNyT-JUSrIMak5gXXcBaUaKoAacnS8jLIz480eTNcQY_QuDbx21zYbhoLW4keVr86wg92GWRuTv5DlcGGs4coeZjOdUtLBtR8HmEro-AQA8F6Ar128--FhdDSXjjJ_s7wx5TNBhpw3HI9whQpIDvQ/w480-h640/20230716_092711.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Small Persian cantaloupe</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Meanwhile, perennials and roses are showing off, and I'm loving it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqWQzkPU5wyo7vkj7no2IU7rqz9s7lmlommorRnXUyZ8JmCQLgg29Rvfw9-J98YuwlwX-KBtfBzhkuIh9h-cdpBzGQrs4hXp4j_P07Q9e1WSD7NfJkycn8OZCzU2GaVsTmDwx_Q77hULMZIuWDJRz5jAmdqiTYMZoFOdKBI1Xnc2Nok27EPnIMU_Yam0/s1000/20230716_094005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqWQzkPU5wyo7vkj7no2IU7rqz9s7lmlommorRnXUyZ8JmCQLgg29Rvfw9-J98YuwlwX-KBtfBzhkuIh9h-cdpBzGQrs4hXp4j_P07Q9e1WSD7NfJkycn8OZCzU2GaVsTmDwx_Q77hULMZIuWDJRz5jAmdqiTYMZoFOdKBI1Xnc2Nok27EPnIMU_Yam0/w480-h640/20230716_094005.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Russian sage (Perovskia)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVg8Ik1p8WpWQJSqqmeUwg1Tl9iWHsZ_7Rd9cuRp-5CGvcGNM77KiB1_0RO18zT89QWNmZUnwQKkJHHTIpE7t_dxBC6DRKzemddnYSsiFrjkM29JbzmzkGYOmDwQXuWSk_Wek7svTS5HOQ_pfXrynZKMrVsgKVOVWcnXjNqRkqqPInoJYxz-8eL3JNgM/s853/20230716_094025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="742" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVg8Ik1p8WpWQJSqqmeUwg1Tl9iWHsZ_7Rd9cuRp-5CGvcGNM77KiB1_0RO18zT89QWNmZUnwQKkJHHTIpE7t_dxBC6DRKzemddnYSsiFrjkM29JbzmzkGYOmDwQXuWSk_Wek7svTS5HOQ_pfXrynZKMrVsgKVOVWcnXjNqRkqqPInoJYxz-8eL3JNgM/w556-h640/20230716_094025.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Shazam!'</span></div><div><br /></div>My rose cuttings survived and seem to be thriving. I caged them to keep raccoons from digging them up while they're small.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIEw1jazcUnjRmG49u5dltAlzYs-MQWSrpbBRp8mLI36Z5sirEkqHWxfCdUQbk20AVuAIiC3YXXzXuVHWNu23bwCo8DXyO0KcySt8RmUgMlyI1w5agRpX6Avr1WYK1N6nRnBdcby71EacpFLznbCExmiO36k5WKOcG3_2ppYCQSTpKd1De2mJRYtMnCg/s740/20230716_094036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="740" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIEw1jazcUnjRmG49u5dltAlzYs-MQWSrpbBRp8mLI36Z5sirEkqHWxfCdUQbk20AVuAIiC3YXXzXuVHWNu23bwCo8DXyO0KcySt8RmUgMlyI1w5agRpX6Avr1WYK1N6nRnBdcby71EacpFLznbCExmiO36k5WKOcG3_2ppYCQSTpKd1De2mJRYtMnCg/w640-h606/20230716_094036.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'South Africa'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhgQWxABdbSdLHYWZgjxiJVBb-W-90XwrwEY_kG4CP4mX85Y9rAa0HcKYiLCxbC66AlEms5Avkr740Ri9oBfU3uaLyLNIFzc46sJgDYvgJVhbgp5gAqpHr2LFEJSXkpDZFIJZ8GYXIybGwTYv7sDG6Xjr9LwlExrzE5QNa3XA9pboFfon1PoLYuABfxI/s2693/20230704_064936.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2284" data-original-width="2693" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhgQWxABdbSdLHYWZgjxiJVBb-W-90XwrwEY_kG4CP4mX85Y9rAa0HcKYiLCxbC66AlEms5Avkr740Ri9oBfU3uaLyLNIFzc46sJgDYvgJVhbgp5gAqpHr2LFEJSXkpDZFIJZ8GYXIybGwTYv7sDG6Xjr9LwlExrzE5QNa3XA9pboFfon1PoLYuABfxI/w640-h542/20230704_064936.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Mother of Pearl'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was so happy that the 'Mother of Pearl' cutting took root, because the mother of 'Mother of Pearl' died over winter. I hope the baby is hardier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mCyd0wbTxrnpl-s-nc-Pn0nyDDvQWPwPqg7Xk7tNHQspMW5zvkqzqs8bgETuRNBMLfSHw_ZevfI7T_W2Xk9P18XFHy3EuJMbRZorgXCKlipbvXEBrbW7xZ-vTrif4kmU13r9EY9LXpvs23ev6AlMzznbcJfjRlkhjb5J6NsNZJeUflezDny6KU3mq60/s2652/20230708_072411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2652" data-original-width="2537" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mCyd0wbTxrnpl-s-nc-Pn0nyDDvQWPwPqg7Xk7tNHQspMW5zvkqzqs8bgETuRNBMLfSHw_ZevfI7T_W2Xk9P18XFHy3EuJMbRZorgXCKlipbvXEBrbW7xZ-vTrif4kmU13r9EY9LXpvs23ev6AlMzznbcJfjRlkhjb5J6NsNZJeUflezDny6KU3mq60/w612-h640/20230708_072411.jpg" width="612" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Passionate Shock' daylily</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceHE9F_qALPOM8eu-nLeY1ai_nL2N8a93d07j9Hi4JrJ122RR4RwBUVDQEAX3jJE5fGMztxsi9wGiSbrw9JllsOKZp8hCOTBvhWiCEvcy58hcv2L3TdYleH_F3PVDLXHjKfSSHqbEXGwhxE8nZqQdF-7FzcvlI63wt2dAdmjc0xyBU8diPnLfrZqo0lE/s1000/20230716_091552.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceHE9F_qALPOM8eu-nLeY1ai_nL2N8a93d07j9Hi4JrJ122RR4RwBUVDQEAX3jJE5fGMztxsi9wGiSbrw9JllsOKZp8hCOTBvhWiCEvcy58hcv2L3TdYleH_F3PVDLXHjKfSSHqbEXGwhxE8nZqQdF-7FzcvlI63wt2dAdmjc0xyBU8diPnLfrZqo0lE/w640-h480/20230716_091552.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Scarlet Marie' double petal daylily</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My lilies have not performed well this year. It could be the lack of rain, the heat, or maybe they're too crowded. I'll spread them out this fall. 'Casa Blanca' has done the best. I never noticed before this big of a difference in the size of anthers on the blooms of a single stalk. Interesting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgr2uvgLAP6Iq4dvcKC7g8ZIMrH-nTJ7tVb2JIQ8gZijkUTky280aYYiDTunkvRcxGA8Y2bxbmPeiKcKJIpYiT9yZDzWHbAlUzaTKitPPTRQCPhjhIyZbzMmF5wJJnS4yRB3qfGgmL-nlgf-Si9jjRIdcNuJAeUL8c8QpEAJEMl2H7hEmoZCAUlFxQZ8/s756/20230720_140319.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="756" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgr2uvgLAP6Iq4dvcKC7g8ZIMrH-nTJ7tVb2JIQ8gZijkUTky280aYYiDTunkvRcxGA8Y2bxbmPeiKcKJIpYiT9yZDzWHbAlUzaTKitPPTRQCPhjhIyZbzMmF5wJJnS4yRB3qfGgmL-nlgf-Si9jjRIdcNuJAeUL8c8QpEAJEMl2H7hEmoZCAUlFxQZ8/w640-h530/20230720_140319.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Enjoy the heat. It's only going to get hotter.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjYWB33GJhNyWziP7h8VrSxsnhlkzGA9LAogWpUoDKZ4jm_qRHwLtMdgi5_jO_5mCh7trhTeipn4Ahp5Al-YfRCOalqCGqpzfyrW9Gc57pUpzvFjhRTz6F-c9WE9Tu2jg1lbv_2SgpOB31sFM9-t1K93f0Dk7fCYM8EO_-Dx-1tYO25I8hDk4kDyopbk/s2878/20230704_072314.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1916" data-original-width="2878" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjYWB33GJhNyWziP7h8VrSxsnhlkzGA9LAogWpUoDKZ4jm_qRHwLtMdgi5_jO_5mCh7trhTeipn4Ahp5Al-YfRCOalqCGqpzfyrW9Gc57pUpzvFjhRTz6F-c9WE9Tu2jg1lbv_2SgpOB31sFM9-t1K93f0Dk7fCYM8EO_-Dx-1tYO25I8hDk4kDyopbk/w640-h426/20230704_072314.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Luna' hibiscus</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-18045234950759204422023-07-01T10:04:00.000-05:002023-07-01T10:04:35.091-05:00Still hot - but then....a miracle!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2n9c-_UCkaCiPkC04ew1pksX_0j8RLRuz3QEjEDuOJ-ciV7a99H6je9IJUgegeM68oKUk-WMl9xckUuR74N-CxRY31GsHslxDWZU43Z67ZEQlbIFYDoMPNcoisodtP__wBbTh5U-fmVK32XPPHxv2OvFEeEp0ftCkYPTo062XmgvIvf2vBHRO_ccJMCs/s1336/20230629_063949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="1336" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2n9c-_UCkaCiPkC04ew1pksX_0j8RLRuz3QEjEDuOJ-ciV7a99H6je9IJUgegeM68oKUk-WMl9xckUuR74N-CxRY31GsHslxDWZU43Z67ZEQlbIFYDoMPNcoisodtP__wBbTh5U-fmVK32XPPHxv2OvFEeEp0ftCkYPTo062XmgvIvf2vBHRO_ccJMCs/w640-h234/20230629_063949.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Somehow, it's not as objectionable to be this hot in July as it was in the middle of June.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAOfxMgKVrxqzWqG7mcnOFhKcJaPJFwuIEenF9HAwUBBUbdkRsQf7upfpr7ZBeuk_ycCzgh5GtMue2uvxcS5Gp6cGeG_pft3B5RlT7GWLqF7fEFQcL8-glz56m9GCb_EyGioUODyNo_RoJwR1q2Flw5AKPGT8zO-WC4aqQcI9Unf0LDUVjQNN-NqWUxo/s1272/20230701_084943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1272" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAOfxMgKVrxqzWqG7mcnOFhKcJaPJFwuIEenF9HAwUBBUbdkRsQf7upfpr7ZBeuk_ycCzgh5GtMue2uvxcS5Gp6cGeG_pft3B5RlT7GWLqF7fEFQcL8-glz56m9GCb_EyGioUODyNo_RoJwR1q2Flw5AKPGT8zO-WC4aqQcI9Unf0LDUVjQNN-NqWUxo/w640-h364/20230701_084943.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BONUS: The weather forecast was calling for .03" of rain overnight. I'd take it if that's all we were going to get, but....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We got 1" of rain! Happy dance. We also got some hail, but thankfully, no damage. The garden looks as relieved as I feel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The jalapeños are still looking poorly and aren't fruiting yet, but the snack peppers are fruiting and managed to grow well with periodic watering.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogdNUyd-EJ-yUm-LUYD0ov_7O4nUpC1p1IKt6yhstyiQHI_V4gJjAxP3YEGdyk9jq7xiYAwSQVAfWMLcVwoGoxm3Abiuq5UPDcp1_7MP3ylZcmMSbi9j8C9tIEW0pM-3m7eVHclgmmvHSe1aIyT8EJp2MednGRUP33AabtLJK9og4VBCHYwsnhyXsJI0/s1000/20230701_085130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogdNUyd-EJ-yUm-LUYD0ov_7O4nUpC1p1IKt6yhstyiQHI_V4gJjAxP3YEGdyk9jq7xiYAwSQVAfWMLcVwoGoxm3Abiuq5UPDcp1_7MP3ylZcmMSbi9j8C9tIEW0pM-3m7eVHclgmmvHSe1aIyT8EJp2MednGRUP33AabtLJK9og4VBCHYwsnhyXsJI0/w640-h480/20230701_085130.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">foreground left: snack peppers from seed of grocery store peppers, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">right: volunteer 'Marketmore' cucumber; background: 'German Johnson' tomatoes</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeui9Bnwd2MirUUQOutwjuUZSst8v9ynItDVAgUCaVggR4k1nUCP_EF-EEdFb2n_IidgDlzD5Y-hIDLRD-eY77tMQJaFKHCtvtRq5qcLjrnUiZKHW5eLK5Eh6alMWvTqAvTUwfUHrWH4N0gAM8UebOZtmx1nch3Ldho3j-KkvnH_q630irLtZnH-4TkZo/s2185/20230628_074010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2185" data-original-width="1507" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeui9Bnwd2MirUUQOutwjuUZSst8v9ynItDVAgUCaVggR4k1nUCP_EF-EEdFb2n_IidgDlzD5Y-hIDLRD-eY77tMQJaFKHCtvtRq5qcLjrnUiZKHW5eLK5Eh6alMWvTqAvTUwfUHrWH4N0gAM8UebOZtmx1nch3Ldho3j-KkvnH_q630irLtZnH-4TkZo/w442-h640/20230628_074010.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">small sweet ("snacking") peppers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year I'm trying a second cucumber - 'Beit Alpha'. An internet page pronounced it "bite alfa" so that's what I'm going with. It's reported to have a tender enough skin that it doesn't need to be peeled. I'm not a fan of unpeeled cucumber, but I'm giving it a chance. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TpjRhbWswtlRly0mJNcuuwqaoL3zYSHwz-bVYl8rHdFzRpWUClvPTp7KhwcISxAiucw_lPqxufceuwHI0p3G2u08zqcEQgQrw39bGbeSHDbJbC1SFaFshcS3hSrable_P5KJk8HRyzUNagddJIDG-g2-KdrXq4MUmiy3d87lRz3TH7cP2p7ZlE4gKns/s2480/20230628_075453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="1735" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TpjRhbWswtlRly0mJNcuuwqaoL3zYSHwz-bVYl8rHdFzRpWUClvPTp7KhwcISxAiucw_lPqxufceuwHI0p3G2u08zqcEQgQrw39bGbeSHDbJbC1SFaFshcS3hSrable_P5KJk8HRyzUNagddJIDG-g2-KdrXq4MUmiy3d87lRz3TH7cP2p7ZlE4gKns/w448-h640/20230628_075453.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Beit Alpha'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My standby 'Marketmore' plant is really struggling, but a volunteer over in the tomato patch seems to be doing fine. You can see a big difference in the form and surface of the two varieties even at this early stage. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSgIN94wKWq1j-kP6VnUYDo6pcXVvWzlgGm7p7t4QYPvql-4-NbCiUp0PeQ7Uo_CAgiF4OhyjOoUt4dHfZyLA-_NH4AM8_s54QaoDvK6260QPQm0_VRv-6Y4mNbAr0NujIKvLR4fmlflQb_l7GD7KENQ1Z3-wi6vyjnIK_BRUHEThWHlbG5C5drMZGP0/s2692/20230628_080159.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2692" data-original-width="2578" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSgIN94wKWq1j-kP6VnUYDo6pcXVvWzlgGm7p7t4QYPvql-4-NbCiUp0PeQ7Uo_CAgiF4OhyjOoUt4dHfZyLA-_NH4AM8_s54QaoDvK6260QPQm0_VRv-6Y4mNbAr0NujIKvLR4fmlflQb_l7GD7KENQ1Z3-wi6vyjnIK_BRUHEThWHlbG5C5drMZGP0/w612-h640/20230628_080159.jpg" width="612" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Marketmore'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The plants themselves don't look much different, except the 'Beit Alpha' flowers are much larger. And by not much different, I mean the leaves look pretty much the same. In the picture below, 'Beit Alpha' is on the left, and 'Marketmore' on the right. There's quite a difference here, but I believe it's due to the start they each got. I don't know why 'Marketmore' lagged so far behind, unless 'Beit Alpha' is more drought tolerant. And possibly, 'Marketmore' was undermined more by moles, which are excavating the whole darned garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYkXIKhSCiWlCOZjL8Vkvn7VJbwYo3lWEs-T0vyPZV2wQxp9fOQ7QyMVPDKxzPVcpbfLgHeH_B_sdax9EwpPnUy-XS1x4AkRKDATCDUt8zYHjVtf7tSsc8ARvGHF_RCzXDl8vm_B9YcRL9oqAw8GWOFscXw4_ezmjQdDD0LU1da9g5KfX0QW5dW7-pUI/s1000/20230628_080323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYkXIKhSCiWlCOZjL8Vkvn7VJbwYo3lWEs-T0vyPZV2wQxp9fOQ7QyMVPDKxzPVcpbfLgHeH_B_sdax9EwpPnUy-XS1x4AkRKDATCDUt8zYHjVtf7tSsc8ARvGHF_RCzXDl8vm_B9YcRL9oqAw8GWOFscXw4_ezmjQdDD0LU1da9g5KfX0QW5dW7-pUI/w640-h480/20230628_080323.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The literature says 'Beit Alpha' is best when picked small. Small being relative term, I wasn't sure when to pick it. I picked one this morning that's 5" long, and they're right that you can eat them without peeling. The skin is very thin and tender. Not bitter at all. I'll be planting these again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0PUnFQgWUctML59nXbEQ9HC52_XFk3Lrs-oOgIfTEFtEzsJt9BOiPO4EW9BObBcJpxvfKQ_ormHYklgQO0CDOkNrPdUonOgcB7iiQ-Dsh7l6kAxhPzkr7BtK7r69I1M37qI3r-BxXoT7GnSUVGK6TZeAKAgxmG6ddLe2a_ingD7zEwOFFkYngXiUK8E/s764/20230701_083606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="764" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0PUnFQgWUctML59nXbEQ9HC52_XFk3Lrs-oOgIfTEFtEzsJt9BOiPO4EW9BObBcJpxvfKQ_ormHYklgQO0CDOkNrPdUonOgcB7iiQ-Dsh7l6kAxhPzkr7BtK7r69I1M37qI3r-BxXoT7GnSUVGK6TZeAKAgxmG6ddLe2a_ingD7zEwOFFkYngXiUK8E/w640-h388/20230701_083606.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">'Beit Alpha' cucumber</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5NPwqYmZUDBkJgfh5gSxxiGPfNZ1v_SCCjbvzxGcvl3oRebePvp6mDBPgzh_EgKN_K9hOJ4cVhjY2jgtAAFkSLyTqORLW0r446Z9x2sRg7wuJjx8QH9WbImJyBMEz5mujDpjLaCBty6WSR_WfES3VUMBC-r61Hj8bDFUBPMiFSvFL_pXCi4f59g2koo/s1000/20230701_083630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5NPwqYmZUDBkJgfh5gSxxiGPfNZ1v_SCCjbvzxGcvl3oRebePvp6mDBPgzh_EgKN_K9hOJ4cVhjY2jgtAAFkSLyTqORLW0r446Z9x2sRg7wuJjx8QH9WbImJyBMEz5mujDpjLaCBty6WSR_WfES3VUMBC-r61Hj8bDFUBPMiFSvFL_pXCi4f59g2koo/w640-h480/20230701_083630.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Beit Alpha' cucumber</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">'Speckled Roman' tomatoes are looking good (much better than 'German Johnson' - see last post for comments on that).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAA1EL2uKgxQSGSd7Lm5MmNksiOKm6j3BCsQ5lDDwLVpJGRs3n5LJvSiH-HI6Ikut2Ym0T1paS9L5YiFZEsYSQ-N20EgnaisJ2N9L9cTji-UZLia3hx38NfFupJn0IISCSpL0IjMC1z6gg2MyMjYRMaw7d6rMIVEdnmpTeEdctOiCVD3wXONC8XYObpY/s1000/20230628_075604.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAA1EL2uKgxQSGSd7Lm5MmNksiOKm6j3BCsQ5lDDwLVpJGRs3n5LJvSiH-HI6Ikut2Ym0T1paS9L5YiFZEsYSQ-N20EgnaisJ2N9L9cTji-UZLia3hx38NfFupJn0IISCSpL0IjMC1z6gg2MyMjYRMaw7d6rMIVEdnmpTeEdctOiCVD3wXONC8XYObpY/w480-h640/20230628_075604.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unfortunately, they look good to the raccoons, too.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdgWVAWSuJNSrcuRifAhQ2AUAKDp0i_pCupTgjSrDcCP-_FsWp00UdESHFFdPAGbFlweRf6MKss7q_v8ftO_RYXYKxtc6Abz6dHCa_HRCXHnMu1jk5LceiDJBT7gvg6JOr22SQAqC_yalSdG5q9lDM1fPyQLaK02TKdd-wWCHh7hXECgqSgbj17naa38/s2651/20230630_063958.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2651" data-original-width="2537" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdgWVAWSuJNSrcuRifAhQ2AUAKDp0i_pCupTgjSrDcCP-_FsWp00UdESHFFdPAGbFlweRf6MKss7q_v8ftO_RYXYKxtc6Abz6dHCa_HRCXHnMu1jk5LceiDJBT7gvg6JOr22SQAqC_yalSdG5q9lDM1fPyQLaK02TKdd-wWCHh7hXECgqSgbj17naa38/w383-h400/20230630_063958.jpg" width="383" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm eager for these 'Sugar Baby' watermelons to be harvestable. I suppose I'll have to share with the raccoons if I can't figure out a way to protect them. Unlike other melons I've grown, these seem to have a lot more female flowers and are showing little fruits all along the stem.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwULcor1XZ_TSu6H3q8zS___uumJKu8OFURpHX_Y2f_sFRxD4WqkqTyQ274xGWk0KG5KLOZFlELkp-4vjSIJYTyGeywmVcUppt875-jbuSlk6sVgcgZ56ckWyKym6LxEd6ulXuXOmg-ou00Hr-M1WnGl87L0AsNZYjnyZISq5koBSjVjx0vBJQMfbRIAM/s1000/20230628_083515.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwULcor1XZ_TSu6H3q8zS___uumJKu8OFURpHX_Y2f_sFRxD4WqkqTyQ274xGWk0KG5KLOZFlELkp-4vjSIJYTyGeywmVcUppt875-jbuSlk6sVgcgZ56ckWyKym6LxEd6ulXuXOmg-ou00Hr-M1WnGl87L0AsNZYjnyZISq5koBSjVjx0vBJQMfbRIAM/w640-h480/20230628_083515.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's a picture from three days ago. This is the same couple of babies after last night's rain:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3vek-4VviyNxzh2lx7Ez5pSbz5_OwcC8H8jwtY3DFyPH9H3BZFrDxZt-USdl9IbYupAr4-HShXP4_qisQET7m74wlOoD4SKuuvLpivKgmZuTz9nMDcrbnvmfXVOAO9IMULAUddCeyW_PMD46KzjBaePmUdzqyHynNgcgtjGfr6Dg9yxgWOyVZ-jPkfc/s1000/20230701_085500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3vek-4VviyNxzh2lx7Ez5pSbz5_OwcC8H8jwtY3DFyPH9H3BZFrDxZt-USdl9IbYupAr4-HShXP4_qisQET7m74wlOoD4SKuuvLpivKgmZuTz9nMDcrbnvmfXVOAO9IMULAUddCeyW_PMD46KzjBaePmUdzqyHynNgcgtjGfr6Dg9yxgWOyVZ-jPkfc/w640-h480/20230701_085500.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They're fast!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They're growing along with (and being overtaken by) small Persian cantaloupe on what has been my compost hill in years past, so I haven't decided how I might try to protect them yet. I think the cantaloupe maybe does better trailing on the ground than up on cages, which is how I always grow them to save space in the garden proper. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyFvZo80ZiELKrf91Dtxne8h07cE0dH5Yg_plvN5glJyDWj4KpYhp1qFrT4d-56KbS3vNABGU_9BZQkXwSqgmOuJfyRiiEXRqORhqQJKDpAig4KHsSeGjSXsdf4ayMvWGR8_yikXsjpLT6me8WhUl98s9nn34buhtVlK0LmWigfqNTrCBDgqURllWO1M/s1000/20230629_102712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyFvZo80ZiELKrf91Dtxne8h07cE0dH5Yg_plvN5glJyDWj4KpYhp1qFrT4d-56KbS3vNABGU_9BZQkXwSqgmOuJfyRiiEXRqORhqQJKDpAig4KHsSeGjSXsdf4ayMvWGR8_yikXsjpLT6me8WhUl98s9nn34buhtVlK0LmWigfqNTrCBDgqURllWO1M/w640-h480/20230629_102712.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm really loving this 'Rouxai' lettuce. It's so dark and curly. And now it's starting to show a contrasting neon green at the center. This is the first year I've planted it, but it will definitely not be the last. (By the way, the internet pronouncer says it's "rooksie".)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDpvJl54A8Y31vpiGBsDk0PcZoEdio8NVAAq0vVCpaTrt9fo-sRARyafMR3boQrZMHg9ZNQqbtj_mDzLU3O3qzYehXfEnNMlpAE1C3lFYD2N7D2rIrXTvX3o5sZGCzwgCHMDo0-qR3tSvAj0Yp8m2JJQKlFh8eAMTsI1thzaPaWaFKEJb6lHcJhZrlBg/s1000/20230701_085016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDpvJl54A8Y31vpiGBsDk0PcZoEdio8NVAAq0vVCpaTrt9fo-sRARyafMR3boQrZMHg9ZNQqbtj_mDzLU3O3qzYehXfEnNMlpAE1C3lFYD2N7D2rIrXTvX3o5sZGCzwgCHMDo0-qR3tSvAj0Yp8m2JJQKlFh8eAMTsI1thzaPaWaFKEJb6lHcJhZrlBg/w640-h480/20230701_085016.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><p>I thought it was rabbits eating my 'Calima' green beans, but now I'm wondering if it's deer. They're keeping one half of the row pretty well mowed off.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgaBmh_vBQ32j6khBf8QuAUe__EVKbibyIED6Dv0bMcqkBByIfITm9MayHrCuDbipGm2KV5S8tywkCdqNpOuqSQfeu70C8kgUemX_VGf88M8ixofNfUIaaB0ox0NbvLUG0W2dgwB2rt1MKPKpsesPK3EjryMUGYigECuUSSMab0OENodvbhaVuahHJPI/s855/20230630_073129.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgaBmh_vBQ32j6khBf8QuAUe__EVKbibyIED6Dv0bMcqkBByIfITm9MayHrCuDbipGm2KV5S8tywkCdqNpOuqSQfeu70C8kgUemX_VGf88M8ixofNfUIaaB0ox0NbvLUG0W2dgwB2rt1MKPKpsesPK3EjryMUGYigECuUSSMab0OENodvbhaVuahHJPI/w480-h640/20230630_073129.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The other half is lovely, tolerates the dry heat quite well, and produces lots of lovely, tender beans.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUXvAcOOy_g6ZtoeWJ0JaFYP1I7bHz4kfEQOsd28QXjRc0hWyOAM_rKzWO8WI_EJkk4FPBmUHG9AkKPs4xwwH4loGtY0-gjxTKhNcG-99tth7YMPxGQiyTZqAloyxpOdq1VBsfCDlHp-KWNOnPnKHPXLRw3GNwgPDGgBhHLrMO8Blpm4aycXQkTf6t5U/s740/20230630_073136.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="707" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUXvAcOOy_g6ZtoeWJ0JaFYP1I7bHz4kfEQOsd28QXjRc0hWyOAM_rKzWO8WI_EJkk4FPBmUHG9AkKPs4xwwH4loGtY0-gjxTKhNcG-99tth7YMPxGQiyTZqAloyxpOdq1VBsfCDlHp-KWNOnPnKHPXLRw3GNwgPDGgBhHLrMO8Blpm4aycXQkTf6t5U/w612-h640/20230630_073136.jpg" width="612" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't know what keeps whoever is eating them from going on down the line, but they stop about midway. The reason I think it might be deer is that they often walk a path across the garden, and they might just be munching on their way to the other side. And it does seem like bunnies might not keep them mowed off like that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38s_vqJvdHxDi2hVR0Ig3ll2-bJBSCeoIx2i2VBMke-RPbiuimyZr9wMwjgIXizjxvcY0A7E7cUotEQegm-9dfXJl9pySlWDwBgXHeO1PSqSxI6NMK0YCLHTz3bgZPtQLF6_dd9D0IiHfLbpEdstKGSmKFfLv_CyRqbFeMKxQVpMnx0iSkUtNNTjnnB4/s3404/20230630_073150.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3404" data-original-width="2577" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38s_vqJvdHxDi2hVR0Ig3ll2-bJBSCeoIx2i2VBMke-RPbiuimyZr9wMwjgIXizjxvcY0A7E7cUotEQegm-9dfXJl9pySlWDwBgXHeO1PSqSxI6NMK0YCLHTz3bgZPtQLF6_dd9D0IiHfLbpEdstKGSmKFfLv_CyRqbFeMKxQVpMnx0iSkUtNNTjnnB4/w484-h640/20230630_073150.jpg" width="484" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">'Calima' beans are long and thin, which I like for making dry cooked oriental beans with ginger, garlic, and cayenne pepper in sesame oil. Halved, they also made a nice little mess of one of my favorite simple dishes: green beans and new potatoes boiled with bacon grease.</div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrk6fVUDXaAxpnqn0jzSTcrcohmNShwMuk34mKCILIvT_6hQabMXXvNW3D-3cbK14nZJenlVVwntFQtM3qU4c9BF3xlXgsuaTmXYGMKD82Ouffxy8acymlJr7VKPuJn34d25c4IdGJ_aQdt4bMZqW3Nkn3lJ9fg8Khp9LD7Lc8e-CU__0eBsaPA63XiPA/s1000/20230630_130724.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrk6fVUDXaAxpnqn0jzSTcrcohmNShwMuk34mKCILIvT_6hQabMXXvNW3D-3cbK14nZJenlVVwntFQtM3qU4c9BF3xlXgsuaTmXYGMKD82Ouffxy8acymlJr7VKPuJn34d25c4IdGJ_aQdt4bMZqW3Nkn3lJ9fg8Khp9LD7Lc8e-CU__0eBsaPA63XiPA/w480-h640/20230630_130724.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Yukon Gold' potatoes and 'Calima' green beans</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The potatoes were also tasty seasoned and oven roasted with 'Tender Sweet' carrots and 'All Blue' potatoes. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWD4OwGxeKGzzpwUDFHPL-VNGD38fkdAdYfRIrAZ4mOdm_7oNxYmkXA6pSfsnXbJG5gnAmfbuNSIMD0M44uDm1Icb8q22SkXB8I5Igxx7-D1J-53mVL535ITD4FCsQYrmAn0aX7h0VeKbJcndMSlu9df5xPUhJhPZ9a5WBWyGr7DpYEGchTXSuxoA-ygM/s716/20230630_151705.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="716" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWD4OwGxeKGzzpwUDFHPL-VNGD38fkdAdYfRIrAZ4mOdm_7oNxYmkXA6pSfsnXbJG5gnAmfbuNSIMD0M44uDm1Icb8q22SkXB8I5Igxx7-D1J-53mVL535ITD4FCsQYrmAn0aX7h0VeKbJcndMSlu9df5xPUhJhPZ9a5WBWyGr7DpYEGchTXSuxoA-ygM/w640-h632/20230630_151705.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The blue potatoes are not very appetizing when cooked. The skin loses its rich dark purple-black color, and the inside (which doesn't look that great raw) turn kind of gray. They look bluer in the picture than they actually look IRL, as the kids say online (in real life). They taste good, but not good enough to make me want to grow them again. Too bad, because the flowers on the plant are pretty, as are the raw potatoes. But, 'Yukon Gold' potatoes are creamy and delicious, so I really don't need anything else unless I just want a pretty picture.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLf2R-hmWMuSsZ9nU6IyDIfFRAB6gi4KZFY1UUIL27fUbMD9MiERmnYHJPUWzxEjgSRXGLhsrQUCMTT2pKmPx-PD_8U7nffODjl4QLO-RqffcrDZwBmOxBoRqMPTUNR33aen_pEQ9oGbGErBKZCT-kNsoepxjJMvEHlbwrA3nTIe7M0WG97C_vsPJ310Y/s1000/20230626_131749.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLf2R-hmWMuSsZ9nU6IyDIfFRAB6gi4KZFY1UUIL27fUbMD9MiERmnYHJPUWzxEjgSRXGLhsrQUCMTT2pKmPx-PD_8U7nffODjl4QLO-RqffcrDZwBmOxBoRqMPTUNR33aen_pEQ9oGbGErBKZCT-kNsoepxjJMvEHlbwrA3nTIe7M0WG97C_vsPJ310Y/w640-h480/20230626_131749.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'All Blue' and 'Yukon Gold' potatoes, 'Calima' green beans, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Tender Sweet' carrots, and 'Babybeat' beets</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmdah6OHoNpiKMLFScL6nxzKbwHzu1pdiS5F5jLBj7zvlOag47tBS73wp9wYkq-nVxzgRGw6Kllv7CZZLiMtCrbtsW3fjtk4shdQ-XDQobd2htaCoESGZ-EYKiFePjrbN2I3ZFzAQVdAzLFjZ1zgTogAbVJPJmBKlaIOEqg1RDWuGIvVHkoPF4l9sDYg/s1000/20230618_102923.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmdah6OHoNpiKMLFScL6nxzKbwHzu1pdiS5F5jLBj7zvlOag47tBS73wp9wYkq-nVxzgRGw6Kllv7CZZLiMtCrbtsW3fjtk4shdQ-XDQobd2htaCoESGZ-EYKiFePjrbN2I3ZFzAQVdAzLFjZ1zgTogAbVJPJmBKlaIOEqg1RDWuGIvVHkoPF4l9sDYg/w480-h640/20230618_102923.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'All Blue' potato flowers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span>Things should spark up quickly now with the much needed and much appreciated rain, and the tomatoes might even set fruit with the slightly cooler temperature. Such a relief.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVMXXdZ25FxgKP9oooxXZLYfD-JehXUOeOu75ezJuFr6Z02wOgJlTlIYSWbrUyCjfv9S_JvoSC8s2PvPW9m14Tay28UtVfWpV821gPwgB7iv9122fnNpmVT2RV0bHTlq4u3F2Ezc4zNnnb9GsRmWJy7KTItnr_M-9axia7xYxx-4_tAjJfHEPfx73whU/s1000/20230701_085047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVMXXdZ25FxgKP9oooxXZLYfD-JehXUOeOu75ezJuFr6Z02wOgJlTlIYSWbrUyCjfv9S_JvoSC8s2PvPW9m14Tay28UtVfWpV821gPwgB7iv9122fnNpmVT2RV0bHTlq4u3F2Ezc4zNnnb9GsRmWJy7KTItnr_M-9axia7xYxx-4_tAjJfHEPfx73whU/w480-h640/20230701_085047.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Queen Lime' series zinnia - 'Orange Blush'</span></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-24092190621055928782023-06-26T14:02:00.001-05:002023-06-26T14:29:03.457-05:00Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot<p style="text-align: left;">This much heat is good for only one gardening task: washing out plastic pots for reuse next year. I get quite wet doing this chore, but I don't care when it's this hot.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YTdiDctN-gBjpfGE59D6vJYIMvc6jggSp1sLmEnpd4zCdEfW-MBR8myCx9oANyBBDrwMfjntCg-xuy0sXbdetLsKWBTz0HFV8JFWdfexMkntNhxk1rKzN28N6wamklCqMXeHrAnmIVeVl1T7shQoSa23hlYyYcJjx2uaush4fdpTUPIPPU9d5cdkSUE/s1000/20230617_152903.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YTdiDctN-gBjpfGE59D6vJYIMvc6jggSp1sLmEnpd4zCdEfW-MBR8myCx9oANyBBDrwMfjntCg-xuy0sXbdetLsKWBTz0HFV8JFWdfexMkntNhxk1rKzN28N6wamklCqMXeHrAnmIVeVl1T7shQoSa23hlYyYcJjx2uaush4fdpTUPIPPU9d5cdkSUE/w480-h640/20230617_152903.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The field poppies are looking a little more like the fields in Wizard of Oz. Honeybees absolutely love these poppies. They're abuzz all day long, so I don't know how Dorothy and the crew traipsed through the fields unstung. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSz__CgSiSIr2LwguGl8juvd-Zkzx_8_L6lEp3yVzb_RCTFYWjNdBAfhW9_xS5hws40YC-MBLtl2o8p5K2WJIn5-Ixsb8Fwx509a16Dvv3O60VARS9W1d5EIPmK7e7Nl5fAH7k8CFbovFSCcJX9VHwgq6EHKvejYLjB3LfM1KcMXhVSouhyKmHw31NlgU/s1000/20230617_071403.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSz__CgSiSIr2LwguGl8juvd-Zkzx_8_L6lEp3yVzb_RCTFYWjNdBAfhW9_xS5hws40YC-MBLtl2o8p5K2WJIn5-Ixsb8Fwx509a16Dvv3O60VARS9W1d5EIPmK7e7Nl5fAH7k8CFbovFSCcJX9VHwgq6EHKvejYLjB3LfM1KcMXhVSouhyKmHw31NlgU/w640-h480/20230617_071403.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The small Persian melon plants are making their way up their cages and looking quite healthy despite the extreme heat and lack of rain. (I've been watering from time to time, but they're in a spot they don't get as much as the rest of the garden. They do get some shade.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXri9UpimrDY7TCDX7vtC-o_mLEzpPWhZDynt2_YxuUqOJ2Jy7r_i-MAGrCFpTgo9r5Jvceyjb5eNe_3Dp3vgvgf9ySb627-uwe8N_6aQiI5z14wNdIznrm2Q3trBMSk4urK2GfhbnEn4zOqn9WXm8IUQq4Doi3xKjuecJf_Ilbg0VdKf_l9k83iPSYU/s1000/20230625_114146.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXri9UpimrDY7TCDX7vtC-o_mLEzpPWhZDynt2_YxuUqOJ2Jy7r_i-MAGrCFpTgo9r5Jvceyjb5eNe_3Dp3vgvgf9ySb627-uwe8N_6aQiI5z14wNdIznrm2Q3trBMSk4urK2GfhbnEn4zOqn9WXm8IUQq4Doi3xKjuecJf_Ilbg0VdKf_l9k83iPSYU/w480-h640/20230625_114146.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Potatoes are harvestable size.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTxOHdne38iUmqeztvO1BqEcyetsLTaHyWc5nvmpQY8NHqljT-eUX06F-pi1iHvpDdWlJlztxWEw3XZ6svpyIVYRfsto7f43u53cIVOMdpDsLMgZ1aUBmBMRHv3XSe43bt76nVl_bF5NG1QDWufQniSNDiRM_FytAhfPMFczGLMVKZYdLfqKmLxwxMKI/s1000/20230618_102923.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTxOHdne38iUmqeztvO1BqEcyetsLTaHyWc5nvmpQY8NHqljT-eUX06F-pi1iHvpDdWlJlztxWEw3XZ6svpyIVYRfsto7f43u53cIVOMdpDsLMgZ1aUBmBMRHv3XSe43bt76nVl_bF5NG1QDWufQniSNDiRM_FytAhfPMFczGLMVKZYdLfqKmLxwxMKI/w480-h640/20230618_102923.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'All Blue' potatoes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDvnIT54Mzjxz3f7_YgArzb7_57xO4AjRJjf9nT1zpaEiULNnKULqej3iJoSVQIhqWGPGF7aQ17DTli8IklMwHMJY_YZpbc9HiYRIHtyELG5Try-PeLc9WRg9y_yEAXQAvSyFx_d4TGcrOg0zyjYEPmsBe4Rd8Wb7yTuC8TyWYVAjgCin_nvMn4Zc0o4/s1000/20230626_131749.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDvnIT54Mzjxz3f7_YgArzb7_57xO4AjRJjf9nT1zpaEiULNnKULqej3iJoSVQIhqWGPGF7aQ17DTli8IklMwHMJY_YZpbc9HiYRIHtyELG5Try-PeLc9WRg9y_yEAXQAvSyFx_d4TGcrOg0zyjYEPmsBe4Rd8Wb7yTuC8TyWYVAjgCin_nvMn4Zc0o4/w640-h480/20230626_131749.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Yukon Gold' and 'All Blue' potatoes, 'Calima' green beans, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Tender Sweet' carrots, and 'Babybeat' beets</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cabbages have felt the heat for sure. I was gone another week recently, and things were neglected. Young cabbage plants obviously needed more attention.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6KniYuoqkQpxorgLZCfY_7EqOT_EIUPc8N3CICWbOIMAarY5kMnF4_URpT4E-kME0Zs4NJrtCAAU3LOTBwLwvMnXFAalg7fmaJPlQoFJOH9FsDmrREc_5niwh7sSvICckYP0VtfkmtWJX1adb_m07aNi82kTAMKKhF-getQnw03hYtIzf3X7nghikn3s/s1000/20230618_063342.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6KniYuoqkQpxorgLZCfY_7EqOT_EIUPc8N3CICWbOIMAarY5kMnF4_URpT4E-kME0Zs4NJrtCAAU3LOTBwLwvMnXFAalg7fmaJPlQoFJOH9FsDmrREc_5niwh7sSvICckYP0VtfkmtWJX1adb_m07aNi82kTAMKKhF-getQnw03hYtIzf3X7nghikn3s/w480-h640/20230618_063342.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Brunswick'</span></div><div><br /></div>Jalapeño peppers are not looking good. I was hoping for a good crop this year in order to make more jelly. Not looking promising.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kROatpsy2BlhAmeyUpqLdZEa-lIf22zTTCnikGeuFm7K6Ss6uQlmC1DeGT7Grqse67Pvuv34bKSTSy1o9KL1nGqZZXdZSJWdMUZqZkT6o0-nTrLUDRFtKVUEDrcbKn-qGOFBLKPe44-etXTxs_d7kUnsVLhnLmPOzWO69ENal2kXfxIqQCeYiCRBbYA/s1000/20230618_062640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kROatpsy2BlhAmeyUpqLdZEa-lIf22zTTCnikGeuFm7K6Ss6uQlmC1DeGT7Grqse67Pvuv34bKSTSy1o9KL1nGqZZXdZSJWdMUZqZkT6o0-nTrLUDRFtKVUEDrcbKn-qGOFBLKPe44-etXTxs_d7kUnsVLhnLmPOzWO69ENal2kXfxIqQCeYiCRBbYA/w480-h640/20230618_062640.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The snack peppers look much better than the jalapeños and are flowering. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8Ww0b74hrJ8rmN1uQvMbDsJzLyrYclTjVRFvrzsHwOM9E3W4bsj6Sm17W5xstvy6kebmy0Zet71EtzBXgjxRzEr50YeWzoOJV_8xdl03gDhO4cdeo4iMRriUJ-_7nAwCPXaWyJXx_V2r-NE7AUB4ReTDSzxh8nQyTzr4mR5vlWXVTStnzIcEEybRCvM/s2864/20230625_193502.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2693" data-original-width="2864" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8Ww0b74hrJ8rmN1uQvMbDsJzLyrYclTjVRFvrzsHwOM9E3W4bsj6Sm17W5xstvy6kebmy0Zet71EtzBXgjxRzEr50YeWzoOJV_8xdl03gDhO4cdeo4iMRriUJ-_7nAwCPXaWyJXx_V2r-NE7AUB4ReTDSzxh8nQyTzr4mR5vlWXVTStnzIcEEybRCvM/w640-h602/20230625_193502.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't think this is going to be a successful year in the garden. Much too hot too soon, and so very little rain. I planted more tomatoes than ever before, hoping to have enough to put up some juice, but it's too hot to even set fruit. Flowers dry up and fall off. And if they do set fruit, it's too hot to ripen. What a bummer. I think my only hope at this point is for a cooler autumn and a late, late fall frost. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The roma type tomatoes are doing better than the slicers, but I wonder if that's because they get some shade. Their foliage is an ugly mess, but I've been told that's just the way they grow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QPcLr1nv45K8d1SP1qX-NBrCApChapYltGltNi34NAIxKg4P6OPdrRs6ZjrmSlk0LE2cKEyDOQcT_j5rbzBKAsIEwUZgf2H56MggaOdFuez1C-t4g9oZj2j_qlSz32F8GL7Ge0hefhkXyxcEuvPzpcVeyBE9e0cu7-GuLo8oJ7RIwclRBhgwPL7PfV4/s1000/20230625_205904.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QPcLr1nv45K8d1SP1qX-NBrCApChapYltGltNi34NAIxKg4P6OPdrRs6ZjrmSlk0LE2cKEyDOQcT_j5rbzBKAsIEwUZgf2H56MggaOdFuez1C-t4g9oZj2j_qlSz32F8GL7Ge0hefhkXyxcEuvPzpcVeyBE9e0cu7-GuLo8oJ7RIwclRBhgwPL7PfV4/w640-h480/20230625_205904.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'German Johnson' slicing tomatoes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1X0gI3T51KNaJ-d-FQf71pK4lZRrfgnQU_b35W3ukWKLEeXWkjTU8PUaEUJB2Ey3tBO5Jt9kpTCJdVmDz7CQeyAUazqZIcmnEVbziDEAmNaKHESuaiFK1ZL6MYirIKInC9qreAD7nDzze48unFvoU1VGoJMwYVeZMcU4_50XLMsuQvs5P_XFlPygXFE/s971/20230625_205854.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="971" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1X0gI3T51KNaJ-d-FQf71pK4lZRrfgnQU_b35W3ukWKLEeXWkjTU8PUaEUJB2Ey3tBO5Jt9kpTCJdVmDz7CQeyAUazqZIcmnEVbziDEAmNaKHESuaiFK1ZL6MYirIKInC9qreAD7nDzze48unFvoU1VGoJMwYVeZMcU4_50XLMsuQvs5P_XFlPygXFE/w640-h334/20230625_205854.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Speckled Roman' roma tomatoes fronted by 'Cardinal' basil</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGyZPbk4-7wtmWYmihsCGTjh1G-ry2HXOdtlXKDnyWc7uSdsgazGYBkZQtn238oKPmCyUTUBHZV0J9WLnXwLz_rkjovJGpJBvf0RoGUwSmUB919bTiIpGMswcm5Cy9cqIJWotpL3I4a80xO50AFRl66_EnvZWrRVIDOvM01KAyv4ACF2-T_eHzCDJb-g/s1000/20230612_174948.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGyZPbk4-7wtmWYmihsCGTjh1G-ry2HXOdtlXKDnyWc7uSdsgazGYBkZQtn238oKPmCyUTUBHZV0J9WLnXwLz_rkjovJGpJBvf0RoGUwSmUB919bTiIpGMswcm5Cy9cqIJWotpL3I4a80xO50AFRl66_EnvZWrRVIDOvM01KAyv4ACF2-T_eHzCDJb-g/w480-h640/20230612_174948.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Speckled Roman'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">'Babybeat' beets actually look good and are at the beginning stage for harvest. They also get some shade. Beet greens have been eaten up by insects in earlier years, so this year I'm trying to remember to spray neem oil on them. Not bad so far. I like to stir fry the greens with slices of roasted beets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-D0ePsn_KIX8DjmcvGf4xFfHlCg1lOZlygvTem2PMDC4FUZCWqvQhQDoNe97pMwUQNOXfAieXwMbhjgpxXTDzrsJE_9bw1BCAvOeTq-qHJ-kdZeXzeH-6o8Zm8PAU8xezCsVUtCdWHgk27bcN-Bl5p6mSKHOzWuhPL-NIB7RxL-NehrKUxn-2lNkQ7X0/s953/20230616_115718.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="577" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-D0ePsn_KIX8DjmcvGf4xFfHlCg1lOZlygvTem2PMDC4FUZCWqvQhQDoNe97pMwUQNOXfAieXwMbhjgpxXTDzrsJE_9bw1BCAvOeTq-qHJ-kdZeXzeH-6o8Zm8PAU8xezCsVUtCdWHgk27bcN-Bl5p6mSKHOzWuhPL-NIB7RxL-NehrKUxn-2lNkQ7X0/w388-h640/20230616_115718.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The celery I bought from a nursery this year seems to be coming along nicely. I don't know what variety it is. Sadly, it was only labeled "celery".</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb31MjrhESx6HD28P02a1NCjgc4ULOdtGcky7cJGc8KbK_K8MQ81bfsoKd1AZnKDXn9EIL8M4mSQQY9ALyYOTYYkaXcbXhtMXZdyV_iEK1bC56luPZqyNklJMwdrFPyN08rFjAHnKjaEyExIVI2U_WIx57GKd1fmytbVq9Ryvc4YeUAPRZDtQdZ3Y0DKc/s3126/20230615_071910.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3126" data-original-width="2561" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb31MjrhESx6HD28P02a1NCjgc4ULOdtGcky7cJGc8KbK_K8MQ81bfsoKd1AZnKDXn9EIL8M4mSQQY9ALyYOTYYkaXcbXhtMXZdyV_iEK1bC56luPZqyNklJMwdrFPyN08rFjAHnKjaEyExIVI2U_WIx57GKd1fmytbVq9Ryvc4YeUAPRZDtQdZ3Y0DKc/w524-h640/20230615_071910.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The pink celery I grew from seed is still very small. Celery I've grown, no matter the variety, has always been such a slow grower.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimX1NqBTAuVK1vit9t_L5N7X-1zFKj0TcOE7LMCWgKbO1YsPDpaofSyvUVraaMo8v2upgM_FgA-t627JeRRgAo7Xo2ySqXp-3XrXuMmgicADOMjTjwLWFNHvTf5B73n0sChUyZ20NO9C9QYDX-WGFTEdX8v57niZDZ_OjFawKhXZ43aksO_PK8n6BblIA/s3338/20230615_071858.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3338" data-original-width="1702" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimX1NqBTAuVK1vit9t_L5N7X-1zFKj0TcOE7LMCWgKbO1YsPDpaofSyvUVraaMo8v2upgM_FgA-t627JeRRgAo7Xo2ySqXp-3XrXuMmgicADOMjTjwLWFNHvTf5B73n0sChUyZ20NO9C9QYDX-WGFTEdX8v57niZDZ_OjFawKhXZ43aksO_PK8n6BblIA/w326-h640/20230615_071858.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's Ben's video on growing celery: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6572Sp7Yd4" target="_blank">Growing Celery from Sowing to Harvest</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After harvesting cabbage last year, I didn't bother to pull out what was left of some of the plants, and one of them took off again this spring. It's now a triple-header, and one head is ready for harvest. I think I'll leave this fall's plants in the ground overwinter and see if I get a repeat.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Pxvbuge9ueInIOlU2fWd0aHkMYlwLDMjetjjXVhzX1HajSaA5pnT6o_iekdF0RIXiQt9wDX-8p-YMyZQsbaYyDromqZ_cHIBOlUSmkWBQhD36JsAGROraYWmFIKzrOu9Vl5jLq35-WTFHOfrzRn-x5hAW1gyAI4Q7YBGjfgCcYA4Ih8UQEN75nFdey0/s1000/20230613_080918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Pxvbuge9ueInIOlU2fWd0aHkMYlwLDMjetjjXVhzX1HajSaA5pnT6o_iekdF0RIXiQt9wDX-8p-YMyZQsbaYyDromqZ_cHIBOlUSmkWBQhD36JsAGROraYWmFIKzrOu9Vl5jLq35-WTFHOfrzRn-x5hAW1gyAI4Q7YBGjfgCcYA4Ih8UQEN75nFdey0/w480-h640/20230613_080918.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">overwintered 'Primo Vantage' cabbage</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigI0q4PsKRGb9zXy3SUJJmIVquo65ZU3ZgnU4WqPRRDcqMPNUTX2o2CviOgKdCTeTkLDyUDC8a9UDjPKQrcgW0EnbmjGJaJVOdAHyHYJ3lU5uUZHt2fWVj-XQBm97-3PeP1S6SOW51a36JM2UpklajgB8R3H4xTFxj4lsOQYW2G1DG2lrLbh2Br5ykhvg/s1000/20230625_193410.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigI0q4PsKRGb9zXy3SUJJmIVquo65ZU3ZgnU4WqPRRDcqMPNUTX2o2CviOgKdCTeTkLDyUDC8a9UDjPKQrcgW0EnbmjGJaJVOdAHyHYJ3lU5uUZHt2fWVj-XQBm97-3PeP1S6SOW51a36JM2UpklajgB8R3H4xTFxj4lsOQYW2G1DG2lrLbh2Br5ykhvg/w480-h640/20230625_193410.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">overwintered 'Primo Vantage' cabbage</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Unfortunately, I was up north when some things were ready to harvest, including this 'Seaside' spinach. I'm letting it flower, and I'll try to harvest the seed for an attempt at a fall crop.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlfb99PDNhREF4CtEv51xzFC220Kx9mTf4osNqLmYR6eaPIUgETJbOCYuf0sbDSHd4xXKyC_J4dQk8AXJUvSHG7uJtBNizJmbqj1UpaUq3Ec3CqqZWDs74v3QRQXHmqZq2vWhkAtdKMf8PLSlWTPR83kE6UWzCOXPhFvepKUslSB4gfATqd9MF-mft9fc/s1000/20230613_080506.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlfb99PDNhREF4CtEv51xzFC220Kx9mTf4osNqLmYR6eaPIUgETJbOCYuf0sbDSHd4xXKyC_J4dQk8AXJUvSHG7uJtBNizJmbqj1UpaUq3Ec3CqqZWDs74v3QRQXHmqZq2vWhkAtdKMf8PLSlWTPR83kE6UWzCOXPhFvepKUslSB4gfATqd9MF-mft9fc/w640-h480/20230613_080506.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Seaside' spinach</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some of the perennial flowers did better than the vegetables with the poor weather and lack of attention.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RcUxK8Iwdxhk9QOZ-e_ns4xiYajJIBt-g-Xr038czCSh5mD7DpWvjRbTwU9X85wepYoGY3oC8IwdiT7i-9qKDNg7Yj8waIG8luRiHY83TPJ_9jFfKER6LX76Z_kki_vuxyyWJ7euXNj1lY0IyQY3pX_YuXT74utTMBDoekkEjoEjpyxNP9rJwgMxzZY/s1000/20230618_103141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RcUxK8Iwdxhk9QOZ-e_ns4xiYajJIBt-g-Xr038czCSh5mD7DpWvjRbTwU9X85wepYoGY3oC8IwdiT7i-9qKDNg7Yj8waIG8luRiHY83TPJ_9jFfKER6LX76Z_kki_vuxyyWJ7euXNj1lY0IyQY3pX_YuXT74utTMBDoekkEjoEjpyxNP9rJwgMxzZY/w640-h480/20230618_103141.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Drumstick allium</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8Z8piwvcBvxOmvwV0xXOKscVEMf9p4SeQ27hfrlFGCvknGo0vNt12gfAp19rnHj_Qbbx-_x9dWH8wyxdhvTZVKkj1NV1gO_I2rgZH2QxOvlCW_uyYKwimoTAFUKyb-Mey3GWBEb_CHlAOLV3svszBc-rj_gG_eOsFfcpqs0oGniJMIVT-Zhz3pN9-2s/s1000/20230617_071411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8Z8piwvcBvxOmvwV0xXOKscVEMf9p4SeQ27hfrlFGCvknGo0vNt12gfAp19rnHj_Qbbx-_x9dWH8wyxdhvTZVKkj1NV1gO_I2rgZH2QxOvlCW_uyYKwimoTAFUKyb-Mey3GWBEb_CHlAOLV3svszBc-rj_gG_eOsFfcpqs0oGniJMIVT-Zhz3pN9-2s/w480-h640/20230617_071411.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">pink 'Shazam!' and yellow 'South Africa' roses</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEo3n8pvInC73nUa5FAghH4pHOkb2OiaBe1MsMm_0LW_mpiduRnHl4Pk2u1Bup-T2s-1aqzEJI5TuwJa-9_aTQ1jhUsUANcuqwvKHU8MZk77mxuxHlvzqS83KOoneMfvukS8nZNDq2hxMo_c7qjFJ3zcoETz96cr4agLE_ZvOz7E_hJ9AXjDE89Fi8CHY/s2741/20230615_065048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2741" data-original-width="2536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEo3n8pvInC73nUa5FAghH4pHOkb2OiaBe1MsMm_0LW_mpiduRnHl4Pk2u1Bup-T2s-1aqzEJI5TuwJa-9_aTQ1jhUsUANcuqwvKHU8MZk77mxuxHlvzqS83KOoneMfvukS8nZNDq2hxMo_c7qjFJ3zcoETz96cr4agLE_ZvOz7E_hJ9AXjDE89Fi8CHY/w592-h640/20230615_065048.jpg" width="592" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Razzle Dazzle'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The forecast doesn't have any milder temperatures in store, but there is some rain showing for next weekend. I hope it's still there when we get that far.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfQTQJo5pOZ7sWWGeLpmJBETYHc49eE9iuCsAd2x36W5pYo2RWbnOvr0gL3ok_VbM7cblQzbTAtXTjNyPDDmLtg6MyY_VfjZKt3xkS9-Q3OIetaOaX1cSEk_J1OWGQ17grn0ZKWDlCfFD6OFV0O7xGSHAtXmaMwndSXiy1sOAPwRICgw1jC8tqAtnCqg/s836/Screenshot%202023-06-26%20121654.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="185" data-original-width="836" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfQTQJo5pOZ7sWWGeLpmJBETYHc49eE9iuCsAd2x36W5pYo2RWbnOvr0gL3ok_VbM7cblQzbTAtXTjNyPDDmLtg6MyY_VfjZKt3xkS9-Q3OIetaOaX1cSEk_J1OWGQ17grn0ZKWDlCfFD6OFV0O7xGSHAtXmaMwndSXiy1sOAPwRICgw1jC8tqAtnCqg/w640-h142/Screenshot%202023-06-26%20121654.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-73264303409327424172023-06-12T12:16:00.000-05:002023-06-12T12:16:32.999-05:00Weed-free again<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After 15+ hours of weeding (!) the garden is looking good again. (Two weeks away at the end of May is not the best plan.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is what the whole thing looked like when I returned...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jopKK8prZZ2GVtXXLZq1C2EL_Y6m4kqkwoG1Cif-HCk_WXJbZRS4elCK_FagIYenXlDbdiPupnIWokVHZJ5ntWbz4oea5BeXO5_WTBDs6r9hEBpeaUePZTVbeaKBjPaCJaQGC04U7HDM1XpTSlSE9NsJqZWtMls5dArJ_ihjt0xdZmnQlIRBSI0P/s1000/20230610_082936.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="748" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jopKK8prZZ2GVtXXLZq1C2EL_Y6m4kqkwoG1Cif-HCk_WXJbZRS4elCK_FagIYenXlDbdiPupnIWokVHZJ5ntWbz4oea5BeXO5_WTBDs6r9hEBpeaUePZTVbeaKBjPaCJaQGC04U7HDM1XpTSlSE9NsJqZWtMls5dArJ_ihjt0xdZmnQlIRBSI0P/w478-h640/20230610_082936.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AaYouGB9e2UqaJlchT5BITaURrpRc_5wklaxi5IbgqXAJ8SilELiDAmhEkXQR_MM5BLFmMHWUZq6Lu0iE5BVGQtiY_V2ba3yUjEEom4t1fN4Sq3sftrWC5HVzmVMd9Y1lP5kEgh1b_CHgx7y_s9Mp9LyF5ieX8MfqcOjSFu9aQAzbsblXooJ0FOV/s4000/20230611_155355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2148" data-original-width="4000" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AaYouGB9e2UqaJlchT5BITaURrpRc_5wklaxi5IbgqXAJ8SilELiDAmhEkXQR_MM5BLFmMHWUZq6Lu0iE5BVGQtiY_V2ba3yUjEEom4t1fN4Sq3sftrWC5HVzmVMd9Y1lP5kEgh1b_CHgx7y_s9Mp9LyF5ieX8MfqcOjSFu9aQAzbsblXooJ0FOV/w640-h344/20230611_155355.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I came back to loads of fruiting blackberries. My hope now is that I get to eat some before the raccoons eat them all.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5H9uisWPV0z6QOud7K5Y6B8wWZFr-9PdRSNR8S2u6q7_LCbcdfZo3WIhdhRZW_Os6BpnMayiUbuXvns0xkzvVs5votOImFlxOBLoAsfy4GobqPqAtfOqYTDSCnU7SvWKgyjANZfHNlN7jxTIJmETk7u789LQ84by4B24LwRtalnt07sDG8qjiPGGN/s1000/20230608_193302.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5H9uisWPV0z6QOud7K5Y6B8wWZFr-9PdRSNR8S2u6q7_LCbcdfZo3WIhdhRZW_Os6BpnMayiUbuXvns0xkzvVs5votOImFlxOBLoAsfy4GobqPqAtfOqYTDSCnU7SvWKgyjANZfHNlN7jxTIJmETk7u789LQ84by4B24LwRtalnt07sDG8qjiPGGN/w640-h480/20230608_193302.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Navajo' blackberries</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bunnies apparently favor green beans.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pQ4aa2G61funM6Y76DyNazHzed04tZ8CI9MyUxy91oO7L1UJLaaiZ4HJkMfLQfttXqtzPHjT1YUWAuJ3ZGofLtV6M4Wv23oK6W8njS9bDw8FG42Y91OMjQHXFPZumkJU31bNYmGDEEKBVVK3sWcRKLKNWzK3beF3lhd3E-ltqfXbpUB4JO0jcpuv/s1000/20230608_195812.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pQ4aa2G61funM6Y76DyNazHzed04tZ8CI9MyUxy91oO7L1UJLaaiZ4HJkMfLQfttXqtzPHjT1YUWAuJ3ZGofLtV6M4Wv23oK6W8njS9bDw8FG42Y91OMjQHXFPZumkJU31bNYmGDEEKBVVK3sWcRKLKNWzK3beF3lhd3E-ltqfXbpUB4JO0jcpuv/w480-h640/20230608_195812.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Calima' bush beans</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUhQTBY1ppswUmcak6mUwGrMBsUpF0Fe5zuPFWAzWhvkPcgJfqyHSGvyexoKCRgqUAKBMFRdi1KXNtkisU-oiRA689crXdwTrjP9TpPZcK7MoYQo2dICr5Oa73GhG5TcHBCJSjJgo6gpDN5JSjTUd4jsSXcKAeiRPhTbNOx2ad7lOqA2GVBjquJDw4/s1000/20230608_195818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUhQTBY1ppswUmcak6mUwGrMBsUpF0Fe5zuPFWAzWhvkPcgJfqyHSGvyexoKCRgqUAKBMFRdi1KXNtkisU-oiRA689crXdwTrjP9TpPZcK7MoYQo2dICr5Oa73GhG5TcHBCJSjJgo6gpDN5JSjTUd4jsSXcKAeiRPhTbNOx2ad7lOqA2GVBjquJDw4/w480-h640/20230608_195818.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">'Calima' bush beans</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The 'New Red Fire' lettuce looked bleached out, with very little red on it, but the new growth is coloring them up again.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiP7dN3ABoOJ1RSoBcfuuDM18t0DRdFaJqMT6CXZJC7Q9M8BB78wH4Q20FXgJosqBh3QeayoDRaha4wQ2DOtKeQI5MpX12I6SySxKAS-pEBvKDRBQzHAJjJ4An1EAIrRIcqzwXvvbx4gETp8ZEyFfsmeyBgDlEq07XDYXZ3CUE71MlLJtE6zHnPwTx/s3988/20230610_092923.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2516" data-original-width="3988" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiP7dN3ABoOJ1RSoBcfuuDM18t0DRdFaJqMT6CXZJC7Q9M8BB78wH4Q20FXgJosqBh3QeayoDRaha4wQ2DOtKeQI5MpX12I6SySxKAS-pEBvKDRBQzHAJjJ4An1EAIrRIcqzwXvvbx4gETp8ZEyFfsmeyBgDlEq07XDYXZ3CUE71MlLJtE6zHnPwTx/w640-h404/20230610_092923.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last year, my wasabi radishes had no bulb on them at all. I thought I'd give them another try this year, and they did produce radishes. They don't taste any different from a regular radish to me, but I think they're pretty.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMKB0VrKHCYxOTEWQ1yCunE0DXQdhKhFKTFHSGo-fi_3Tk5if5Bo_d1IFAh6BnMw_YAdv8oU4SYCV-d438Cdz010cjPZkPWrovsDkuxYeyl2isOR5Sd96XxxYp_LYM6PnvuMklaYXDHpk3wLFyJZiqA58iGzVVmHvSi-IVpna0x9Jg2bO6DUj_CF5/s2749/20230610_093356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2749" data-original-width="2430" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMKB0VrKHCYxOTEWQ1yCunE0DXQdhKhFKTFHSGo-fi_3Tk5if5Bo_d1IFAh6BnMw_YAdv8oU4SYCV-d438Cdz010cjPZkPWrovsDkuxYeyl2isOR5Sd96XxxYp_LYM6PnvuMklaYXDHpk3wLFyJZiqA58iGzVVmHvSi-IVpna0x9Jg2bO6DUj_CF5/w566-h640/20230610_093356.jpg" width="566" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRzZLySQ8el2lRLSNwalZyb5dz9xpulUFa4JX_6e8EZ56mq29mhvAO3UQ_vUMSB_r2b6kJTtpjuSkEtRcn-2tlZesd3QKiKkr4tXKIUF1fNqc8jpKDNF6rOLEQQHVqvSXGhPmkysku_1bVto4D4hOCjTv6nASg-9iOyfW2ZqQ-Rk1jqbsgaEeU0AI/s2602/20230610_104701.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2602" data-original-width="2529" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRzZLySQ8el2lRLSNwalZyb5dz9xpulUFa4JX_6e8EZ56mq29mhvAO3UQ_vUMSB_r2b6kJTtpjuSkEtRcn-2tlZesd3QKiKkr4tXKIUF1fNqc8jpKDNF6rOLEQQHVqvSXGhPmkysku_1bVto4D4hOCjTv6nASg-9iOyfW2ZqQ-Rk1jqbsgaEeU0AI/w389-h400/20230610_104701.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some 'Tender Sweet' carrots on the compost hill are big enough to harvest. they're neither tender nor sweet. They're carrots. I keep looking for a sweet variety. I have some 'SugarSnax' just getting started. I'm hoping they will be sweet, but I'm not holding my breath.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8g3RSyeb2FFjGbCNOKEkS-XsHPtUfdm0m6Xf5DmqGjTn1ESCzD0agOCBQ35kvsiC7GMl3kn1udIs3qWUbM2wYCjfgtqYndBwPHkh7WBuJrESnKcuGA9qhf6gQ2fPTZi1Xc1j6U893uAqrpLon1eiB2DNKqmBDkEh8K5Zw6S8W_06UgGPsTRdhqUB/s796/20230612_095327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8g3RSyeb2FFjGbCNOKEkS-XsHPtUfdm0m6Xf5DmqGjTn1ESCzD0agOCBQ35kvsiC7GMl3kn1udIs3qWUbM2wYCjfgtqYndBwPHkh7WBuJrESnKcuGA9qhf6gQ2fPTZi1Xc1j6U893uAqrpLon1eiB2DNKqmBDkEh8K5Zw6S8W_06UgGPsTRdhqUB/s320/20230612_095327.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Tender Sweet' carrots and 'All Blue' potatoes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The potatoes are tall and lush, but when I dug one up, the spuds were still quite small. 'All Blue' is not a particularly large potato when mature, but they surely will get larger than these are now. They're a little hard to spot in the dark soil.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStDxc1YrJrBo3Ij_Oy9BsNbxEhviYpyWPWlQrhXeNa_BRJS_JVopSqisEBlgzu4LHiw4bR0AQW68PdVdwpeKlz7MnZ1ECwDd24os49Qk7kT4OxJY8OJ4mNbEWk2dKdC4IZROpJpxc28WZyc2DloGuLoiCOhKHDnaGhBvcjzxIAdlLXvuPBp2d5imV/s1000/20230612_095826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStDxc1YrJrBo3Ij_Oy9BsNbxEhviYpyWPWlQrhXeNa_BRJS_JVopSqisEBlgzu4LHiw4bR0AQW68PdVdwpeKlz7MnZ1ECwDd24os49Qk7kT4OxJY8OJ4mNbEWk2dKdC4IZROpJpxc28WZyc2DloGuLoiCOhKHDnaGhBvcjzxIAdlLXvuPBp2d5imV/s320/20230612_095826.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 'All Blue' potatoes</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The little potatoes taste and have a texture much like a red or yellow potato.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After I got some weed control over on the compost hill, I found the small Persian melons and the one 'Sugar Baby' watermelon plants were coming along just fine, despite the dry heat.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-leMtiEPReQpy2u4H5gl_rWGHQELJhi9E96vPMZaoTPKwixv4Q8Vo_XLo954afhDzuxrEtwZItTle4Dzruxsg1ZjWiFrSrmFaKoEZQ4w8DGo6jPy7Vjh1MA96t1_pEu_4ojnI8FcWIMjw4fS98Ubi505XiaBTlgL40Xi-LeihEOV8QtxJusHZI15A/s1000/20230610_094629.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-leMtiEPReQpy2u4H5gl_rWGHQELJhi9E96vPMZaoTPKwixv4Q8Vo_XLo954afhDzuxrEtwZItTle4Dzruxsg1ZjWiFrSrmFaKoEZQ4w8DGo6jPy7Vjh1MA96t1_pEu_4ojnI8FcWIMjw4fS98Ubi505XiaBTlgL40Xi-LeihEOV8QtxJusHZI15A/w480-h640/20230610_094629.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Small Persian cantaloupe</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlm4uo5x0wAme4FazC3EWKIG-ztyda5A6oxYlwgVHdJwIBXn0uPMN3pVXIjuHb1rIyoKUVFdvMdQqjmj1gn37w9KQM7Wpva5vmAOEn6OBaNq4LU9T4dVVQs9lepjmM3_5t7UZ5PI9JEOKD9TdNphAAQN0Gmr-PtTCc0Ly0Xswd_gXOZTUQv3CDs_G/s1000/20230610_094644.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlm4uo5x0wAme4FazC3EWKIG-ztyda5A6oxYlwgVHdJwIBXn0uPMN3pVXIjuHb1rIyoKUVFdvMdQqjmj1gn37w9KQM7Wpva5vmAOEn6OBaNq4LU9T4dVVQs9lepjmM3_5t7UZ5PI9JEOKD9TdNphAAQN0Gmr-PtTCc0Ly0Xswd_gXOZTUQv3CDs_G/w480-h640/20230610_094644.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Sugar Baby' watermelon</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The melons are at the top of the hill, which originally when I started the garden in 2014, consisted of sod lifted from the lawn area where I made my garden and was about 5-1/2 feet tall. I now have a compost crate and use the much reduced hill for planting.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPkf6M7i6aIqAzKEAtrsoktKpLbjtYbTU4v8xhXoqT_YXMe-H0MdyNPSX9LSu38trRaXyQHd8VLOweunYefi67om7U8pue_Z7EMjbhcvX80xJoDQEQk_7wg7zR1taoMzF0rwZcQCmAk_qhfwq1G7q9jJEp3-BOUNaHyeU6-_TIwTzFRKKdGGQY-jM/s1000/20230610_095700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPkf6M7i6aIqAzKEAtrsoktKpLbjtYbTU4v8xhXoqT_YXMe-H0MdyNPSX9LSu38trRaXyQHd8VLOweunYefi67om7U8pue_Z7EMjbhcvX80xJoDQEQk_7wg7zR1taoMzF0rwZcQCmAk_qhfwq1G7q9jJEp3-BOUNaHyeU6-_TIwTzFRKKdGGQY-jM/w640-h480/20230610_095700.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the left this year I planted some Mexican sunflowers (<i>Tithonia</i>), and running along the south half of the hill's edge are 'All Blue' and 'Yukon Gold' potatoes. Cilantro grows voluntarily now on the south side, and I sowed carrots on the east.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The pet cemetery grew up considerably in the two weeks I was away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HEBj-A7ny1ZRyh6Hge1fBvErXrrT1vAkHz0c8odVf17jvUOWxkATjxlCuxYk-jK87sKV5EN6J4QzN80qIYCVL6VXlVq8gG_NAw7eLXf1J65Bb8tNG5bhND0vn4vMa-B3SjIX_WaKc3K0yV9h-Y-hoYKgbl0lfz7k29nkl7D9Wvm8XuCcbg5MKV5F/s1000/20230608_200333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HEBj-A7ny1ZRyh6Hge1fBvErXrrT1vAkHz0c8odVf17jvUOWxkATjxlCuxYk-jK87sKV5EN6J4QzN80qIYCVL6VXlVq8gG_NAw7eLXf1J65Bb8tNG5bhND0vn4vMa-B3SjIX_WaKc3K0yV9h-Y-hoYKgbl0lfz7k29nkl7D9Wvm8XuCcbg5MKV5F/w640-h480/20230608_200333.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My vision of Dorothy's skip to Oz through poppies when I planted field poppies has been disappointed. They're scraggly and kind of sad looking.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSthXgugGtjhhS2klce7M2GBqa907nuXAmI8IaYkO7hDvV3f6KHrUAp8vi3VdTXcC9J72d7gxfjR8-NF4oiU5ezxE0E-njB8AveKn06UitJkQtGy0tw7-zqyJh1wtZRu-m450ae5gW6bONKcfLittp4mynkkiNiX465IEbTPOnjlIvfjwVtl5Dd1u/s1000/20230610_100044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSthXgugGtjhhS2klce7M2GBqa907nuXAmI8IaYkO7hDvV3f6KHrUAp8vi3VdTXcC9J72d7gxfjR8-NF4oiU5ezxE0E-njB8AveKn06UitJkQtGy0tw7-zqyJh1wtZRu-m450ae5gW6bONKcfLittp4mynkkiNiX465IEbTPOnjlIvfjwVtl5Dd1u/w640-h480/20230610_100044.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The roses were very happy in the dry heat.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZff8YHOryWSH4Bkf3vT7nOoTsl7h806iWOsARrVcSTZrDS84JJUjm1SfT5WV_JaA9Pu2cBGAFV51b5n0VGtfwrrSDdV_cghkQcAW2xFGIg6_EUhHOyMLM0RgFZjntFWRaoLP4kVghmLKKW3GwUmT4CCiHKuLUYs-sOTX67-gSoCaYcLwGSliUsJy8/s1000/20230610_093838.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZff8YHOryWSH4Bkf3vT7nOoTsl7h806iWOsARrVcSTZrDS84JJUjm1SfT5WV_JaA9Pu2cBGAFV51b5n0VGtfwrrSDdV_cghkQcAW2xFGIg6_EUhHOyMLM0RgFZjntFWRaoLP4kVghmLKKW3GwUmT4CCiHKuLUYs-sOTX67-gSoCaYcLwGSliUsJy8/w480-h640/20230610_093838.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Razzle Dazzle'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdaz98mreAHD6UgYtK1kIqUAPmf48l9LBbXKb7Tnh1dvoUNf-xMiQ60hRPnPuRTnORgngjAIhGEHodxhcDTORTeQPG67sqhfQidYruqouy9mkC6yHOjr04rJuWndv15nXC2Dra3V9IXDzyuGy30zxhfZE_GQz5Po19UuykwgPQm4g3YNweZBg0XL8/s1000/20230610_175656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdaz98mreAHD6UgYtK1kIqUAPmf48l9LBbXKb7Tnh1dvoUNf-xMiQ60hRPnPuRTnORgngjAIhGEHodxhcDTORTeQPG67sqhfQidYruqouy9mkC6yHOjr04rJuWndv15nXC2Dra3V9IXDzyuGy30zxhfZE_GQz5Po19UuykwgPQm4g3YNweZBg0XL8/w480-h640/20230610_175656.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'Shazam!'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was able to put together some bouquets for a craft shop in Arrow Rock at the request of a friend. I think they're lovely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvA3WfnwMD6LjMe7C_kdxpVMAkOL6XrEC33euoN7kFmpzpoOU42eCnoqMErTVri3igoG2YrpBZnM0jrRavXRj0cecCy5Gb1qLMAVBQUC7vtknaNIUoaFRN2oy0xSTqSYFb-_-mLsPsj8YxSNLAfSY8oL9Qy6gZa5x_LYkDLWFJnhfjCZxyIdTfjR9/s1000/20230608_185121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvA3WfnwMD6LjMe7C_kdxpVMAkOL6XrEC33euoN7kFmpzpoOU42eCnoqMErTVri3igoG2YrpBZnM0jrRavXRj0cecCy5Gb1qLMAVBQUC7vtknaNIUoaFRN2oy0xSTqSYFb-_-mLsPsj8YxSNLAfSY8oL9Qy6gZa5x_LYkDLWFJnhfjCZxyIdTfjR9/w640-h480/20230608_185121.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Until next time, enjoy the early summer days.<p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-34424925425956598832023-06-07T15:14:00.000-05:002023-06-07T15:14:15.697-05:00Hot, hot, hot ... and dry<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVzZMfeUTqGIhpSFX9P3Jx012_AjawxSbHdb0_JkMf_kG4oyi9Hf04TwKZKCX8SuBzPOJCOrZS61rULN1SrErc9BYks0VGoD7eHfs90__lcv9Uwdwh6-MoEnTtSaWGd_-f_tr5TYRiIHsVqk5obFo2i5gQ7twAJHhNZjWLgW-uRUoXUpfLWpfSpp2/s4049/20230605_164130.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="4049" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVzZMfeUTqGIhpSFX9P3Jx012_AjawxSbHdb0_JkMf_kG4oyi9Hf04TwKZKCX8SuBzPOJCOrZS61rULN1SrErc9BYks0VGoD7eHfs90__lcv9Uwdwh6-MoEnTtSaWGd_-f_tr5TYRiIHsVqk5obFo2i5gQ7twAJHhNZjWLgW-uRUoXUpfLWpfSpp2/w640-h194/20230605_164130.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaD5v2k_VE587BwvieJmDI2MlCZQTv2IdBN8OLA3YkXqHo-aXOgTybz32Hw3WzfAtdY0BGY-OHDKkXuBZpd10tDyTNP_VIGfLyb1QTGQOO4dPVj44ND4lHoGe18YSHhSvuEFURckbpftRNHWRfz6q-01Wh_Bk1_7JbGg5ZOO3eRkkws6FTrOHAq_z_/s4000/20230605_191456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="4000" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaD5v2k_VE587BwvieJmDI2MlCZQTv2IdBN8OLA3YkXqHo-aXOgTybz32Hw3WzfAtdY0BGY-OHDKkXuBZpd10tDyTNP_VIGfLyb1QTGQOO4dPVj44ND4lHoGe18YSHhSvuEFURckbpftRNHWRfz6q-01Wh_Bk1_7JbGg5ZOO3eRkkws6FTrOHAq_z_/w640-h374/20230605_191456.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I'm back from my two weeks away, and the garden is overgrown with weeds. Some vegetables didn't survive (there was .6" rain in my gauge), but the garden is a riot of color, and the roses have absolutely outdone themselves. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutZBA2e9nRGQZW0zTuEHjUZ_aT91hpBpA-2fdXAnwE4smYhNA7fd7Pg7f8zY1jKDw7o8dqnUAeMu49l9zIQ4NF0LEhAIwMcmHhshD-X99K1CrL83-h4862wGjlTVS2RJaAZJKy0cOyStZN2SbMP0cbmz3UGRDWUUy8lf0vofPDxqRB1domILtbAb9/s1000/20230605_203249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutZBA2e9nRGQZW0zTuEHjUZ_aT91hpBpA-2fdXAnwE4smYhNA7fd7Pg7f8zY1jKDw7o8dqnUAeMu49l9zIQ4NF0LEhAIwMcmHhshD-X99K1CrL83-h4862wGjlTVS2RJaAZJKy0cOyStZN2SbMP0cbmz3UGRDWUUy8lf0vofPDxqRB1domILtbAb9/w640-h480/20230605_203249.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After a couple applications of dicamba, I've finally managed to get rid of weeds and crabgrass in the paths around the flower plots. I'll seed the bare ground this fall.</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqc3FOv4voex4DAZ3GFFgSstH1_0YW74ZGru9EdoiF2fS1J3RYiO-qPHdDJRSU8bMbtYzdT-qhO5pKq69okq0Np5L_CYCuIO9NDrBi9wwwF1S_iSza3njBc4THosyQLYleiLmZY7-ZISZR5YWa5r68erqUDsVYKd_bb2e_JwyVoSG5xM3ebobDZLK/s1264/20230605_165818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1264" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqc3FOv4voex4DAZ3GFFgSstH1_0YW74ZGru9EdoiF2fS1J3RYiO-qPHdDJRSU8bMbtYzdT-qhO5pKq69okq0Np5L_CYCuIO9NDrBi9wwwF1S_iSza3njBc4THosyQLYleiLmZY7-ZISZR5YWa5r68erqUDsVYKd_bb2e_JwyVoSG5xM3ebobDZLK/w640-h372/20230605_165818.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Some vegetables didn't get nearly enough water. Peas are scraggly and drying out. Kohlrabi that wasn't shaded by adjacent rhubarb has burnt leaves.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXP3RJR3S-H9_lsXKeR_z3bWF6BTrIYW8Q9z2lojvQI7fbvROWmv3Hq_Z2qgUyLhxCrBWLlvoOHSoAmWiHKRDXwEs2kubftefnMKVEZdrbtPjTV2Sz5OjisYUouwnn1g6_UTud7bWmreMHlB9FR8nr1zuHoooyy06tael1kvgFrQLSahrYHIzzy2cA/s2847/20230605_193440.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1891" data-original-width="2847" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXP3RJR3S-H9_lsXKeR_z3bWF6BTrIYW8Q9z2lojvQI7fbvROWmv3Hq_Z2qgUyLhxCrBWLlvoOHSoAmWiHKRDXwEs2kubftefnMKVEZdrbtPjTV2Sz5OjisYUouwnn1g6_UTud7bWmreMHlB9FR8nr1zuHoooyy06tael1kvgFrQLSahrYHIzzy2cA/w640-h426/20230605_193440.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Five cucumber plants dried up and died. Only two survived. Fortunately, one of them is the new variety I'm trying this year - 'Beit Alpha'. And the other is my staple 'Marketmore'.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9q0Fj2wqtElVr84wRRSX-5F5k5dF3qB0k3VZMzcOckQOCyxzI_20hoIORw3z7ArHXD37QZfFtAlCzpBdgp49YlnnLudUyXIZ_c7mMjq9MnVg63FNNj4UmmG6bDeWiusnk-9GpcwokDpeVI4eMTKMXtHV8Dx3ZhWQst2q6BIa3rkrKXll0xHhOPQV9/s1000/20230605_193406.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9q0Fj2wqtElVr84wRRSX-5F5k5dF3qB0k3VZMzcOckQOCyxzI_20hoIORw3z7ArHXD37QZfFtAlCzpBdgp49YlnnLudUyXIZ_c7mMjq9MnVg63FNNj4UmmG6bDeWiusnk-9GpcwokDpeVI4eMTKMXtHV8Dx3ZhWQst2q6BIa3rkrKXll0xHhOPQV9/w640-h480/20230605_193406.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Most lettuce is ready to bolt. 'New Red Fire' has matured to nearly all green.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbzmTgdXR5OgKaS7YCdnLFbJrR0KxiBJdp7kTC-gMnwDb4kDJJ7EgHo8tJ1g2UBwPY2a2rhvwzPeV0sBF7JXATJJWyzHFtmYaGgtGP7-kcGNbh8GCwNiqRTYE98FYnPgZTFfqfC6c4Lz_84TSD26810JE0ckVbmEpBfBZlug5_SBKsTUXdrH6T2n3/s1000/20230605_193415.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbzmTgdXR5OgKaS7YCdnLFbJrR0KxiBJdp7kTC-gMnwDb4kDJJ7EgHo8tJ1g2UBwPY2a2rhvwzPeV0sBF7JXATJJWyzHFtmYaGgtGP7-kcGNbh8GCwNiqRTYE98FYnPgZTFfqfC6c4Lz_84TSD26810JE0ckVbmEpBfBZlug5_SBKsTUXdrH6T2n3/w480-h640/20230605_193415.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I really like the variety 'Rouxai', a new one for me. It may well be a new one for everyone. The seed was expensive. The leaves are a beautiful dark wine. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I only have a few plants (the ones below were nearly lost in weeds), so I'm going to let them go to seed and have a bigger stand next year. That is, if they're come true to seed, and they might not.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPax4ksAelYn-4A8qlDZ4ZypB_bapj0GR6CCfVIbPplpAec9_PbSdfUKsXAqsvjcAXWE64rD62P7W2QdudIHx7Z4UZz8x0UlehCYA28mMRp6Yq0S1KVeeCfkr3sTAiUOVOwhI5XyJ_j_17l_jeqU3ELtbDHp03_XwisCex3SOVdRCGjoSZ9ZDTxhAU/s1000/20230605_155853.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPax4ksAelYn-4A8qlDZ4ZypB_bapj0GR6CCfVIbPplpAec9_PbSdfUKsXAqsvjcAXWE64rD62P7W2QdudIHx7Z4UZz8x0UlehCYA28mMRp6Yq0S1KVeeCfkr3sTAiUOVOwhI5XyJ_j_17l_jeqU3ELtbDHp03_XwisCex3SOVdRCGjoSZ9ZDTxhAU/w640-h480/20230605_155853.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The arugula stand is quite lush.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AWT8ogqsJoBXjcwlsdIhO29RHvMJ81c1imEMBxXHmSBMkbJUAShP35c7gIEU63Qh6CeRVtx3Apht6JCS__OWtdaBmFCDR-jL663oQEYXFrqweWtIvnAnzPU7RFJ_KTdksOD7DyjWOn1L4d2xxugYpwNB3mAeUpjn9xiCtg2tjVW_kCwGUJA6uybQ/s904/20230605_155913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="904" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AWT8ogqsJoBXjcwlsdIhO29RHvMJ81c1imEMBxXHmSBMkbJUAShP35c7gIEU63Qh6CeRVtx3Apht6JCS__OWtdaBmFCDR-jL663oQEYXFrqweWtIvnAnzPU7RFJ_KTdksOD7DyjWOn1L4d2xxugYpwNB3mAeUpjn9xiCtg2tjVW_kCwGUJA6uybQ/w640-h460/20230605_155913.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Baby beets, arugula, and, surprisingly, the cantaloupes look fine. I imagine it's because they get a certain amount of dappled shade under a mimosa tree.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The 'Savor' cantaloupe plants that were scrawny when I put them in are smaller than the small Persians, which was expected, but the plants look healthy now.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-ufG6vZvd5KxkdttBuBtUtRbiTRr5UZhLmQUdueXRbaWz6fBa3fCpJV2G_3oc8o55CYYd3uwjDxZPijcPjS0PJd-G74EcusdMB68M4qCiE08yeDTpaPmccj8OpPsBVAk5Yc5K9AoqLzPjJB_l9d-RjrDZY7yxmlAgc_s7MPLVhc3yNMqHqhREKna/s1000/20230605_193303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-ufG6vZvd5KxkdttBuBtUtRbiTRr5UZhLmQUdueXRbaWz6fBa3fCpJV2G_3oc8o55CYYd3uwjDxZPijcPjS0PJd-G74EcusdMB68M4qCiE08yeDTpaPmccj8OpPsBVAk5Yc5K9AoqLzPjJB_l9d-RjrDZY7yxmlAgc_s7MPLVhc3yNMqHqhREKna/w640-h480/20230605_193303.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Savor'</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsK6nGeegU16aJ9kh7-Twq5349cv5RiZ7chLjAzedlaf_5oGkvSTP-WO_RpDjs0Ns1hGIkR7_ehOabI7b5FtRj_Rsk8HTn_T9AWk7wp1RdQdi2qPfj4_f9oSSaR_kJzZrzJCU-fngJZwLTsbv2cVW0VVY_Nyxnej6yHLkzWdKgyBMsQQslK3A9wi7p/s1000/20230605_193315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsK6nGeegU16aJ9kh7-Twq5349cv5RiZ7chLjAzedlaf_5oGkvSTP-WO_RpDjs0Ns1hGIkR7_ehOabI7b5FtRj_Rsk8HTn_T9AWk7wp1RdQdi2qPfj4_f9oSSaR_kJzZrzJCU-fngJZwLTsbv2cVW0VVY_Nyxnej6yHLkzWdKgyBMsQQslK3A9wi7p/w640-h480/20230605_193315.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Small Persian cantaloupe</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The weeds have had a two-week-long party.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJHtRfGffIv4-CfpurJ-39JRG5Q7mgwSqWibXqJRd3_E9-2AFw-NetKFVyt7fdNOq16tdDkdFYe2tIyHXv5vObms2lsKAp1-WbK6Po1SgPay9Jt3DKk-WDe4Glpoye3O5Y7HAsO78IsJ76qNzc6rw1czwNIVMeS3Z6MazQGYkSZR8-cTJNDYoqLiO/s1000/20230605_193518.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJHtRfGffIv4-CfpurJ-39JRG5Q7mgwSqWibXqJRd3_E9-2AFw-NetKFVyt7fdNOq16tdDkdFYe2tIyHXv5vObms2lsKAp1-WbK6Po1SgPay9Jt3DKk-WDe4Glpoye3O5Y7HAsO78IsJ76qNzc6rw1czwNIVMeS3Z6MazQGYkSZR8-cTJNDYoqLiO/w640-h480/20230605_193518.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Calima' bush beans infested with purslane</span></div><div><br /></div>I weeded the lettuce plot and the bean & pea plot this morning. It took me 4 hours. The picture below shows the difference in weeded vs not yet weeded halves.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1Fv3bpS-160Tf4SiEd2W9EH0dHgdVdJ7wZXv5x5VBZsv6TfqrbCuD5XnoXjIGpJi0rBQOentLMmJiC4Kp-15RTDW8joR0Q5Y7UPeSCJk-fTqj5H9bafQaC1-IneU84hpQ9xv8bs2bVbdkM3Bkkl42m11jXuHVbEDGA_m7kRNjcjE-E6K7YcGx4s_/s1000/20230607_091756.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1Fv3bpS-160Tf4SiEd2W9EH0dHgdVdJ7wZXv5x5VBZsv6TfqrbCuD5XnoXjIGpJi0rBQOentLMmJiC4Kp-15RTDW8joR0Q5Y7UPeSCJk-fTqj5H9bafQaC1-IneU84hpQ9xv8bs2bVbdkM3Bkkl42m11jXuHVbEDGA_m7kRNjcjE-E6K7YcGx4s_/w480-h640/20230607_091756.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Peppers look pretty awful, but they're alive.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidBmorCa0BOECYsP9EC_U2hoXHH28uDmdjlDk1yKuVIC1Ty8HVFNu2BeCLtqopuEzItP8ZFN6KKr_jrxzPDxQf9sroSI2DiWFIGOwSPxVoKsUmmRinPB0TX-sw-9whuzHjSiT7DgQdd9lm3_iZNOzGLE644Ec2I8-pgZKidg4SnWlhYy5_cL3rBDFa/s1000/20230605_193457.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidBmorCa0BOECYsP9EC_U2hoXHH28uDmdjlDk1yKuVIC1Ty8HVFNu2BeCLtqopuEzItP8ZFN6KKr_jrxzPDxQf9sroSI2DiWFIGOwSPxVoKsUmmRinPB0TX-sw-9whuzHjSiT7DgQdd9lm3_iZNOzGLE644Ec2I8-pgZKidg4SnWlhYy5_cL3rBDFa/w640-h480/20230605_193457.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jalapeño peppers</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgehJtaY8t-q05hzhRFakJLB8P0iLqsEOzT9zTx1MJqbnF4Zlhe0YW5fQDc_O4CL9VQzkCLiepntsrxGNALueyowg_WfKYeq58kpDAg4c6LBxeEv4EwDIeX22qtqM21l2kWrBC5cdiuvN6J4F71RP5kHb8T83D_LMbUDXz0fsuIkXPFFsS8aXoOaP5/s1000/20230605_193504.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgehJtaY8t-q05hzhRFakJLB8P0iLqsEOzT9zTx1MJqbnF4Zlhe0YW5fQDc_O4CL9VQzkCLiepntsrxGNALueyowg_WfKYeq58kpDAg4c6LBxeEv4EwDIeX22qtqM21l2kWrBC5cdiuvN6J4F71RP5kHb8T83D_LMbUDXz0fsuIkXPFFsS8aXoOaP5/w640-h480/20230605_193504.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">sweet snack bells</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The 'Seaside' spinach is bolting, so I sowed more seed. It's got a nice flavor and texture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQwfeEcKUSzIagY0jNKVpecD7-nhe5WSR8YXdfkwQ3SMmwvLE0BB5zr_Qd0DgMT5GZok2Kev4dJIfd73bePFebBCDsQ2mHUKIjxaKrul2hK5wFYa5RXrfGosSZe4CvIBhvm5MkSIcKHqnoeKWeI-sm1LfDdfyjjdRYsW5NbQgsFK6LQQp9DE4njNV/s1000/20230605_155742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQwfeEcKUSzIagY0jNKVpecD7-nhe5WSR8YXdfkwQ3SMmwvLE0BB5zr_Qd0DgMT5GZok2Kev4dJIfd73bePFebBCDsQ2mHUKIjxaKrul2hK5wFYa5RXrfGosSZe4CvIBhvm5MkSIcKHqnoeKWeI-sm1LfDdfyjjdRYsW5NbQgsFK6LQQp9DE4njNV/w640-h480/20230605_155742.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've got a LOT more work to do, but the flowers are making it tolerable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0fq7VU4I6MBEv0kaUQSuzdE0E_qklhtL9fjQj-pHZx88wAK-M7-eizrXtarapaSrlwSWx88bYouwLCyrlqYgJG_CSiLbiN9O4uDfFZOQNB-U_T_uq_ZTspl7lp1JlWCihB_9XR7ccYlmiqufJpi_GvcgOaOq6FhV61VHhsVS-nWtTInM8931ralH/s1000/20230605_155938.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0fq7VU4I6MBEv0kaUQSuzdE0E_qklhtL9fjQj-pHZx88wAK-M7-eizrXtarapaSrlwSWx88bYouwLCyrlqYgJG_CSiLbiN9O4uDfFZOQNB-U_T_uq_ZTspl7lp1JlWCihB_9XR7ccYlmiqufJpi_GvcgOaOq6FhV61VHhsVS-nWtTInM8931ralH/w480-h640/20230605_155938.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxC2ldq0FF5mgxL8IKl8VU9T9ckXJdsjCLEz0Wnrz397jjFKI7K46TunEz2RMRLlWiaqnvR76fCP2gBNwx2yevU0Y0ZgE8cnUz4Eg2w6dYq4-aflsZo2KraOvO20zs_FBxCemD2JVyl_ZrCgAcm8AneyXkbu3QS8PLoCbKrcYWpSv79GejPBNGkri/s3970/20230605_165636.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2345" data-original-width="3970" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxC2ldq0FF5mgxL8IKl8VU9T9ckXJdsjCLEz0Wnrz397jjFKI7K46TunEz2RMRLlWiaqnvR76fCP2gBNwx2yevU0Y0ZgE8cnUz4Eg2w6dYq4-aflsZo2KraOvO20zs_FBxCemD2JVyl_ZrCgAcm8AneyXkbu3QS8PLoCbKrcYWpSv79GejPBNGkri/w640-h378/20230605_165636.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJ0Dv9gxmp6Qz6IbA2AJZ5xwAfd_cCmtpQsx9eapFlWryD3OxmJGt7l6qhL5WYZOk5qsOpXSckYzPyveV5sM804duYZ-dOcRPJe9k87jXY6SMiS9hnf0Wlbgg_9GvVyoKKbuQV4PSXhFYzdj5bxtFpObVSybm8ywoxAI9_y07utvyLxJpLkBis84V/s1725/20230605_191638.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="1725" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJ0Dv9gxmp6Qz6IbA2AJZ5xwAfd_cCmtpQsx9eapFlWryD3OxmJGt7l6qhL5WYZOk5qsOpXSckYzPyveV5sM804duYZ-dOcRPJe9k87jXY6SMiS9hnf0Wlbgg_9GvVyoKKbuQV4PSXhFYzdj5bxtFpObVSybm8ywoxAI9_y07utvyLxJpLkBis84V/w640-h448/20230605_191638.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tiger swallowtail on butterfly milkweed</span></div> <p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-27021166577672678462023-05-24T10:01:00.005-05:002023-05-24T10:01:59.536-05:00Photo dump & other notes<p> I realized I had too many pictures to wait through two weeks. So here's a quick photo dump.</p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_ZvedENlR1D93Nl0g5Q4xzIZYs4M6zSZnwlh0rDKTB48RfKn0zSoVoRt572xx0PAl3kVl4veWwnFxUvbBYyBo0qY_2XKJlL2mkKstaKiY2jbkaqMNtRJEN_HNyqNi-sdEODraRCVfU6w9aB1w6-9mt8sOyN3idzBwikKXwEgsuJORS50QvGqQILu1w/s1000/20230518_131223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_ZvedENlR1D93Nl0g5Q4xzIZYs4M6zSZnwlh0rDKTB48RfKn0zSoVoRt572xx0PAl3kVl4veWwnFxUvbBYyBo0qY_2XKJlL2mkKstaKiY2jbkaqMNtRJEN_HNyqNi-sdEODraRCVfU6w9aB1w6-9mt8sOyN3idzBwikKXwEgsuJORS50QvGqQILu1w/w640-h480/20230518_131223.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">tomato zoo: 'German Johnson' caged "pink" tomatoes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">foreground: oregano and chives</span></div><div><br /></div>All these lettuces were sown at the same time. left: 'Green Ice', center: 'New Red Fire', right (sparse): 'Rouge D'Hiver'</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVS-TyogZX85mjC5LcMcc2yaliFS6kPgk8bJj9kwZRTjORYKFenPtOjxLN1FLV0Hot0K2EFb28-cQQGCaNrNSZ1sB-mfGwRquSyZrLPyN8JlgT73AsTgPWI1vDjQfk4WzCo8j0p2CHOIf9xFbsCVugY3BCiRSK8BsAXcgJrpx7UlXC_zcfH2CVvpw9Yg/s1000/20230519_074419.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVS-TyogZX85mjC5LcMcc2yaliFS6kPgk8bJj9kwZRTjORYKFenPtOjxLN1FLV0Hot0K2EFb28-cQQGCaNrNSZ1sB-mfGwRquSyZrLPyN8JlgT73AsTgPWI1vDjQfk4WzCo8j0p2CHOIf9xFbsCVugY3BCiRSK8BsAXcgJrpx7UlXC_zcfH2CVvpw9Yg/w480-h640/20230519_074419.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeqK9AQajWHsqBbI9f0XkyTCvHrDqubli_6837IaRcV1n0dC0eegQ8r15Wg09_HUXakZChnYpqWIUC2QEi9_JQdz7UFJw1WnM8uvDMNLhFTPcyCFD1Jo4a1mBnwi8b5jC0u8ApSAh8kOMkQ_dCX3AJ8CMqENlcqsfc4wWQv20vxeBrVoigOJ1wOUkqw/s1000/20230519_074412.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeqK9AQajWHsqBbI9f0XkyTCvHrDqubli_6837IaRcV1n0dC0eegQ8r15Wg09_HUXakZChnYpqWIUC2QEi9_JQdz7UFJw1WnM8uvDMNLhFTPcyCFD1Jo4a1mBnwi8b5jC0u8ApSAh8kOMkQ_dCX3AJ8CMqENlcqsfc4wWQv20vxeBrVoigOJ1wOUkqw/w480-h640/20230519_074412.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'New Red Fire'</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRfHhym84ORDn2Z-MF0zQxxsACh7zLMjazq9GFJaqpxpP-kbFLvYOoj1_vyrPN5EhdC9oinLRWzwJ6amnjyenQdkxSuOAfKfxNQUexvURDEzd2X6_5ZwrErwwP-GUYssuPTh_odwk80OXVihBtsYCVLF7rgV5eHEhOXj1H8BDCivjyR1R_YfWYg9O1g/s1000/20230519_074453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRfHhym84ORDn2Z-MF0zQxxsACh7zLMjazq9GFJaqpxpP-kbFLvYOoj1_vyrPN5EhdC9oinLRWzwJ6amnjyenQdkxSuOAfKfxNQUexvURDEzd2X6_5ZwrErwwP-GUYssuPTh_odwk80OXVihBtsYCVLF7rgV5eHEhOXj1H8BDCivjyR1R_YfWYg9O1g/w640-h480/20230519_074453.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Beit Alpha' cucumbers</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTs3J2zvq2sKHs06ZGaMgAQQQBjWjW0LYRf8WKzwfFnNspTJ6cQAWZNWIHoH4Bms6MS512lLWqQYTb_8dXyxRAP5ur3yMKxOVcTk08v36KhoPwrwHdpIYUerubBCMWsz6Ag1E5NvtNRq9vHIqEYwA4HQZfVTcRLam2BCmsR3roGnhXMilL9txKaBkpfQ/s1000/20230519_074526.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTs3J2zvq2sKHs06ZGaMgAQQQBjWjW0LYRf8WKzwfFnNspTJ6cQAWZNWIHoH4Bms6MS512lLWqQYTb_8dXyxRAP5ur3yMKxOVcTk08v36KhoPwrwHdpIYUerubBCMWsz6Ag1E5NvtNRq9vHIqEYwA4HQZfVTcRLam2BCmsR3roGnhXMilL9txKaBkpfQ/w480-h640/20230519_074526.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">left: 'Calima' bush beans; right: 'Lilian's Caseload' peas</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ikTAguecKvmI_JG_U_1mSssotVKMOsdLGThaGkpSNNu40ZZX2KqRbGcu2-_3nrVBMJ3iieMqGmWSYzq_XtwAyJegc9eu7g1dS5nK8SkNqWYGF1AlztAndlwNOssQQy4Xt5a0CBmVuvInVSJ1Dv861smQEnTsRvG_ZNHgMUwGT4bdY--i4ppriomY5g/s1000/20230519_074559.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ikTAguecKvmI_JG_U_1mSssotVKMOsdLGThaGkpSNNu40ZZX2KqRbGcu2-_3nrVBMJ3iieMqGmWSYzq_XtwAyJegc9eu7g1dS5nK8SkNqWYGF1AlztAndlwNOssQQy4Xt5a0CBmVuvInVSJ1Dv861smQEnTsRvG_ZNHgMUwGT4bdY--i4ppriomY5g/w480-h640/20230519_074559.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Seaside' spinach</span></div><div><br /></div>I hope to soon be able to sit on this bench and snack on ripe cherry tomatoes that I plan to train up on the wagon wheel.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCuaaQ-4B0DjD6NOxcDmnH-vHfM1SrlkifdXiaLcMoX27zEE9w8bK-tV8mKQh6gwHY4dHbfO9j-HyejZP3qM9_0TvOXDBPFB2zMPcSseoUv0aEcirKZ-tWVKQVjlngFrXGHembmVGvEztL0ScWiulHhLqhu2AUZXehiNWTcOXsBqEWoSCMeiqLpHVHng/s1000/20230519_074822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCuaaQ-4B0DjD6NOxcDmnH-vHfM1SrlkifdXiaLcMoX27zEE9w8bK-tV8mKQh6gwHY4dHbfO9j-HyejZP3qM9_0TvOXDBPFB2zMPcSseoUv0aEcirKZ-tWVKQVjlngFrXGHembmVGvEztL0ScWiulHhLqhu2AUZXehiNWTcOXsBqEWoSCMeiqLpHVHng/w480-h640/20230519_074822.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Supersweet 100' cherry tomatoes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">When the potatoes first started coming up, it wasn't obvious which were 'All Blue' and which were 'Yukon Gold'. Now that they're bigger, it's easy to tell.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ps6vG8CCc5Miu-Go6IwHicVNb9P48AhqF0iIRjp16Q2sC7GXsQ8bNehGOZCVI_mNZg5hd9s3wb65HxJ6e2bPyAtJNjdkdv35oECK8Xk2AU7gn8y2JXUFm3tH4RK8eeyA6zhlZvLeXJrGsO26oHKuhalGqdklZqP__lZVt0l1Pd0I-xt7vrJgV8d_/s1000/20230520_132535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ps6vG8CCc5Miu-Go6IwHicVNb9P48AhqF0iIRjp16Q2sC7GXsQ8bNehGOZCVI_mNZg5hd9s3wb65HxJ6e2bPyAtJNjdkdv35oECK8Xk2AU7gn8y2JXUFm3tH4RK8eeyA6zhlZvLeXJrGsO26oHKuhalGqdklZqP__lZVt0l1Pd0I-xt7vrJgV8d_/w480-h640/20230520_132535.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'All Blue'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlP3pNcV_uVJkw_0itY_hMwqHXWNNZgB4FwjHXDHg_DZjzPs_rDTVR4hpOE3g4jnbfuv6ImySVap8waigLmNKgyVZy4QqLsDs_JGr-mOnkAjrQesUt_WgLvTfkgpO4D6gBmfv_d_MkEA8HGq1qmTXnipfXauZ3TdKbgeTYs8PnqTMIPgD3OFPdsnea/s1000/20230520_132542.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlP3pNcV_uVJkw_0itY_hMwqHXWNNZgB4FwjHXDHg_DZjzPs_rDTVR4hpOE3g4jnbfuv6ImySVap8waigLmNKgyVZy4QqLsDs_JGr-mOnkAjrQesUt_WgLvTfkgpO4D6gBmfv_d_MkEA8HGq1qmTXnipfXauZ3TdKbgeTYs8PnqTMIPgD3OFPdsnea/w480-h640/20230520_132542.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Yukon Gold'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The beets are sprouted. I sprayed them with neem oil before I left, but I'm afraid in two weeks' time, when I return, they might be full of insect damage.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsUrEBpn7Lkl7VT8OBO4Ndyl6ACuyypRj8c5FOCPRpbP0p5oGus0zrzoOgKfI35_Qvapf1M9gnWX3DAz-1mBGXEGZUEmOEYWHoN2e1rZS2epTbiR3yQ0VY4bUqIjfFpjPBLp-SIiPdVitdJmpjbwOSvBfndCH6gVB1G0lwMYhFo1YNRFQK9jvSDDe/s1000/20230521_074042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsUrEBpn7Lkl7VT8OBO4Ndyl6ACuyypRj8c5FOCPRpbP0p5oGus0zrzoOgKfI35_Qvapf1M9gnWX3DAz-1mBGXEGZUEmOEYWHoN2e1rZS2epTbiR3yQ0VY4bUqIjfFpjPBLp-SIiPdVitdJmpjbwOSvBfndCH6gVB1G0lwMYhFo1YNRFQK9jvSDDe/w480-h640/20230521_074042.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Babybeat' beets</span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I also felt I had to spray the rose bushes with Sevin (carbaryl) because Japanese beetles usually start showing up around the first of June, and I wanted to give them a fighting chance. I hate to do it, though, and frankly, it might have been a waste since the blooms aren't yet open, and that's what the beetles attack. I don't like spraying Seven when honeybees are about, and I could hear lots of buzzing in the thyme flowers on the floor of the rose bed. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAl-6dXcVQECfFxeOL4vj9Wz0Mdxu1p0c940aCt-GRBHPRCjvgOkrBZN32m9LHYD3x5nUmlEXrm3kwPk8_5L1nBQg4yZWQIhz6MUxFSeBihQIF3ly__xECpAJPDTmJIQWRjWq1lcO1yfOLNChSnVesi3lnspxemi6ZJqDR8rdLlrIXu_r246etBckX/s997/20230521_074512.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="997" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAl-6dXcVQECfFxeOL4vj9Wz0Mdxu1p0c940aCt-GRBHPRCjvgOkrBZN32m9LHYD3x5nUmlEXrm3kwPk8_5L1nBQg4yZWQIhz6MUxFSeBihQIF3ly__xECpAJPDTmJIQWRjWq1lcO1yfOLNChSnVesi3lnspxemi6ZJqDR8rdLlrIXu_r246etBckX/w640-h426/20230521_074512.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">When I got a closer look, I realized it was not bees, but flies. Large flies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnx2aw7KU3NXjzMmEvoSR_UdBzkCOfOp5ADtxNkDibwMffVqBkxaNegs1o3G5syb9XoRRT1nLK2Ei5YCqzKzjwI9J0hZj20xzy_u3--cRPTsdv44gfKEuRtnhUu6ugFR0sqXd1dP2NcyKpZ_ih_pefnzbdiMvPo8hX14JbbMdm5kQ4MicwZyKGbmM/s1000/20230522_105406.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnx2aw7KU3NXjzMmEvoSR_UdBzkCOfOp5ADtxNkDibwMffVqBkxaNegs1o3G5syb9XoRRT1nLK2Ei5YCqzKzjwI9J0hZj20xzy_u3--cRPTsdv44gfKEuRtnhUu6ugFR0sqXd1dP2NcyKpZ_ih_pefnzbdiMvPo8hX14JbbMdm5kQ4MicwZyKGbmM/w640-h480/20230522_105406.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">While flies also pollinate, I didn't feel as badly about them encountering a contact insecticide as I would have honeybees. But...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">I didn't know what kind of fly these were, as I don't think I've seen them before, and certainly not in the large numbers there were. I set Google Lens to identifying them, and when I learned that they are in the Tachinid family, I felt badly again. The Tachinids I'm used to seeing are much smaller. Tachinid flies are quite beneficial besides their pollinating ability, as they parasitize caterpillars, so they could be a big help to control vegetable pests. On the other hand, if they parasitize butterfly caterpillars, I wouldn't like that. So I don't know how to feel about the whole deal. Maybe I'll just call it a wash.</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOJhQUtSKIwENMQgzDsn0mv2yijwZPvdPoP6TWazdhogMr9w0NlCqd1CwCGFyeSXSRwlOOS0fO1OQHBzYCFxa4OuGTiVNsuRTzvo3wo54QJZC84AoxGyh5QBr0ETZt1TiGQ_MDXrP7b_mzMZcXGAGLMw0h8AdvucL4vde82K2Ewthhwiyn474HGEn4w/s2373/20230519_075013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2373" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOJhQUtSKIwENMQgzDsn0mv2yijwZPvdPoP6TWazdhogMr9w0NlCqd1CwCGFyeSXSRwlOOS0fO1OQHBzYCFxa4OuGTiVNsuRTzvo3wo54QJZC84AoxGyh5QBr0ETZt1TiGQ_MDXrP7b_mzMZcXGAGLMw0h8AdvucL4vde82K2Ewthhwiyn474HGEn4w/w582-h640/20230519_075013.jpg" width="582" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm amazed at the two Golden Muscat grapevines. Early this spring I had to dig them out of the garden proper where they were taking over. To do so, I had to disentangle them, so I chopped most of the tops off as well as most of the roots. There was about the same amount under gound as above ground - no more than two feet in each direction - when I put them in. I just stuck them in the ground in the wildflower bed at the base of two birdhouse poles, watered them in, and left them to their own salvation. Not only did they salvage themselves despite the dry March and April we had, they seem to be undaunted.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-J2nJl6Sg2nshRPudgjfZjuC5DGZ48QNiiD1TrIbiV3U-IUm7eghMqG0tPGoTybDYeDAkz4NqJE_Ja9zz7WomOdEZ3Ol-KGfgmzl8hzsOSdK3SpfkvSvGIWtjdId14264hPEPARXqkD5SeRs3xVqzqgcSV-ipJ4CizGPPwdrzZZtegYCIhos5jnSJcA/s2921/20230520_070908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2921" data-original-width="2194" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-J2nJl6Sg2nshRPudgjfZjuC5DGZ48QNiiD1TrIbiV3U-IUm7eghMqG0tPGoTybDYeDAkz4NqJE_Ja9zz7WomOdEZ3Ol-KGfgmzl8hzsOSdK3SpfkvSvGIWtjdId14264hPEPARXqkD5SeRs3xVqzqgcSV-ipJ4CizGPPwdrzZZtegYCIhos5jnSJcA/w480-h640/20230520_070908.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Overnight one night, somebody's baby fell into the basement window well. Its mother may not have told it the cautionary tale of Peter Rabbit. Although it was small, possums can scratch and bite (and hiss and growl, which are very unnerving, but not harmful), so it was quite the undertaking to get it out without injuring myself or it. I tried to prod it to walk up a board, but it was having none of it. It rutted up some dead bald cypress leaves and stuck its head under them. I assume, like a human baby, it thought if it couldn't see me, I couldn't see it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I tried to hoist it up using two thick pieces of tree limb, but couldn't keep it balanced on them. Finally, I lowered a bucket down over top with a quick flip to turn it upright, scooping the creature inside. Luckily it wasn't quick enough to get out before I lifted it out to the yard. It moved quite slowly, probably worn out from its travails. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Poor thing was rather lost when I turned it loose, and rather than running, ambled around in circles a while before it slowly struck out for somewhere else. I hope it found its way home before a large bird of prey spied it. (I once saw a bald eagle eating a possum at the edge of the yard. It didn't leave much behind but fur.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Won't this baby's mom be surprised if it does show up! "How on earth did you get out of that trap?!" Stories will be told for generations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvWL5unWyCyciFmlByasDW83bGZnXrpU40nANYUKq6uRAezHRVW17bbPUr52na90gEq9_dzFHEMWRLE5J1ZDt6LlGUxjE_oNSJ6jqqTA1K1k6U4PFnWKgx0A6BHmGzBH3Y29FBPxggQDJyeQyB8SRRTQZw4EDrBAQF6MSb4EfvJZZg6uC__qIiwVEjg/s1000/20230520_062423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvWL5unWyCyciFmlByasDW83bGZnXrpU40nANYUKq6uRAezHRVW17bbPUr52na90gEq9_dzFHEMWRLE5J1ZDt6LlGUxjE_oNSJ6jqqTA1K1k6U4PFnWKgx0A6BHmGzBH3Y29FBPxggQDJyeQyB8SRRTQZw4EDrBAQF6MSb4EfvJZZg6uC__qIiwVEjg/w480-h640/20230520_062423.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you in a couple of weeks after I've spent the hours necessary to get two weeks' worth of weeds out of my garden and clip out dead flowers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJassFpcbNCVz849fptl2Bpln-t0uEYTS_ojuMBPrC6lizJZoKjnNdBa7SjOVw8eQ9j5YnCDqrI8w-s9G6KzyTnzM2X_JQ_vYyCU5TTXv_JkLTE30kxuCkemCTtGZZOaTiIquUX6zXAyWkvCKcZP_ukb6RnLQ4uODDYUHff1f2I5Gks58KtF2w_iXK/s1000/20230521_143105.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJassFpcbNCVz849fptl2Bpln-t0uEYTS_ojuMBPrC6lizJZoKjnNdBa7SjOVw8eQ9j5YnCDqrI8w-s9G6KzyTnzM2X_JQ_vYyCU5TTXv_JkLTE30kxuCkemCTtGZZOaTiIquUX6zXAyWkvCKcZP_ukb6RnLQ4uODDYUHff1f2I5Gks58KtF2w_iXK/w640-h480/20230521_143105.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-10957297517985581512023-05-18T10:21:00.000-05:002023-05-18T10:21:33.627-05:00Beautiful weather after the rains<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lush and green, flowers blooming...it's lovely out there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsaVEcP3KKTjt3v_GmZBICd8O_ik0FjARNbKb8u6j4VBrj1ZbHU76q2r5-NeQAYccR8Gxu-mCwg77hZcLMNgqA1LIdsf-gTiFtIqg77OMv6dT8PwGVVnB9RPDHTQOwAmfdk2UCKA6rnyl9CdKidLFznO2f14Eg5ePT08awRWWQh8AmRuEwLWnd1Nm/s982/20230518_072855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="982" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsaVEcP3KKTjt3v_GmZBICd8O_ik0FjARNbKb8u6j4VBrj1ZbHU76q2r5-NeQAYccR8Gxu-mCwg77hZcLMNgqA1LIdsf-gTiFtIqg77OMv6dT8PwGVVnB9RPDHTQOwAmfdk2UCKA6rnyl9CdKidLFznO2f14Eg5ePT08awRWWQh8AmRuEwLWnd1Nm/w640-h380/20230518_072855.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtoYtX3XsBIjOeObN8Y53rXq1LLam4HC_aKsbd0N9eiRPoSV4BLYVx2lgXg-gKJm-L7MWBHBayw5dX4AF4DljtGTOWSXg0ulAolKqvuC3EDJwVRHv28b2uixNtyrEoeiSKZVABeySGfSjua6IHA1xo23stSfmK7LiztWPYaMHWIxHe0TSgnxp8qH6b/s1000/20230518_074245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtoYtX3XsBIjOeObN8Y53rXq1LLam4HC_aKsbd0N9eiRPoSV4BLYVx2lgXg-gKJm-L7MWBHBayw5dX4AF4DljtGTOWSXg0ulAolKqvuC3EDJwVRHv28b2uixNtyrEoeiSKZVABeySGfSjua6IHA1xo23stSfmK7LiztWPYaMHWIxHe0TSgnxp8qH6b/w480-h640/20230518_074245.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">New growth on the tomatoes looks strange to me. Curly, like there's been herbicide damage, which there hasn't. I assume they're responding to the weather, but I don't recall this ever in the past.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The potato-leaf 'German Johnson' variety shows it clearly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrlV_L964aNPVtkpagQJmrJkWIbBuTn-bzO9RkpSszfUGNW3P3pltPVStjabhJ4mUuaPUHDvQAlKspJBk_rFRdsFjXrbzviPB6kt_OMzi4oyqeuSa9bGkiP9nqa9yfp370Ho3gHLc5wUxywD8XWVdnn5KcoU0Jb5sJzv0AZX8RDP2A9IHeTsMjcjid/s1000/20230516_113618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrlV_L964aNPVtkpagQJmrJkWIbBuTn-bzO9RkpSszfUGNW3P3pltPVStjabhJ4mUuaPUHDvQAlKspJBk_rFRdsFjXrbzviPB6kt_OMzi4oyqeuSa9bGkiP9nqa9yfp370Ho3gHLc5wUxywD8XWVdnn5KcoU0Jb5sJzv0AZX8RDP2A9IHeTsMjcjid/w480-h640/20230516_113618.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'German Johnson'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And the 'Speckled Roman' are showing it all over, even on the old growth. I haven't grown these before, but it just doesn't look right. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtZ2XhyxNEdw6fva9ZfOalwOaTFutY66c8TTs_ilKSrsa02oYjqkOMiODB81Ov-CAmN7bmJnkO0om9xSKXfjxX2yl-OpyNMlik6AHAWoTlfKfwDOJ4Fgoq4QJEKPTrnHxlcOaUzjgwHBjpxVwVBX5gLqmBA2DkzIjepcCMWYVIqtKHUlmTMhZMfm7/s1000/20230518_074704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtZ2XhyxNEdw6fva9ZfOalwOaTFutY66c8TTs_ilKSrsa02oYjqkOMiODB81Ov-CAmN7bmJnkO0om9xSKXfjxX2yl-OpyNMlik6AHAWoTlfKfwDOJ4Fgoq4QJEKPTrnHxlcOaUzjgwHBjpxVwVBX5gLqmBA2DkzIjepcCMWYVIqtKHUlmTMhZMfm7/w480-h640/20230518_074704.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Speckled Roman'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm very interested to see if they look different later in the year, and whether there's any resulting effects on the fruit. I sure hope not.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The walking onions are heading. I don't use these in cooking, because I don't care for the flavor, and they're tough. Also, they're really hard to control. They pretty much become a weed. They're taking over my compost hill. In this spot in the garden, I keep them limited by pulling. I like to keep some, because I think they're interesting to look at.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7j0FFz-HtR6myUsR6V6LOUuP3TP9sL4KWG0xd0vfdPvAJ3mI5dgz7hqn0nlhV0rQanctwCToXcRzptvRxmk7h7FrvnZqjnt1e_uG7cttM-dCKpvJU6pt0ClrO1AcmxjXywwxWAP8-0-cZLeB4dBk1G6UPg-OkxZxXyx4ejn86cM1W4RBUt1lLkeh_/s1000/20230517_070541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7j0FFz-HtR6myUsR6V6LOUuP3TP9sL4KWG0xd0vfdPvAJ3mI5dgz7hqn0nlhV0rQanctwCToXcRzptvRxmk7h7FrvnZqjnt1e_uG7cttM-dCKpvJU6pt0ClrO1AcmxjXywwxWAP8-0-cZLeB4dBk1G6UPg-OkxZxXyx4ejn86cM1W4RBUt1lLkeh_/w480-h640/20230517_070541.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Egyptian walking onions</span>'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7Z39zqR_HsV3k1zGzY4vBjHsLn0W1JMj7GUN_mI6_oSV7wzUIvIkLKFG0q-fyHdzj-nPDxgtYqtZXw8_Og7_OghLEbVJSvEIYgr6s85U2l7AKedqtY_m5e0SGy9Y3XEvDfQV_4v0qXj8ST6xSfxZD2lSezOw1s-Xt_fxmm1OBJaUpgkD5BMIWIPJ/s1000/20230516_121238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7Z39zqR_HsV3k1zGzY4vBjHsLn0W1JMj7GUN_mI6_oSV7wzUIvIkLKFG0q-fyHdzj-nPDxgtYqtZXw8_Og7_OghLEbVJSvEIYgr6s85U2l7AKedqtY_m5e0SGy9Y3XEvDfQV_4v0qXj8ST6xSfxZD2lSezOw1s-Xt_fxmm1OBJaUpgkD5BMIWIPJ/w480-h640/20230516_121238.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Arugula, which grows fast, is coming out. I've learned to sow the seed after lettuce has come up and begun to get good growth on it so I'll have comparable sized leaves from each for salads.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLpEMkrSPyB1TwX0Kak_Asy5DNtIP_E1wlkq5UyiGv3hH0JIvIjRH8ne4fQBTUrw1ff7pgX8w6Jion8j8_eNuKmHULVX0v4d9F8ne7mqESLSODBBjtCSvYyBGRWRX1JvL3JYdnGfp00itK3bagDD4rFcQKvSbyptxEhGCMBqnJLft13QuSm1HAjBt/s992/20230516_121430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLpEMkrSPyB1TwX0Kak_Asy5DNtIP_E1wlkq5UyiGv3hH0JIvIjRH8ne4fQBTUrw1ff7pgX8w6Jion8j8_eNuKmHULVX0v4d9F8ne7mqESLSODBBjtCSvYyBGRWRX1JvL3JYdnGfp00itK3bagDD4rFcQKvSbyptxEhGCMBqnJLft13QuSm1HAjBt/w484-h640/20230516_121430.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I haven't grown beets for several years. I'm excited to see how these 'Babybeat' plants turn out. I'm planning on having beet greens to mix in salads, and I hope the small beetroots will be tasty.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5gxRDRrSCM7MovrAef0GJDR0u1Tjus9b0GEHY_IyuakQp7YiARZ_1cHJ3XYJ3JEeejGWvL1ybhsUIjHqtFyFzyoUBLTOSbMug-7x3JO9N2XXMIvjUNf83E9INZ5AopuvKSyVKKV0YGHg2DUy8vZv9Hhh-bxALE6Zc3PZuBc8uabUUAP5n8310nlo/s1000/20230516_121355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5gxRDRrSCM7MovrAef0GJDR0u1Tjus9b0GEHY_IyuakQp7YiARZ_1cHJ3XYJ3JEeejGWvL1ybhsUIjHqtFyFzyoUBLTOSbMug-7x3JO9N2XXMIvjUNf83E9INZ5AopuvKSyVKKV0YGHg2DUy8vZv9Hhh-bxALE6Zc3PZuBc8uabUUAP5n8310nlo/w640-h480/20230516_121355.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few 'Primo Vantage' cabbage plants that I didn't pull completely out of the soil are leafing out. I don't know if there will be any useable heads from them, but I'm leaving them grow to find out.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8hcmT_ytJPvG2vxeyXysEw2-zhf8oPLhKgW21TIrnenNgw27JPcUheaOZQRU3DK4AK5zhQ8XPAvHy3_I2Cxm24c2JAj3ECI4ZMzuWhJsu9N433AuHARJE6Dp9R-spqknZqerXMItYhq7lnD05TF8qBC9KNKBQ7cH478DYGsDqolZ37E4YdulV6tC/s992/20230516_121350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8hcmT_ytJPvG2vxeyXysEw2-zhf8oPLhKgW21TIrnenNgw27JPcUheaOZQRU3DK4AK5zhQ8XPAvHy3_I2Cxm24c2JAj3ECI4ZMzuWhJsu9N433AuHARJE6Dp9R-spqknZqerXMItYhq7lnD05TF8qBC9KNKBQ7cH478DYGsDqolZ37E4YdulV6tC/w484-h640/20230516_121350.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Small Persian melon plants look quite happy after transplanting. I've surrounded them with marigolds to hopefully mask the aroma and discourage raccoons.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZXnRM6Ny-8QzanPmE-P_ROw8hUbF5Bxv2KKpMuNYEmDbKwV0N4YwL9_1lOD5l6Xogeep3TrkfcXDACNvBVA09Zme374Fr_jH8ThMpivqCEpQU27bn2O3arRjFu8rEuAG7XLbNugWib_9FOxIaqaTaPqqKOyKK92Ykns6AOYk-8sEVciQdMXpD0rpY/s1000/20230516_121338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1000" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZXnRM6Ny-8QzanPmE-P_ROw8hUbF5Bxv2KKpMuNYEmDbKwV0N4YwL9_1lOD5l6Xogeep3TrkfcXDACNvBVA09Zme374Fr_jH8ThMpivqCEpQU27bn2O3arRjFu8rEuAG7XLbNugWib_9FOxIaqaTaPqqKOyKK92Ykns6AOYk-8sEVciQdMXpD0rpY/w640-h472/20230516_121338.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">'Savor', my favorite, on the other hand, are not doing well. They didn't do well in the propagation chamber, so I'm assuming the seed wasn't still good.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1JrScfwZjqHQ9vlJjdMI3f16kOI_kTj4Ba-_lBeh0Q6zfMe4uYajjzF1_WMJPaH78aFQtoAgQhS_y8T0nl4PyNbgy1nlx2AjlnB4oDOHvqQnsLHvinjjvDoXPsP09t8h-5AaL9Tgq9RV_NDYgSKPnuZV7a5av62Zn72iCiVAXsSdcaq8ncPF7JOY8/s1000/20230516_121331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1000" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1JrScfwZjqHQ9vlJjdMI3f16kOI_kTj4Ba-_lBeh0Q6zfMe4uYajjzF1_WMJPaH78aFQtoAgQhS_y8T0nl4PyNbgy1nlx2AjlnB4oDOHvqQnsLHvinjjvDoXPsP09t8h-5AaL9Tgq9RV_NDYgSKPnuZV7a5av62Zn72iCiVAXsSdcaq8ncPF7JOY8/w640-h478/20230516_121331.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">'Seaside' spinach is looking very good. I'll be planting this again in the future. It has a nice mild spinach flavor with a substantial leaf. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmOp2z1yAe4EqT2NRZ6v6OhpWQ8Mn0-8y8bbBTv984eWk0s1Rd_2KcXNBPWsY4yfQdDri6fHvrTFSJBJXhAADPHLn42AKibr_Ebn31RuGMMiLaI910k4AO595_WzSu5XfGAW7UsDbREtrOwbkMcCmeAUZWvQRjqdg_pwnAu_Izzj8riu3rw3ihtEdL/s1000/20230516_113629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmOp2z1yAe4EqT2NRZ6v6OhpWQ8Mn0-8y8bbBTv984eWk0s1Rd_2KcXNBPWsY4yfQdDri6fHvrTFSJBJXhAADPHLn42AKibr_Ebn31RuGMMiLaI910k4AO595_WzSu5XfGAW7UsDbREtrOwbkMcCmeAUZWvQRjqdg_pwnAu_Izzj8riu3rw3ihtEdL/w480-h640/20230516_113629.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Roses are beginning to bloom. Always exciting.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXaVnugwL3bnTzpbXbZE-WT-41uBJ3dkdmJs1HrO9r31IqfzoPHylwu48B1rqelBIFkSARmSWvkEpAOy3SMpR_WIpOg6fRdA6fexkTicy2TEpvv9s4S4yXsjF0NkFaQomKKLlJuyGWR6tIejFP0alXXkQqOOczZeDtQPlDcYlTRyVx7SJUGcmI9JI/s1000/20230518_073828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXaVnugwL3bnTzpbXbZE-WT-41uBJ3dkdmJs1HrO9r31IqfzoPHylwu48B1rqelBIFkSARmSWvkEpAOy3SMpR_WIpOg6fRdA6fexkTicy2TEpvv9s4S4yXsjF0NkFaQomKKLlJuyGWR6tIejFP0alXXkQqOOczZeDtQPlDcYlTRyVx7SJUGcmI9JI/w480-h640/20230518_073828.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Pat Austin'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj55yuIwInQRNZNYUT2f7K1NHBafj6y0rLI0BvSr80j4NuoY2ulDCvDVKOsGH7oEKsALY4_F59XZ4ulTXiq6uIE_-Lo4flJe-vK6HH_KEQg3bt8Xx4AHmKuI917-oGYk09_zvsPWUjtj5p0gvfLLPfuT8WMRMRR263tJg2LFNxoGs2F3ugvih17CKC/s1000/20230518_074342.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Things are really taking off. </p><p>The 'Calima' bush beans are up.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAa1pSfiu3mbKs_cWOF77MpGoan7wwLJMdFaNG92Oim6FyPgGAZnp9mLXXqr8lWs0PlK0Dkj0lQD8wOcr0_hi97SWrLKwxk0S5IAJIBCydrUIG59HSkeNDrnH8MCu28SZ4q1t9RW6TLvDUMNnvQ67FKKBzWKE5WiOLJyHqDdqtXx97sRlah3FsQxj/s1000/20230507_141221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAa1pSfiu3mbKs_cWOF77MpGoan7wwLJMdFaNG92Oim6FyPgGAZnp9mLXXqr8lWs0PlK0Dkj0lQD8wOcr0_hi97SWrLKwxk0S5IAJIBCydrUIG59HSkeNDrnH8MCu28SZ4q1t9RW6TLvDUMNnvQ67FKKBzWKE5WiOLJyHqDdqtXx97sRlah3FsQxj/w640-h480/20230507_141221.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Wasabi radishes are filling out. I hope they decide to make an actual radish this year. Otherwise, they won't be planted again. Well, they may not even then, depending on whether I like them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dXxmpA0hzqU1cZ1lJx2ZYcs0EFvw1HmJTlCG9wL6XW9KE_bLW27sDFYDuz0D6f9s17IdybPPYBOwEFfcu2_c7nOXOX5ovD7ZSlV5ASXB1WhSFPdp0U2xAC4oQyygv9mWpC9un4uJEC3FVZaAfe4TzDo7xB5Rx1XGQrWQpB9RNoEZvQFYUKAvaONV/s1000/20230512_134752.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dXxmpA0hzqU1cZ1lJx2ZYcs0EFvw1HmJTlCG9wL6XW9KE_bLW27sDFYDuz0D6f9s17IdybPPYBOwEFfcu2_c7nOXOX5ovD7ZSlV5ASXB1WhSFPdp0U2xAC4oQyygv9mWpC9un4uJEC3FVZaAfe4TzDo7xB5Rx1XGQrWQpB9RNoEZvQFYUKAvaONV/w640-h480/20230512_134752.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the first year I've planted roma style tomatoes. 'Speckled Roman' looked beautiful last summer in my sister's Wisconsin garden, so I thought I'd give them a shot. The plants all look like they were hit by herbicide. They weren't. Maybe they just don't like it here.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZbP7hJJpsU6_xuZ5gslcrTvOhomvJ90PYk5S4j68xKe0Bsc-fHP5fTUZZYnUes68Dmlq-YIEJM49Dui-0_oMvGiANhbONZCGaB-P4vx-dZ_pj5JzMxQ81k-hMhCF9we-WhzVXGhJbg1R7sme5WZdHG6CwC1qWvk0lBxldHR158ambL7SahAYdMrb/s1000/20230512_115622.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZbP7hJJpsU6_xuZ5gslcrTvOhomvJ90PYk5S4j68xKe0Bsc-fHP5fTUZZYnUes68Dmlq-YIEJM49Dui-0_oMvGiANhbONZCGaB-P4vx-dZ_pj5JzMxQ81k-hMhCF9we-WhzVXGhJbg1R7sme5WZdHG6CwC1qWvk0lBxldHR158ambL7SahAYdMrb/w480-h640/20230512_115622.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">'Tender Sweet' carrots are up and very weedy. They get lawnmower clipping trash sprayed on them by a careless lawn mower, and I have a heck of a time pulling out little grass seedlings. After my first year of carrots that did beautifully, I haven't had much luck. Thinning carrots is a difficult job, so this year I tried very hard to sow the seed sparsely. It looks like I managed it ok. Maybe too sparsely. Hopefully the carrots will grow nicely and be both tender and sweet. I recently planted another patch of 'SugarSnax' carrots, but they have yet to germinate.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZV-RaOV3n2oYZbZ5NrCyft6Y3rd7Kf0XqmH-AX_OEIHTrFSw7VsTreHX6ke0t51Ek1hG5gzvLPSOlJVrUFMM2SohvzqNr_UhbgEc84rJAT--qdBn9vk5SZmRr307LQ75DxRGx7nm9zHj9gccx7QlXK2xAFKsk2dYjVG42j874u6A6FifDIG4s5Wi/s2211/20230512_085358.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2211" data-original-width="2089" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZV-RaOV3n2oYZbZ5NrCyft6Y3rd7Kf0XqmH-AX_OEIHTrFSw7VsTreHX6ke0t51Ek1hG5gzvLPSOlJVrUFMM2SohvzqNr_UhbgEc84rJAT--qdBn9vk5SZmRr307LQ75DxRGx7nm9zHj9gccx7QlXK2xAFKsk2dYjVG42j874u6A6FifDIG4s5Wi/w604-h640/20230512_085358.jpg" width="604" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Newly emerged potato plants were hit by a freeze, but they've come out of it just fine. I planted 'Yukon Gold' and 'All Blue' this year. This is 'All Blue':</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84ZyveBncL38u8ZDf9sZ-eVSywqn12pcjnlwMCRMJRiOlLAIjOiFKG53d9r3cHMjDilTl4HGq_AdSzbPmt-E39-uJBqmN8IiZsOH5uaCzAxtegi6Z8iDBgbq6yWOUiRaM0sfYRsEaYk9i0NnAvv3tP8CGZ-DKXI4fdz6ulAdkXQXPJb9MpmPQPmLV/s3982/20230512_085346.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="3982" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84ZyveBncL38u8ZDf9sZ-eVSywqn12pcjnlwMCRMJRiOlLAIjOiFKG53d9r3cHMjDilTl4HGq_AdSzbPmt-E39-uJBqmN8IiZsOH5uaCzAxtegi6Z8iDBgbq6yWOUiRaM0sfYRsEaYk9i0NnAvv3tP8CGZ-DKXI4fdz6ulAdkXQXPJb9MpmPQPmLV/w640-h286/20230512_085346.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm looking forward to finding out how the blue ones compare in texture and taste.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have several varieties of lettuce, most of which got off to a poor start due to the unexpected cold weather early on. The 'Green Ice' and 'New Red Fire' varieties were sown at the same time, and they've certainly responded differently.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdH-a0Aj_VQVvFaGf4Q1qtKApL0RdE76tra73FzE9xIILwq5LTpVgrTe5KyEiIbpfvBXeNnA2EiHNctPrexws-ixBwqYOHPq5SU6-PlF0qMRe9Bqgq8G65cllSq6li35Lq_VYB4LvVZQML775YLVm11-mpmY0PLU8GPXgLwm69T2jKeG8eSYVvmbh/s1000/20230512_081350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdH-a0Aj_VQVvFaGf4Q1qtKApL0RdE76tra73FzE9xIILwq5LTpVgrTe5KyEiIbpfvBXeNnA2EiHNctPrexws-ixBwqYOHPq5SU6-PlF0qMRe9Bqgq8G65cllSq6li35Lq_VYB4LvVZQML775YLVm11-mpmY0PLU8GPXgLwm69T2jKeG8eSYVvmbh/w640-h480/20230512_081350.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFfTLcgSYZALKaMkRS1HsSvdBaKqyfI5AkhCR3wSsCI3rsCf5hZu94c2b3Q7nsDSIgHWJmNbcGhSX5Hi9jWIA6BT-uEVdPYOgJsOqFMhqgd90fe8Blh0hVwd7Ciz93cgSB-jXNPuK12qDExSkX4E7GZ_9CjqV-LwcU15Fy_lOJAUqluKOIV0SyTLv/s1000/20230510_070349.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFfTLcgSYZALKaMkRS1HsSvdBaKqyfI5AkhCR3wSsCI3rsCf5hZu94c2b3Q7nsDSIgHWJmNbcGhSX5Hi9jWIA6BT-uEVdPYOgJsOqFMhqgd90fe8Blh0hVwd7Ciz93cgSB-jXNPuK12qDExSkX4E7GZ_9CjqV-LwcU15Fy_lOJAUqluKOIV0SyTLv/w480-h640/20230510_070349.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'New Red Fire'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">'Early purple Vienna' kohlrabi plants are getting established, but they're not nearly as big as the ones I still have in pots to give away.</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQkLeCWIp0uPDDE8Dz56T9T0mTOfMyfMuhgLd8BoGLhMYvCsmTXzwmBVGI4WcetGpzxEK7YqEhGD4CnO7hHNrrpJtxPez74aQHJsHIeaw76BAJYmip0FY4BOJ3QYZnZNKetIFzU_E08EZus9dwpcaAxvfgbo0LeF-lvF6SOXVIewISKaFPecLpRMt/s1000/20230512_081337.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQkLeCWIp0uPDDE8Dz56T9T0mTOfMyfMuhgLd8BoGLhMYvCsmTXzwmBVGI4WcetGpzxEK7YqEhGD4CnO7hHNrrpJtxPez74aQHJsHIeaw76BAJYmip0FY4BOJ3QYZnZNKetIFzU_E08EZus9dwpcaAxvfgbo0LeF-lvF6SOXVIewISKaFPecLpRMt/w480-h640/20230512_081337.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My favorite cantaloupe - 'Savor' - seeds germinated and grew poorly. I transplanted three anyway, but I'm not expecting much. It was last year's seed, so maybe it doesn't store well, even in the freezer. Or maybe I should have direct seeded like I usually do. I'll order more for next year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the meantime, I ordered some small Persian melons to try. The catalog promised very sweet fruit, so I'm hoping they'll be at least nearly as good as 'Savor'. I set them out a little earlier than I might otherwise do, but I need to get things established well before I leave later this month for two weeks out of state. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAFi7mWZ-bVaOskrwcM4lQdpFZeuJi2pRK5r6GE6X94LHmzM7mJLdzJc7tJJNGyNFKu1P4Z87HZ_g5S907bb7p0uWhmXDcQ2Qx_QW3r20rClUNq4stD2-IzhrhDVZoCJ6lI9udd3fQHEC4B3QHF4UNuxW9h8oe5FwHhiPd8cZ-E5doapwyBU0sRvL2/s1000/20230510_070839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAFi7mWZ-bVaOskrwcM4lQdpFZeuJi2pRK5r6GE6X94LHmzM7mJLdzJc7tJJNGyNFKu1P4Z87HZ_g5S907bb7p0uWhmXDcQ2Qx_QW3r20rClUNq4stD2-IzhrhDVZoCJ6lI9udd3fQHEC4B3QHF4UNuxW9h8oe5FwHhiPd8cZ-E5doapwyBU0sRvL2/w480-h640/20230510_070839.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Small Persian melon</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tomatoes are caged, peppers are planted, oregano is starting to get out of control, and chives are blooming.</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBrqZjWHFBI4KkUFpOx1puk-bX1OjVleFCeY3OLhVNDp7w88vt2odiNID8CY4cA_hvymxHEKp7B4Q13D1qLl-oTG6g2O0pSitksc3e9N-0GIiplTD_UrfdKBe5TR5Se4J6uajMLraAwGmrW22eiiPCQxjtzxIJxiU9N_TxIp78MdWZYfsvH627m7-/s1000/20230512_081711.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBrqZjWHFBI4KkUFpOx1puk-bX1OjVleFCeY3OLhVNDp7w88vt2odiNID8CY4cA_hvymxHEKp7B4Q13D1qLl-oTG6g2O0pSitksc3e9N-0GIiplTD_UrfdKBe5TR5Se4J6uajMLraAwGmrW22eiiPCQxjtzxIJxiU9N_TxIp78MdWZYfsvH627m7-/w480-h640/20230512_081711.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have never met so many mole tunnels in my life. The whole garden seems undermined. I've been trying to drill holes with the water hose and flood them, and put mole bait in the tunnels they reuse. I planted a row of basil along my tomatoes, about 20 plants, and I hit a tunnel setting in all but 2! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My poor zinnia patch looks like it was bombed from my attempts to rid it of moles.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3fge62nQxgaT-oLK7xdzP1QzMOsDmvGw8AXFOW2Lf2EgQTIphm2t6WZJaHT4wmpDosru6P5KOvay1iGwnvanexure27OZAm2sv6v5PTh0kMVA0qkpfAzpwn73d5GU4zXArSzXRWBoqAhaXQVQta6HXKZY9ah15YXjkjpWGcd5ud4kHPRE4j-yIcL/s1000/20230512_081612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3fge62nQxgaT-oLK7xdzP1QzMOsDmvGw8AXFOW2Lf2EgQTIphm2t6WZJaHT4wmpDosru6P5KOvay1iGwnvanexure27OZAm2sv6v5PTh0kMVA0qkpfAzpwn73d5GU4zXArSzXRWBoqAhaXQVQta6HXKZY9ah15YXjkjpWGcd5ud4kHPRE4j-yIcL/w640-h480/20230512_081612.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I planted some 'Giant Rattle' annual poppies for the first time this year, and the foliage is looking like the giant part isn't a lie.</div></div><br style="text-align: left;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSOIe8NAF8LbquHl9GLDjWkGBI4M56lcWRHCNohOLez9uFW2n02CFYwTDWUWwx1Ilc8omDEE15_a8QFOle-1q3N8XrSD74-yjewMJU31mBCzKDtRXkfNQ4UKpZknuen5XOjKZoAGSin0OGbjr0gQcXl28xPEndJXOK-2M6LV7yEFpDICjLp8-8huZ/s1000/20230512_134802.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSOIe8NAF8LbquHl9GLDjWkGBI4M56lcWRHCNohOLez9uFW2n02CFYwTDWUWwx1Ilc8omDEE15_a8QFOle-1q3N8XrSD74-yjewMJU31mBCzKDtRXkfNQ4UKpZknuen5XOjKZoAGSin0OGbjr0gQcXl28xPEndJXOK-2M6LV7yEFpDICjLp8-8huZ/w480-h640/20230512_134802.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I still don't know what variety this iris is, but I love it. The blooms are huge, and so lovely. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Depxx20PXZfgb6WvHWe6minjfW-8tD6dFr9qs7b_hD-7hWTyhmXR8Kcwhu62w-OpGr_gDn4E31RdNLG_HkM2s9oKsBhKDqGCcGP8llT8ziWQE7ZJefmnGhJsuMGL81wvbCTQh1fT6cnW4chQprQwscjL5MSgfVyEfxKpqM74zcVOAlhUGEo3uFoa/s1000/20230512_133328.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Depxx20PXZfgb6WvHWe6minjfW-8tD6dFr9qs7b_hD-7hWTyhmXR8Kcwhu62w-OpGr_gDn4E31RdNLG_HkM2s9oKsBhKDqGCcGP8llT8ziWQE7ZJefmnGhJsuMGL81wvbCTQh1fT6cnW4chQprQwscjL5MSgfVyEfxKpqM74zcVOAlhUGEo3uFoa/w480-h640/20230512_133328.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrV0qh3wjrzkGn2uBWt4GKpjgE_klcdiJEFu5G9PZ_4YTC3pxe0tiNS1nxZ6BtAruiigQquhfWb104wkXqFCHQDO9YbO9KUYAxL-lm_dDnrdkYcFv3AWy3UUUu-B7fZIlOneVyy1hZV-B3RL_5qBFZjdMmJkwRUvgvrgOFLSKCP61i5i1VYlPY-Tw/s1000/20230509_064148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrV0qh3wjrzkGn2uBWt4GKpjgE_klcdiJEFu5G9PZ_4YTC3pxe0tiNS1nxZ6BtAruiigQquhfWb104wkXqFCHQDO9YbO9KUYAxL-lm_dDnrdkYcFv3AWy3UUUu-B7fZIlOneVyy1hZV-B3RL_5qBFZjdMmJkwRUvgvrgOFLSKCP61i5i1VYlPY-Tw/w480-h640/20230509_064148.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And now I have another iris whose name I don't know. I know the plants I ordered for this bed did not include a rich purple one, so I can only assume the seller got one mixed in of another name, but I'm not complaining.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoL0Mngk4lddNlW78HC_o8PX5xqDv_seDkDgAQSbWkb4xz5jVjFcdOPFkxNi8czaMFhqwwBF5V2Mx8JzrSVJ2UGXjy_gvEpOk7eC0PECN1GdKSBNgxYsqhrffysxt2XalC5ZnKKK-c7U710wiaoQq4-Nsh__Co5nCdnnUr6YGDxyw_8JVUfTlC1Mm/s1000/20230512_115321.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoL0Mngk4lddNlW78HC_o8PX5xqDv_seDkDgAQSbWkb4xz5jVjFcdOPFkxNi8czaMFhqwwBF5V2Mx8JzrSVJ2UGXjy_gvEpOk7eC0PECN1GdKSBNgxYsqhrffysxt2XalC5ZnKKK-c7U710wiaoQq4-Nsh__Co5nCdnnUr6YGDxyw_8JVUfTlC1Mm/w480-h640/20230512_115321.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I would like to know its name, though. I suppose I can just give it one. Or find a dark purple iris that looks like it and call it that. It looks like one from the company I ordered from called 'Titan's Glory', so that's probably what I'll call it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMsVBQtSsrKlvg4whHx_YjFtENzZwUjCR9LZSsEvOnMOn-oV2UL2O8zXdxIlAt9dMIiKCUVJcLA30yrxOdj5jtJxHL48GpoBB7iYrarFt_gUYI3-ibBwwkKghgkdQJAbToLJK7JHZg0GfQLRal6VSgf9AcQSeUI8biusJE2BWJkr7Oit4eGvJwgJY/s825/20230512_081840.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="825" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMsVBQtSsrKlvg4whHx_YjFtENzZwUjCR9LZSsEvOnMOn-oV2UL2O8zXdxIlAt9dMIiKCUVJcLA30yrxOdj5jtJxHL48GpoBB7iYrarFt_gUYI3-ibBwwkKghgkdQJAbToLJK7JHZg0GfQLRal6VSgf9AcQSeUI8biusJE2BWJkr7Oit4eGvJwgJY/w640-h412/20230512_081840.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Victoria Falls' (pale purple), 'English Charm' (two tone orange), 'Penny Lane' (brilliant orange), pink Gladiolus bizantinus, and oriental lilies yet to bloom</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLALVk1nfw0_IlyWz5d4K8-oiofY9aLfRe1gFC4IvBA2YyVRpP3UOW4O-Jcx_dWn8A8HnVOv7pvPGrgDktPjiyo6NJIrae60jh32r5SScImjWn4FNOTc9EcafTUKeWmO_C3NTafKd2B7CPHjWABF7z7nvoHaoPxSHzWcOaRRjnynhL9NXD7cuf-JN8/s1000/20230512_080150.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLALVk1nfw0_IlyWz5d4K8-oiofY9aLfRe1gFC4IvBA2YyVRpP3UOW4O-Jcx_dWn8A8HnVOv7pvPGrgDktPjiyo6NJIrae60jh32r5SScImjWn4FNOTc9EcafTUKeWmO_C3NTafKd2B7CPHjWABF7z7nvoHaoPxSHzWcOaRRjnynhL9NXD7cuf-JN8/w480-h640/20230512_080150.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year there's only one stem of 'Penny Lane'. I hope that doesn't mean it's giving up.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Fiazpe9E99jDIB_D6KGstB52hlW-jlO2W3-yo3ihHxqQhYPhLqIxeXZFo-UAK3T2q3fFrS7oYpiDvBdf6BbH8NOUWyoWEpfkQOI2NcdfnmJxZr8fns0ayq36E9eIdHv1xs5q1_tyyLpSYLNLppDUe2PZylm6l6pkD5_1k3Bjzdr-CzmU2f7PtYGU/s1000/20230510_204026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Fiazpe9E99jDIB_D6KGstB52hlW-jlO2W3-yo3ihHxqQhYPhLqIxeXZFo-UAK3T2q3fFrS7oYpiDvBdf6BbH8NOUWyoWEpfkQOI2NcdfnmJxZr8fns0ayq36E9eIdHv1xs5q1_tyyLpSYLNLppDUe2PZylm6l6pkD5_1k3Bjzdr-CzmU2f7PtYGU/w480-h640/20230510_204026.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'English Charm'</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvKH4JdAMBnj9s3jElBfseO6GJU3WqIphFSn8PND6lnyhPJGWpXzqpSkesc--misUYB32r57TfUvwFr7Ws-A_ZZJnOofUcqaB9SutAOP5-so6lT1tC1fbYUAyJCD84vCdVCCC0zhDx6yiRuZktQWXLoJOei72Xatpl81F768pJBaJBoi6kviTGW_a/s1000/20230512_080859.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvKH4JdAMBnj9s3jElBfseO6GJU3WqIphFSn8PND6lnyhPJGWpXzqpSkesc--misUYB32r57TfUvwFr7Ws-A_ZZJnOofUcqaB9SutAOP5-so6lT1tC1fbYUAyJCD84vCdVCCC0zhDx6yiRuZktQWXLoJOei72Xatpl81F768pJBaJBoi6kviTGW_a/w640-h480/20230512_080859.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Jade Eyes' white allium, 'Tangerine Gem' Spanish poppy, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and orange-scarlet oriental poppies</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYiw54oNOm2lYYtPrYkA2xfFHAyDBpp7XN0k91an0O_36CUdB5d_lZF5F5o8KsJZwXvJwbLWu1lKRLtPOeYbjEd1fzfpQ5BclEhQRvSNeVOBdu85UH2kyk73JMeckzkc-u5nPlFCFPJttksBVNR8ri_EIW2nzDChKCHYulYFEMX4jrw0rZhFYxlZGz/s3126/20230512_080842.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3126" data-original-width="2984" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYiw54oNOm2lYYtPrYkA2xfFHAyDBpp7XN0k91an0O_36CUdB5d_lZF5F5o8KsJZwXvJwbLWu1lKRLtPOeYbjEd1fzfpQ5BclEhQRvSNeVOBdu85UH2kyk73JMeckzkc-u5nPlFCFPJttksBVNR8ri_EIW2nzDChKCHYulYFEMX4jrw0rZhFYxlZGz/w610-h640/20230512_080842.jpg" width="610" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">honeybees buzzing an oriental poppy</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1xNP6jZxn19oeesbM1XmU3sEPGiaO5E9S5tHAomg5XcQ2WfTLT9vez796kiJpqiPb7tU2DzEZKslLpJaOrT2GBYL9V5JAtldjJ2CA4HXpGW0sBRe8Uy3xfdqJ3b5S0QpNkGFQ9x2E8UVgtzjllbr6EplomcNhTWxrWRaute3CRTyBItJzdzYluPW/s1000/20230512_080744.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1xNP6jZxn19oeesbM1XmU3sEPGiaO5E9S5tHAomg5XcQ2WfTLT9vez796kiJpqiPb7tU2DzEZKslLpJaOrT2GBYL9V5JAtldjJ2CA4HXpGW0sBRe8Uy3xfdqJ3b5S0QpNkGFQ9x2E8UVgtzjllbr6EplomcNhTWxrWRaute3CRTyBItJzdzYluPW/w480-h640/20230512_080744.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Tangerine Gem' Spanish poppies</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytqr9oND5TuqOGI98dLk5zAV9P5D7Eo80ITuO-FZsLSJvMTPDJqSALIRtBDeLbbyTYPKNiUTbvyHNNy2jtnMNgzy21ocLvrsyuEmGrv9Dj0EuomAl4_u_J3_hga7nhpdXM8843Zb01VBGLp-X1U0lB_M4uF7jHzKwgYxurMYu_cc-E0B4bLFr8t0i/s1000/20230508_094307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytqr9oND5TuqOGI98dLk5zAV9P5D7Eo80ITuO-FZsLSJvMTPDJqSALIRtBDeLbbyTYPKNiUTbvyHNNy2jtnMNgzy21ocLvrsyuEmGrv9Dj0EuomAl4_u_J3_hga7nhpdXM8843Zb01VBGLp-X1U0lB_M4uF7jHzKwgYxurMYu_cc-E0B4bLFr8t0i/w640-h480/20230508_094307.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">covering the ground in the rose garden</span></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-64719064968789449562023-05-07T10:18:00.009-05:002023-05-07T10:18:58.158-05:00Oh how I wish it would rain<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The weather forecast keeps teasing rain, and it never happens. Plants I've grown from seed are ready to go in the ground, so they have. And I've been forced to do a lot of watering.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went from a very cool April (with some unfortunate freezing) to a very hot May - temperatures in the upper 80s. Such is gardening in Missouri. Maybe everywhere nowadays.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZaKrVJuRkpZCE-drFIAzSLh7DmWO4pYjDcXRQ8-kY7QH_nsWfNohthZLj9gyy5doeUVObtTV3DvCBeY09O4aQaptd7lfcTwf84Th_K1C2h2LGMcP8tccW-UPAt6Wxh_-EX2JDt-BMu-RFgtjppm16kCGx1HW3AlclSgxDXna15OQeXPwJn13F1zp/s1000/20230423_091943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZaKrVJuRkpZCE-drFIAzSLh7DmWO4pYjDcXRQ8-kY7QH_nsWfNohthZLj9gyy5doeUVObtTV3DvCBeY09O4aQaptd7lfcTwf84Th_K1C2h2LGMcP8tccW-UPAt6Wxh_-EX2JDt-BMu-RFgtjppm16kCGx1HW3AlclSgxDXna15OQeXPwJn13F1zp/w640-h480/20230423_091943.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lettuces I sowed earlier are coming up sporadically and sparsely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Peas ('Kelvedon Wonder' and 'Lillian's Caseload') are up and coming along nicely, and the 'Calima' bush green beans I planted next to them are just now coming out of the ground. The straw paths I made this year were apparently much more loosely baled than the bales I used last year, and these are just falling apart and blowing everywhere. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJluglT4NDrdMhPEj9CU9-yVWZd1BAG5LL0_QbRnilCf_2P5cicRC4oHg1WkgfkZ12-rLF5EWRza09yE93KwplDAEyBnGHOWwRMLyy98d956ZQet3iYBF1J8n_IiFeX9jY5r-yEZSSsJYifidEeNyfvijhmpBGdTb-0yeVJjpJMLJx4jsZKM15FhoB/s1000/20230425_155641.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJluglT4NDrdMhPEj9CU9-yVWZd1BAG5LL0_QbRnilCf_2P5cicRC4oHg1WkgfkZ12-rLF5EWRza09yE93KwplDAEyBnGHOWwRMLyy98d956ZQet3iYBF1J8n_IiFeX9jY5r-yEZSSsJYifidEeNyfvijhmpBGdTb-0yeVJjpJMLJx4jsZKM15FhoB/w480-h640/20230425_155641.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6aGuqwl5pQkdrYXl5y5pAnBWTw156pCkU6agf3PDQyremDfuuR02a8X7XpMkKG7UmMNmZFCbeQlC04Vv8YiDaPaqQywkZhUlQgeDm94idDzER_8MKuxvjJbxqJ1GS4ss-mNAXiK1-Y60ZvCEaBXyD63wC9rQMexk9DUGlnJk97AWQCYiSkR4tGBHh/s1000/20230505_134217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6aGuqwl5pQkdrYXl5y5pAnBWTw156pCkU6agf3PDQyremDfuuR02a8X7XpMkKG7UmMNmZFCbeQlC04Vv8YiDaPaqQywkZhUlQgeDm94idDzER_8MKuxvjJbxqJ1GS4ss-mNAXiK1-Y60ZvCEaBXyD63wC9rQMexk9DUGlnJk97AWQCYiSkR4tGBHh/w640-h480/20230505_134217.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Transplanted wasabi radishes are looking okay. But I don't know how they're supposed to look. I planted them once before and didn't get anything useful from them. If they don't produce anything of use this year, I won't be trying again.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBM_OsH8jGpd922G0XNhdiPLzdRpAT_mCzm3k_xhq8Tp7FneIGi_c22HcnzZjQode6fdilvpQC4oYEIApAoRzrtwet48RoVt2_1WTOkuEZeHUh2tqUVOILlalIGejTgWJF3rQXJYa90Q4ez-OSo2RTjA_GOpyKIWjfQ8tC7WVsazkpzlwpmtd0gtzl/s1000/20230427_105706.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBM_OsH8jGpd922G0XNhdiPLzdRpAT_mCzm3k_xhq8Tp7FneIGi_c22HcnzZjQode6fdilvpQC4oYEIApAoRzrtwet48RoVt2_1WTOkuEZeHUh2tqUVOILlalIGejTgWJF3rQXJYa90Q4ez-OSo2RTjA_GOpyKIWjfQ8tC7WVsazkpzlwpmtd0gtzl/w480-h640/20230427_105706.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>'Seaside' spinach - my first go at this - looks good. It looks good to the rabbits, too. It has a mild taste and a sturdy leaf.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsnY_woe3ZzgBsR_IrsCHqegY-_zmIvhwsynayxsOLQgL0AH5w8wRWoTyxcspu0tHSbqMdbzNijlG51B3wfQAlHYgicbavRDXIpwP1lgn0T8c3588iXxmCha3lduQvoDy6bFsWxsXw3ynpXtmBtkIKC8CR0HvE2VdCdJx5ZbtMOFxxZanF3cXwP2X/s1000/20230501_173926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsnY_woe3ZzgBsR_IrsCHqegY-_zmIvhwsynayxsOLQgL0AH5w8wRWoTyxcspu0tHSbqMdbzNijlG51B3wfQAlHYgicbavRDXIpwP1lgn0T8c3588iXxmCha3lduQvoDy6bFsWxsXw3ynpXtmBtkIKC8CR0HvE2VdCdJx5ZbtMOFxxZanF3cXwP2X/w480-h640/20230501_173926.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That snap freeze we had got my potatoes, but they've come out of it and don't seem to be any worse for the wear. This year I'm growing 'Yukon Gold', which I've grown before and know to be delicious, and 'All Blue', a purple variety. The picture below is 'All Blue'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyR84yWL_BjqlSj3wFP8PS1XUopbbswkQuDttsgd-Ev8oZQR-H3RjQQ4kqGEhQSB9pb2BnkdxVrjcn9Kkmb1k7eOzmUanlQgPBh6EHLwTfS098Y-RpjVIY5kaZxGONASnK2zqwUP54BScEzV_YcYlsCz2CA1VPt7ZrGsiF6tR5-Zzl4B5EMPWB6t_/s1203/Attach0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="1203" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyR84yWL_BjqlSj3wFP8PS1XUopbbswkQuDttsgd-Ev8oZQR-H3RjQQ4kqGEhQSB9pb2BnkdxVrjcn9Kkmb1k7eOzmUanlQgPBh6EHLwTfS098Y-RpjVIY5kaZxGONASnK2zqwUP54BScEzV_YcYlsCz2CA1VPt7ZrGsiF6tR5-Zzl4B5EMPWB6t_/w640-h182/Attach0.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hoping to get my small bed at the edge of the wildflower garden fleshed out, I purchased some small plants from the <a href="https://grownative.org/grow_native_members/missouri-wildflowers-nursery-llc/" target="_blank">Missouri Wildflowers Nursery</a> in Jefferson City.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4SW67ijmTCKPM0AaJ6Io0mSCBeP1J1Y5NZDUYUTPj0QAgcxIdMhXHfC0OF0oBSLSrhMoHuVhrcYhLNfwR75Pb8NK8SF5Lt8mDiX0BRZGj1jKW-jfUt0PUtaLviDTY1p3ETjhr1qVtT-HIBBGtxFEE8dvrCyGXMUAzx4EszsBTfC3AsA30c1I0SXJ2/s1000/20230504_155940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4SW67ijmTCKPM0AaJ6Io0mSCBeP1J1Y5NZDUYUTPj0QAgcxIdMhXHfC0OF0oBSLSrhMoHuVhrcYhLNfwR75Pb8NK8SF5Lt8mDiX0BRZGj1jKW-jfUt0PUtaLviDTY1p3ETjhr1qVtT-HIBBGtxFEE8dvrCyGXMUAzx4EszsBTfC3AsA30c1I0SXJ2/w640-h480/20230504_155940.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The bed looks over the rest of the garden between the wildflower garden and a cut flower plot and the roses. I envision it as a lovely place to sit and gaze some day. Except it's awfully hot in the summer when everything is in full bloom, so I probably won't be doing any long term sitting.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQt0ukMUXoSjQn14f_8XucWMa1Ak43_ylqWlw87b0HmzdUBra7bCTXlalAAX1dL6V1F4mzY_BGx2jQvR7uM2m70ff-JUA157g2_RgKwlaNKVlyn9hCtWMDQpcuY3BtBesU_cwwvCptAZ601IRk7ZTtP_CaQb47OFLuKDw9yobE0aKydF3EVwrn2J8/s1000/20230502_090726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQt0ukMUXoSjQn14f_8XucWMa1Ak43_ylqWlw87b0HmzdUBra7bCTXlalAAX1dL6V1F4mzY_BGx2jQvR7uM2m70ff-JUA157g2_RgKwlaNKVlyn9hCtWMDQpcuY3BtBesU_cwwvCptAZ601IRk7ZTtP_CaQb47OFLuKDw9yobE0aKydF3EVwrn2J8/w480-h640/20230502_090726.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Honeybees were out early this year, and they seem to appreciate the shallow water dish where they can sit at the edge and drink.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-CCIJT7Lf1hLorxWuIRu3eV2zSernuJdon3OA3JswpPAmW9mTm6hKdzJDiNS1__lvjGaopp7nNFOxqaiz7jTHbmuOOSYdQUGDO_LIIxF2THx2CGvapWPsLG_IAWB91fs-LGd9AOu9yB1SIuM-T2V4z_qO9hnHtY4_KTMu0lIVQ2OalXRS7NDF3ff/s771/20230427_105609.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="728" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-CCIJT7Lf1hLorxWuIRu3eV2zSernuJdon3OA3JswpPAmW9mTm6hKdzJDiNS1__lvjGaopp7nNFOxqaiz7jTHbmuOOSYdQUGDO_LIIxF2THx2CGvapWPsLG_IAWB91fs-LGd9AOu9yB1SIuM-T2V4z_qO9hnHtY4_KTMu0lIVQ2OalXRS7NDF3ff/w604-h640/20230427_105609.jpg" width="604" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And it's apparently baby bunny season.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoj-ekP5hxDa5G7PO4YMZ_NStH9vclxNQJTFsBSpKwHFIUhFg-IGw0yP0-1k7o7ndrD-ufARgQDSYTQ_B_Jwx-YCaOdBt4caR_pKLoweku3Gr_MjF6Njn4lRrzIBLxQTU8hN8kSviuV0NnZghp8Iaupv95wb-5x3WeSfVhC13XSlO78NKlnYXapOVv/s1000/20230506_183454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoj-ekP5hxDa5G7PO4YMZ_NStH9vclxNQJTFsBSpKwHFIUhFg-IGw0yP0-1k7o7ndrD-ufARgQDSYTQ_B_Jwx-YCaOdBt4caR_pKLoweku3Gr_MjF6Njn4lRrzIBLxQTU8hN8kSviuV0NnZghp8Iaupv95wb-5x3WeSfVhC13XSlO78NKlnYXapOVv/w480-h640/20230506_183454.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">'English Charm' iris is supposed to be double-blooming, but this is the third year it's bloomed, and it's only been once in the spring; nothing in the fall. At least it's charming that once.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdIFmRJGOxieaPzXaY67CJief2RdsjXTOLI1-G0-pNWNZZDZ6JDmV8PbjqfunLVdZ6I324gfdD1dudR3jwU20xfMUvJ3uSJUWCSVKF0q2MyoIk83Z7S4Vg8NZ_vs8JBQQA8uZQhh7n2oBKMYcsVQcSl5_v_TaCG7zoLYBJRCBCiBBEUXiABeiySg2/s1000/20230428_152901.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdIFmRJGOxieaPzXaY67CJief2RdsjXTOLI1-G0-pNWNZZDZ6JDmV8PbjqfunLVdZ6I324gfdD1dudR3jwU20xfMUvJ3uSJUWCSVKF0q2MyoIk83Z7S4Vg8NZ_vs8JBQQA8uZQhh7n2oBKMYcsVQcSl5_v_TaCG7zoLYBJRCBCiBBEUXiABeiySg2/w480-h640/20230428_152901.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'English Charm'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">The same is true for 'Victoria Falls'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9b4P_LVjfxhfLZul8Mwita4c03hxL2ux6D82DT-RbE7eqqp0laoDk9Pn5gXy8mbL62utQUVjGsqTgZfBZYGJV8-O2m4kYEWJebCMiZc3Txz2VvSSMC_HEBsO-vbYMyA4IMUm8ywBzCWtcaJnWg-FrZVu9p6bn2ebW1ndTnNYfM5autuaGzcj0vq7/s1000/20230505_075015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9b4P_LVjfxhfLZul8Mwita4c03hxL2ux6D82DT-RbE7eqqp0laoDk9Pn5gXy8mbL62utQUVjGsqTgZfBZYGJV8-O2m4kYEWJebCMiZc3Txz2VvSSMC_HEBsO-vbYMyA4IMUm8ywBzCWtcaJnWg-FrZVu9p6bn2ebW1ndTnNYfM5autuaGzcj0vq7/w480-h640/20230505_075015.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The oriental poppies have tons of buds this year. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdREwoJCbCE5Ft5vuz11mVIZshcD8qRDbVyypgbhKWbSByCYMiECiXrs8N6NRdnjqP9-x0Pj5ZMM5bA_1nZg_A4KeyDQU7G9roxdAX5ka_EUxmHAk_6nLA5yKvsG_F4h9yauPOi8SLuSe3w26gV4sNijofMVmSSnXgvgeNJ78EFy0L33xeNpJ228C/s1000/20230504_174708.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdREwoJCbCE5Ft5vuz11mVIZshcD8qRDbVyypgbhKWbSByCYMiECiXrs8N6NRdnjqP9-x0Pj5ZMM5bA_1nZg_A4KeyDQU7G9roxdAX5ka_EUxmHAk_6nLA5yKvsG_F4h9yauPOi8SLuSe3w26gV4sNijofMVmSSnXgvgeNJ78EFy0L33xeNpJ228C/w480-h640/20230504_174708.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgir1vDgScwk6u6LlDilCAFukOJq1rcp_ZVHZApW7Lzus9CPjF_PZzGrAQkSXU-E7oi_xGOpwrc4VRLHVS6lBE5w3w0zD4TRsWJET8crZRqi2kBxedZBeHmbCe9rSSaImcY9M6S5rh7wYOvlmBa5xoJyJ74Zhp2h8QIymCNtb0VcBCCeA4qHdBuktCF/s675/20230507_073150a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="510" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgir1vDgScwk6u6LlDilCAFukOJq1rcp_ZVHZApW7Lzus9CPjF_PZzGrAQkSXU-E7oi_xGOpwrc4VRLHVS6lBE5w3w0zD4TRsWJET8crZRqi2kBxedZBeHmbCe9rSSaImcY9M6S5rh7wYOvlmBa5xoJyJ74Zhp2h8QIymCNtb0VcBCCeA4qHdBuktCF/w484-h640/20230507_073150a.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I revamped the pet cemetery, and hope I can keep it going until the rains come - if they come at all this year. Chances are not looking good. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh598IAKAx_9_9S5LDbDTWtaNUi8hWRGlvfLm_JQOu_kdirPLXD94G2izlJ_TExj4XI7OqqqzhCjeGemRhjfQFtBb5NpBHrlk1nuYiK-iRjMOJWNcEYGfspwzC1kAZBOZg-FzfOMfRQksyk2HrOl8ARaM-wvhN5a0lnbQLQjVhiN5GEnfSivzyBK0QT/s1000/20230504_190150.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh598IAKAx_9_9S5LDbDTWtaNUi8hWRGlvfLm_JQOu_kdirPLXD94G2izlJ_TExj4XI7OqqqzhCjeGemRhjfQFtBb5NpBHrlk1nuYiK-iRjMOJWNcEYGfspwzC1kAZBOZg-FzfOMfRQksyk2HrOl8ARaM-wvhN5a0lnbQLQjVhiN5GEnfSivzyBK0QT/w640-h480/20230504_190150.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Speaking of not looking good...yikes! My 'Phenomenal' lavender died way back this year. I don't know if it simply ran its normal life course or if the dry winter did it in. I'm trying to nurse what's left long enough to get some of the living branches to root on their own.</div><div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5W5ON7B40tZKyx6gT9ijPNa0Y1kLkAnjTNErA8D4mE858ZCVznvRLd31NWnMzdgYgyMI2opH3Tw3zUg06UeqVpY38aBc9RWi499CD9P1iuu5_tZA9NqSNKMDFGFXceHb1Tslokf2z1OBohd8OC8CzovUKSJxxrNtedrdW1K7YfPj743gQoDpUzjCT/s1000/20230427_112501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5W5ON7B40tZKyx6gT9ijPNa0Y1kLkAnjTNErA8D4mE858ZCVznvRLd31NWnMzdgYgyMI2opH3Tw3zUg06UeqVpY38aBc9RWi499CD9P1iuu5_tZA9NqSNKMDFGFXceHb1Tslokf2z1OBohd8OC8CzovUKSJxxrNtedrdW1K7YfPj743gQoDpUzjCT/w480-h640/20230427_112501.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have no idea what name this iris has, but it looks a lot like 'Mother Earth'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArCJtqObOZhWsSH3uhotKdfPAPUheT3l8rTzhdymbo-yjIsSNEaZ_-nRbJuwTv2HWiG2b0C3-mulDPGo4R9ZZkodoPmm5oesK3OTpKqrKIZlYWV0KCwa-FDw_JNRU1fT_fNXtfmqcTMhs7vj8gc217djU1om00PXQkWagBYx3Pa_SztkPo6FoxFdF/s1000/20230507_073717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArCJtqObOZhWsSH3uhotKdfPAPUheT3l8rTzhdymbo-yjIsSNEaZ_-nRbJuwTv2HWiG2b0C3-mulDPGo4R9ZZkodoPmm5oesK3OTpKqrKIZlYWV0KCwa-FDw_JNRU1fT_fNXtfmqcTMhs7vj8gc217djU1om00PXQkWagBYx3Pa_SztkPo6FoxFdF/w480-h640/20230507_073717.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabIWkx_e7XZfnj6bZNEW1DuAkbyHY9ZWXm5w4sncnMVxhT5PdyIqGdQQ9S73K3Lxoq8U8fEexkDWrJr7LRx-Lfs0_UZfaW4-U188755XnzO7F2prw4oZdmKmyBfrxQlAbARc0a5e8GtQkWGQXDo6G2I2lNT3tKcYrjHi3hZDKuZ8aMspKHN2kxVW1/s1000/20230507_081242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabIWkx_e7XZfnj6bZNEW1DuAkbyHY9ZWXm5w4sncnMVxhT5PdyIqGdQQ9S73K3Lxoq8U8fEexkDWrJr7LRx-Lfs0_UZfaW4-U188755XnzO7F2prw4oZdmKmyBfrxQlAbARc0a5e8GtQkWGQXDo6G2I2lNT3tKcYrjHi3hZDKuZ8aMspKHN2kxVW1/w640-h480/20230507_081242.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Until next time...rain dances welcome! </div><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-27775269954284546882023-04-15T09:03:00.011-05:002023-04-15T09:20:50.173-05:00Already time for a photo dump<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuCsYMpv9SIVNRJ1yDwemIV62eV6ITrhZ8MB7qtym853ZDjpoDPhjJ8JbYjipGlS1OZowCqZNFy71Ucgpild_ngRrdGQhO7EePqBxh1Es_x-ZAXEkOPAsSvOP0r7bCBZL60ziEI6_3P32hxxv3RVZAdtj6oDO3qTugE2iQjmlgf6S_fHJGGmTqwUtk/s1000/20230409_182537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="1000" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuCsYMpv9SIVNRJ1yDwemIV62eV6ITrhZ8MB7qtym853ZDjpoDPhjJ8JbYjipGlS1OZowCqZNFy71Ucgpild_ngRrdGQhO7EePqBxh1Es_x-ZAXEkOPAsSvOP0r7bCBZL60ziEI6_3P32hxxv3RVZAdtj6oDO3qTugE2iQjmlgf6S_fHJGGmTqwUtk/w640-h262/20230409_182537.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The tulip beds - which, admittedly, are mostly daffodils, so I may have to stop calling them tulip beds - are in full swing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_yQ3KxZu-GzK6-zkRFmv3KP2jbUMkiLCbjlMp6wBduM1qACHszkkkOcVwHTRlWOGCjKbj8CN4aB2zJqp_cz3rJeXlwfB2EoJg53Shzer4CflnTIKB99GGh4t17eOywrqzRFrLMUtY1GMv9G--MbT-urD1o54-mNUK0N-LQ-6fOMOKPCFPUUuggfdY/s820/20230414_094736.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="742" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_yQ3KxZu-GzK6-zkRFmv3KP2jbUMkiLCbjlMp6wBduM1qACHszkkkOcVwHTRlWOGCjKbj8CN4aB2zJqp_cz3rJeXlwfB2EoJg53Shzer4CflnTIKB99GGh4t17eOywrqzRFrLMUtY1GMv9G--MbT-urD1o54-mNUK0N-LQ-6fOMOKPCFPUUuggfdY/w580-h640/20230414_094736.jpg" width="580" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Cynthia' (<i>Tulipa clusiana</i>)</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GJbm-dUaf2AW7BqImys6GaU3EbiyUlqPYrCm658sYmys61qBjD563TzaxvxZThi1Nb8_Cirt0BypHMyJOyOY9cr9P1DllROAiMV6VQRDt7K0HX_4iADHSyLOZ9lLnneN4A-SauOS-RuyFsi01DLiO35sa6mFensXsMrobzChP67NGE0XQfzBF8mM/s1000/20230414_094743.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GJbm-dUaf2AW7BqImys6GaU3EbiyUlqPYrCm658sYmys61qBjD563TzaxvxZThi1Nb8_Cirt0BypHMyJOyOY9cr9P1DllROAiMV6VQRDt7K0HX_4iADHSyLOZ9lLnneN4A-SauOS-RuyFsi01DLiO35sa6mFensXsMrobzChP67NGE0XQfzBF8mM/w480-h640/20230414_094743.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>'Cynthia' (</span><i>Tulipa clusiana</i><span>)</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtglaq417QcnnNzoI7J5C3hQn-T8ds4xAe1Sbak4aZ6KQC0F9vmEpgmNRqh96GykSptAqTbjrDb2ctqbDWW9TAVVGtD07HN-egZBeBXZzJP8foliHC7MbUX9PW2mwOIcbc65j7dHa8aKIJcp7XNZ315Nocxp_5y384UbSlmWMpZaDJc85IeaqxEj8S/s1000/20230412_111828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtglaq417QcnnNzoI7J5C3hQn-T8ds4xAe1Sbak4aZ6KQC0F9vmEpgmNRqh96GykSptAqTbjrDb2ctqbDWW9TAVVGtD07HN-egZBeBXZzJP8foliHC7MbUX9PW2mwOIcbc65j7dHa8aKIJcp7XNZ315Nocxp_5y384UbSlmWMpZaDJc85IeaqxEj8S/w480-h640/20230412_111828.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>'Cynthia' (</span><i>Tulipa clusiana</i><span>) and creeping phlox (</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span><i>Phlox stolonifera</i>)</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span>Most of the tulip varieties I've planted, while beautiful, have not been good at coming up in successive years, so I was happy to see 'Slawa' back this year</span> (pronounced "slava", meaning glory in Ukrainian/Russian).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiagFE5aahekgkq9QdpVoDcqjgcGd96ZEndlgTxUvcU0DtFfGdkqGzaJ22IHMPnOzvEzP8I2CsqOCJFIH8itKpSYm0zx5udVsqXgwHSne81-XeuyWAfKmGDIP51_fd8yq5HSQs8jJeV5zURkWVDG4NM9kE9B5bRpHhtsENtVh5PQl3IdXhyNi-v2Zkl/s1000/20230412_110210.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiagFE5aahekgkq9QdpVoDcqjgcGd96ZEndlgTxUvcU0DtFfGdkqGzaJ22IHMPnOzvEzP8I2CsqOCJFIH8itKpSYm0zx5udVsqXgwHSne81-XeuyWAfKmGDIP51_fd8yq5HSQs8jJeV5zURkWVDG4NM9kE9B5bRpHhtsENtVh5PQl3IdXhyNi-v2Zkl/w640-h480/20230412_110210.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>'Altruist' narcissi have better color this year than last.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyZzbLs0xQY4Z2SLxZaCUCfN7KErhnx6QcZaOdUG5gMbnewVBPWr4YZQ-OJPAqyHJx3pso6ZYJAfv5zb5oBU0n229xTOcbyuj2Z6qk32ij_U9gVrDgRSPQexJKvEHXhWmaqaA_JbAvt2o5v_oNx_gmhyHhNDvDlPVxRuEzdF6lEtafvDyeAuuM7cY/s1000/20230412_080116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">'Barrett Browning' has a similar, but larger, orange corona to 'Altruist' and a white corolla instead of yellow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59NgZUWSshm8RCmqDWj9L581LUOJiUcql2n1nMFazpilMadERVwHEhziX1a8Ia012Sj27qFXJBMV6vxa_KDWWj9ln8i3BqDw6rw4baef9GTsa57nsAT8B1dpGCR4gSIkXA7VKTTq3NMOXmpvjF0nK-WlgjYQ4YqQu5Be1hx7ThaITlb-u9qHRTwrJ/s1000/20230410_133041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59NgZUWSshm8RCmqDWj9L581LUOJiUcql2n1nMFazpilMadERVwHEhziX1a8Ia012Sj27qFXJBMV6vxa_KDWWj9ln8i3BqDw6rw4baef9GTsa57nsAT8B1dpGCR4gSIkXA7VKTTq3NMOXmpvjF0nK-WlgjYQ4YqQu5Be1hx7ThaITlb-u9qHRTwrJ/w480-h640/20230410_133041.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the other hand, 'Faith' is kind of disappointing to me. It's smaller, shorter and more salmon than pink than I was expecting. Maybe they'll get larger in the years to come, but I'm betting they don't get to be pink.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mkg5T1f2_IMZrt_WRq7VD88WREcVmRPcBLNmx0C_nzq3avOPgJ4SyqVm3XwI8_BuMhuN2rMoTZTZRhfO032J8F925ruNIliIYxcly682bteuveBHywplR5_B4TvDlvClr2_yfy_onwPo9V-nxfa-tZtVvc-ciI8SgbDS5XlJwHRL5tvmvX-s9ml-/s1000/20230411_073043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mkg5T1f2_IMZrt_WRq7VD88WREcVmRPcBLNmx0C_nzq3avOPgJ4SyqVm3XwI8_BuMhuN2rMoTZTZRhfO032J8F925ruNIliIYxcly682bteuveBHywplR5_B4TvDlvClr2_yfy_onwPo9V-nxfa-tZtVvc-ciI8SgbDS5XlJwHRL5tvmvX-s9ml-/w480-h640/20230411_073043.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">'Pink Charm' daffodils also have a more salmon than pink hue. I think they must doctor the pictures in the online catalogs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the other tulips that returned was 'Purple Dream' - a gorgeous lily flowering variety. But I really miss the 'Purple Prince' and 'Mistress Mystic' classic tulips from previous years.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUxq7UYItvbVURHzNH_CtcQWa_Tdd8AlzXP_BNT6h8fBWCJ9ppbGlM6LX8W1MDkUCbtMzjKUYaSaBL2EBA1CSlZbUSLgkMZiWaEbUm5aRyvwcIWPzMM-f-41vmXzqowpVp7jjRpnUhsY-kitfGOljFM89W6M6amsuv0jz2mfBFSkWfuhwtkaddQB4/s1000/20230410_141505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUxq7UYItvbVURHzNH_CtcQWa_Tdd8AlzXP_BNT6h8fBWCJ9ppbGlM6LX8W1MDkUCbtMzjKUYaSaBL2EBA1CSlZbUSLgkMZiWaEbUm5aRyvwcIWPzMM-f-41vmXzqowpVp7jjRpnUhsY-kitfGOljFM89W6M6amsuv0jz2mfBFSkWfuhwtkaddQB4/w480-h640/20230410_141505.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Darwin hybrid tulips are great at coming back every year. They made a lovely bouquet, even though the petals were a bit beaten up by the hailstorm we had. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFII7Ssh1HBVbIBFz9yNWp5h8WksB3ROuvtIylJoB5vep9SOl-ECiTCHYybsREZ5xveiw1O5Ts7DoilNKDTtOOXeURF9g4KxnneOJgSr1CbQqW98vIXmijhGRNhE9GZb82_uI87ttd7l_mkpidCMDkxvPrun40wXqa9F3hept57kWH9gpe5NGI1qs0/s884/20230410_193527.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="733" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFII7Ssh1HBVbIBFz9yNWp5h8WksB3ROuvtIylJoB5vep9SOl-ECiTCHYybsREZ5xveiw1O5Ts7DoilNKDTtOOXeURF9g4KxnneOJgSr1CbQqW98vIXmijhGRNhE9GZb82_uI87ttd7l_mkpidCMDkxvPrun40wXqa9F3hept57kWH9gpe5NGI1qs0/w530-h640/20230410_193527.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And as they aged, the petals got shinier and shinier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-YrhLF5xxOFXTAwgWPFoSmrcTAVtPH6WoHNCwMECxKG-i3obMAMJvu_OqhWZKjWqkVEWpNV35N-si9mIpQcY6oId6XsmyKw3GEjY3xiDAmQEJ3TjIVrz-_ByvKpuQmI7HFrKsBCTS2KAFAWD4rDBwV97EaKbtliuT6yzYCQ5jp1XgyHUag9G_798/s708/20230412_152032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="708" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-YrhLF5xxOFXTAwgWPFoSmrcTAVtPH6WoHNCwMECxKG-i3obMAMJvu_OqhWZKjWqkVEWpNV35N-si9mIpQcY6oId6XsmyKw3GEjY3xiDAmQEJ3TjIVrz-_ByvKpuQmI7HFrKsBCTS2KAFAWD4rDBwV97EaKbtliuT6yzYCQ5jp1XgyHUag9G_798/w640-h474/20230412_152032.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had to remove the falling down arch at the garden entrance because the grape vines, age and raccoons were taking it down. I hacked off the grape vines' branches and roots to about a foot and a half each and stuck them in the wildflower garden next to birdhouse poles. It seemed doubtful to me they would survive, but they did. They now have little pink leaf buds popping out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisoWWgiXdvXSxzwc4F4XSvcH9SiVQMelMwvsH9vQG9UIU0fx2OHtE_ceb1uTRfoJ9MtvxY7kcy6g69J3scOzkx4KhXn7YbPMz8j1yl3TMgYS4nvdSSSvXsylsCaI19VTU9cXmH_bO-lJwa7YRKdskM91oXcp2YyNgK4v4Vq-54F9OesaCjkfcazB20/s1000/20230413_123627.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisoWWgiXdvXSxzwc4F4XSvcH9SiVQMelMwvsH9vQG9UIU0fx2OHtE_ceb1uTRfoJ9MtvxY7kcy6g69J3scOzkx4KhXn7YbPMz8j1yl3TMgYS4nvdSSSvXsylsCaI19VTU9cXmH_bO-lJwa7YRKdskM91oXcp2YyNgK4v4Vq-54F9OesaCjkfcazB20/w480-h640/20230413_123627.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love this time of year when the perennial bed starts to come alive and take off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMa4uO5GBjbJzGtG-6El_01meRlKYZJkVRCuNu_Lh26txdyYdiq2shGs0M6JAXK7Ea11O18ZSs2smpHrt57SIZAY4fzXeOAxkDnJ_aO2Pk6cPqwmm4N3dHAmuZu3_PlC26rhZ3jYKma8lqb08SdGtTk7sFNswilXzX6QVFVgJimlWNcPB8hMl6JhHX/s1000/20230411_072620.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMa4uO5GBjbJzGtG-6El_01meRlKYZJkVRCuNu_Lh26txdyYdiq2shGs0M6JAXK7Ea11O18ZSs2smpHrt57SIZAY4fzXeOAxkDnJ_aO2Pk6cPqwmm4N3dHAmuZu3_PlC26rhZ3jYKma8lqb08SdGtTk7sFNswilXzX6QVFVgJimlWNcPB8hMl6JhHX/w480-h640/20230411_072620.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But I do get tired of taking care of the plants I've grown from seed. The tomatoes are looking great though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_1dQxpeWvDgc7X3w4Gqyl_oZWex2hqnnpxo19hVpAlT4FC29O2Prg6HKTKNZ0wMA9AUPyp9PxGHOlodlhc-rbEt8SDNJbs2RWAOd2C5hDiX_EXSbUpU9WwrGiXlF3SXju1YQOshvsviL9krrUCZ_Rs_cqg_Q-CfNjwsb08q8lJ6yr7nzEpodMsP8/s3062/20230410_102100.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="3062" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_1dQxpeWvDgc7X3w4Gqyl_oZWex2hqnnpxo19hVpAlT4FC29O2Prg6HKTKNZ0wMA9AUPyp9PxGHOlodlhc-rbEt8SDNJbs2RWAOd2C5hDiX_EXSbUpU9WwrGiXlF3SXju1YQOshvsviL9krrUCZ_Rs_cqg_Q-CfNjwsb08q8lJ6yr7nzEpodMsP8/w640-h332/20230410_102100.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year, I buried the last of the pets, Miss Kitty. So now, the pet cemetery (which is in the perennial bed) is getting a make-over. I purchased a mini petunia (<i>Calibrachoa hybrida</i>) - an annual - to pretty up the memorial plaque, and I'll plant perennial pink veronica (<i>V. spicata Rosea). </i>This year, it will probably also get another annual - Giant Rattle poppies. I'd like to see if they self seed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgro1asTx7m9kHhnafgr15J_cmFTeM_3nPMtHxjKu_fC35XC8Ih_QbES1d0satVFeAeaVuOdMvfstI7He1kwcpmdSMOymjyfFltP-Z8Ri6boD1p1FQlE702jFJPqvGjB94lIzuXlHnrc7crIYNOE96QTcJnYIjFP3PKmDkyiUQSmak0MMIoAYWwJhGW/s1000/20230411_170432.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgro1asTx7m9kHhnafgr15J_cmFTeM_3nPMtHxjKu_fC35XC8Ih_QbES1d0satVFeAeaVuOdMvfstI7He1kwcpmdSMOymjyfFltP-Z8Ri6boD1p1FQlE702jFJPqvGjB94lIzuXlHnrc7crIYNOE96QTcJnYIjFP3PKmDkyiUQSmak0MMIoAYWwJhGW/w480-h640/20230411_170432.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As for crops, rhubarb has been harvestable for a couple weeks now. Peas I planted about 10 days ago are germinating, but the lettuces and onions I planted much earlier are still hibernating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0J8Qq1nQZmYqhBpFEufpmXaFfLWVseLlFXBamV3Xdu4AlD7FPZlmTkSaF251pEF9dBDW9ObkFAS5nKvj5vyfA7Ay7gesyCl8aznH44NGm1RQu-Ckhb_LOUWnqUxbCGMZihXUpUsIkVXcUkiZNia0cLJGaiX1IUaWjHbEKdylwSnoAzgfd51wtppo/s1230/20230413_133748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="1230" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0J8Qq1nQZmYqhBpFEufpmXaFfLWVseLlFXBamV3Xdu4AlD7FPZlmTkSaF251pEF9dBDW9ObkFAS5nKvj5vyfA7Ay7gesyCl8aznH44NGm1RQu-Ckhb_LOUWnqUxbCGMZihXUpUsIkVXcUkiZNia0cLJGaiX1IUaWjHbEKdylwSnoAzgfd51wtppo/w640-h244/20230413_133748.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-52431091622033740972023-04-08T15:01:00.002-05:002023-04-08T15:05:15.675-05:00Spring has finally arrived<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_XTMcami6x7kva_Bmhe3ZPcHPqWlp952_DvWVEk_TObBhJXN_xpEwadGZHJhVRi3I4MTchu7Cl8QzR16c_zp2pTCgyXEYGH6dvSa5fOM9rqAAUVVS610fGinHpwNq6zMzdy_t3E2nrcImOZ7-h_u_YSFbBDhzs0u8tu--WyRAOY8VAO-e-3uPBhX/s1000/20230408_131931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_XTMcami6x7kva_Bmhe3ZPcHPqWlp952_DvWVEk_TObBhJXN_xpEwadGZHJhVRi3I4MTchu7Cl8QzR16c_zp2pTCgyXEYGH6dvSa5fOM9rqAAUVVS610fGinHpwNq6zMzdy_t3E2nrcImOZ7-h_u_YSFbBDhzs0u8tu--WyRAOY8VAO-e-3uPBhX/w640-h480/20230408_131931.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In my last post, I was crowing about the Darwin tulips that recovered after the big freeze. Sadly, they were beaten nearly to death a few days later by a hail storm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFe_UQO7k5C_krghgG7P5pftQW_cD1eWjepV8zq_CYWh1ovg0faTpRxvzUQqLlQdlSVAnVftrEt05CDeqMjYWm7EjL-y5zLUvlf7OXVKBBSosgvO--r0bW5dL4I11DdBl5NgGEKNLi5VuzG9hnwnEg4UBYWc6FOC1ljGBy8SfsuA6ZfweXvEQqFmc/s1000/20230331_141923.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFe_UQO7k5C_krghgG7P5pftQW_cD1eWjepV8zq_CYWh1ovg0faTpRxvzUQqLlQdlSVAnVftrEt05CDeqMjYWm7EjL-y5zLUvlf7OXVKBBSosgvO--r0bW5dL4I11DdBl5NgGEKNLi5VuzG9hnwnEg4UBYWc6FOC1ljGBy8SfsuA6ZfweXvEQqFmc/w480-h640/20230331_141923.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHg_wpPgQaOOFWffqMKrVAN13JU2ELgr8rzoSEN18ynX_ZaRU4uCyJIQ4ulewgIXXmyKI2Sl6S3xFE2f_xHWNMg3EtHodXniELweDe9J05UX-SGKCEFEaW5hUqw19eR3purHzQUb7_dZHfbB9g2ta-DfpEALMe6QdJDeMhX_xUPCSpng5-6246Oh7s/s1000/20230331_145223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHg_wpPgQaOOFWffqMKrVAN13JU2ELgr8rzoSEN18ynX_ZaRU4uCyJIQ4ulewgIXXmyKI2Sl6S3xFE2f_xHWNMg3EtHodXniELweDe9J05UX-SGKCEFEaW5hUqw19eR3purHzQUb7_dZHfbB9g2ta-DfpEALMe6QdJDeMhX_xUPCSpng5-6246Oh7s/w480-h640/20230331_145223.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's a quarter on the ground to show the size of the hailstones. The force with which they came down is evidenced in this picture of bare garden ground...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjj9RgUbSKXdoMOlUZ5UpVLnK_KpN8dD-nzNNGESGRtaZZb1xcV0UzppsmdajWFxKWiNq1MPtuwnc7_9qog7HukaZy4oBao15JwbADOgyacB5RJfYuN4Jk01a2wwpzmNiwv4f6NDa6LiO-mB5xP3-ZZvIBWlLDZ2jYMbBmhe0xIXH5NSJq_MSqK-_/s1000/20230402_110238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjj9RgUbSKXdoMOlUZ5UpVLnK_KpN8dD-nzNNGESGRtaZZb1xcV0UzppsmdajWFxKWiNq1MPtuwnc7_9qog7HukaZy4oBao15JwbADOgyacB5RJfYuN4Jk01a2wwpzmNiwv4f6NDa6LiO-mB5xP3-ZZvIBWlLDZ2jYMbBmhe0xIXH5NSJq_MSqK-_/w480-h640/20230402_110238.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Luckily, due to the delayed warm weather, I hadn't gotten any tender seedlings in the ground. Until today, they were all either in the cellar in my growth chamber:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBdnvKHlqw6lcZdfDpVHNFIOveFrkteRx_BG0M9IVWdMROPWo9N7A--gXvHeM-c5LyZ3tdbJHjQ4gCxG5nhIZ-40VBIAvb4ZLIsAM0Zdx_CIKWkjA_3NRzjPeMWa_MhLgSVfQboZQH3NyqB6pTSQbnrohOTa_14iu3UokM99gQueaIZxxmkdr4Ba3/s1000/20230324_094603.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBdnvKHlqw6lcZdfDpVHNFIOveFrkteRx_BG0M9IVWdMROPWo9N7A--gXvHeM-c5LyZ3tdbJHjQ4gCxG5nhIZ-40VBIAvb4ZLIsAM0Zdx_CIKWkjA_3NRzjPeMWa_MhLgSVfQboZQH3NyqB6pTSQbnrohOTa_14iu3UokM99gQueaIZxxmkdr4Ba3/w640-h480/20230324_094603.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Or outdoors in my makeshift cold frame which I placed a hard cover over during the hail storm...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQghMGhaWRGHgxcT1b5ZQyjQbxrzj1A4QxEqrDqznQkBPguT1T6kFFoZYTSh6QR8Se7_MdaZ7VDj5zUw_rNtpI3rMkxI98RPnCiVhSRUeYW6PAezuSOgpkzfCtX4s991yQL3bFv8jkcm7deM-CWWgiDstfvut8mVEijAp34-m1hPbobbdjflW-YCq/s1000/20230327_093911.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQghMGhaWRGHgxcT1b5ZQyjQbxrzj1A4QxEqrDqznQkBPguT1T6kFFoZYTSh6QR8Se7_MdaZ7VDj5zUw_rNtpI3rMkxI98RPnCiVhSRUeYW6PAezuSOgpkzfCtX4s991yQL3bFv8jkcm7deM-CWWgiDstfvut8mVEijAp34-m1hPbobbdjflW-YCq/w480-h640/20230327_093911.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few days ago I planted a long row of peas, and today I planted some seedling flowers, as well as seedling kohlrabi and wasabi.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The straw paths are not nearly as pretty as mulch paths, but they also don't wash away during hard rains or dribble out into the planting areas like the mulch does. And if it does get into the planting areas, it only serves to add organic matter that doesn't interfere with planting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Little by little I've been hoeing out weeds and turning the soil, which is rich and lovely after 10 years of gardening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04bvqT9V9sSWQzTAzKP31PIidRmDHg6vcn1OM3ML0zg1ecFDI4sscOgmL5dc4ArbwzNoBbvDXM6d3kXiW8nnL_deJc6UwKTDIObO_BVsgG8fUrI9lgOSNZa73nfGdtQzR_I49rqPsmacgUv5F2gxLTVxenh4hB1VdGaS8cemIynTym6w-d-R0zpOu/s1000/20230403_105507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04bvqT9V9sSWQzTAzKP31PIidRmDHg6vcn1OM3ML0zg1ecFDI4sscOgmL5dc4ArbwzNoBbvDXM6d3kXiW8nnL_deJc6UwKTDIObO_BVsgG8fUrI9lgOSNZa73nfGdtQzR_I49rqPsmacgUv5F2gxLTVxenh4hB1VdGaS8cemIynTym6w-d-R0zpOu/w640-h480/20230403_105507.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My son and daughter-in-law gave me this great gift for Christmas, and today was the first day I used it. I had looked at these before and thought it might be a pain to move them around, so I've always just used knee pads. This is not at all a pain to move around, and it makes getting up off my knees a snap by offering leverage. Also, knee pads always slip around and soon start irritating from crunching the straps in the folds of the backs of my knees. The ends of this gadget fold down to make it easy to store, and it can turn over and be a bench, as well. It's going on my favorite tools page (link in the menu at the top).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fhU-00jG_DvjtUjBUnYWURooW4tbRGH_a1P9Bv13xOSkAT9j36bkfHraxMd81DRkBZJOpiOhPJbpnprlbi5NqOJ27ExMRBY7_vGX3GaRk0UKA9qsr0t5sUqON5iNck7tCGMK8qy8iQK3FgxZZZ3LDpiMrSzfUMqhOeSGmuwheYffQwq1jb0FINYb/s2738/20230408_104146.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2339" data-original-width="2738" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fhU-00jG_DvjtUjBUnYWURooW4tbRGH_a1P9Bv13xOSkAT9j36bkfHraxMd81DRkBZJOpiOhPJbpnprlbi5NqOJ27ExMRBY7_vGX3GaRk0UKA9qsr0t5sUqON5iNck7tCGMK8qy8iQK3FgxZZZ3LDpiMrSzfUMqhOeSGmuwheYffQwq1jb0FINYb/w640-h546/20230408_104146.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But, what's in bloom? Spring bulbs, creeping phlox, and these lovely pasque flowers (<i>Pulsatilla vulgaris</i>).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMh-nLvpm8AnTs5iiAbBMfQa_BmNgK3ovPY2dECAZVXFo02K_2EfuMNavZ-iTwXrZC2gq63SrlPDtoyLXwpneG5UQsINL9EcqKCvDr1l7FbhHY_Ga0PZFHSSfI-IM5mnelnueyOPaTYbZ9d8n-UcXX2q4tTS9Tb5v4fr8JhRmC4mlcIM53hBEerb5U/s1000/20230326_144456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMh-nLvpm8AnTs5iiAbBMfQa_BmNgK3ovPY2dECAZVXFo02K_2EfuMNavZ-iTwXrZC2gq63SrlPDtoyLXwpneG5UQsINL9EcqKCvDr1l7FbhHY_Ga0PZFHSSfI-IM5mnelnueyOPaTYbZ9d8n-UcXX2q4tTS9Tb5v4fr8JhRmC4mlcIM53hBEerb5U/w480-h640/20230326_144456.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dM9Ya3oFDUJE4wnpw9mwHS4gpIuznDNxml2Q2NK2PSWJcM5T1hNpmuGiKnLP2rcS0nlUOhEQgp8wjUD-82cXu8URmq6NPgaNWcEwOPTf31Q9pHuPdFOWOkUCNY36eym_FM6ZaK73Fvw2xHlPPsz8wKwbqLjEkN-rPeIVPLO8VQHDONC3vffbeHJ-/s1000/20230408_114230.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dM9Ya3oFDUJE4wnpw9mwHS4gpIuznDNxml2Q2NK2PSWJcM5T1hNpmuGiKnLP2rcS0nlUOhEQgp8wjUD-82cXu8URmq6NPgaNWcEwOPTf31Q9pHuPdFOWOkUCNY36eym_FM6ZaK73Fvw2xHlPPsz8wKwbqLjEkN-rPeIVPLO8VQHDONC3vffbeHJ-/w480-h640/20230408_114230.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Purple Dream' tulip</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0pYd9NladXN2ckzEtTjQ3AknH22_iA1IyfUxDTYCc14ue8lNI2tL6x_-BGXpECoaEl8ZhscbxVmxjrW9x_ipEWfUaS9KQNQosOkFA04oSs_JqVu53LdECqW0HbRD6LM8uFAN8H5MpcIuIBBAdbk5i1M_4SDyGt6qAlz_9rZQTA2eZnekwVMD7wc4/s1000/20230407_145513.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0pYd9NladXN2ckzEtTjQ3AknH22_iA1IyfUxDTYCc14ue8lNI2tL6x_-BGXpECoaEl8ZhscbxVmxjrW9x_ipEWfUaS9KQNQosOkFA04oSs_JqVu53LdECqW0HbRD6LM8uFAN8H5MpcIuIBBAdbk5i1M_4SDyGt6qAlz_9rZQTA2eZnekwVMD7wc4/w480-h640/20230407_145513.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Arkle' yellow daffodil, 'Purple Dream' tulip and orange 'Shogun' tulips</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aGGkODY06cRAO6_RmoZb-i4anCl40XgkAbnE7GmyOv0wM5t17GXBTNcSavpaXUCQIDlQP0fKzIOUFdXZB4l3SAa3Bmxvnuyh5TtGMSUKwFZ3nSzDC3UuMgUm2FiMvC_y8zfigp--zhzQCzwH2URZ-fRdiquViSAxsrSyHG6zsFSCfzCrpPnPeulK/s853/20230405_182056.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="746" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aGGkODY06cRAO6_RmoZb-i4anCl40XgkAbnE7GmyOv0wM5t17GXBTNcSavpaXUCQIDlQP0fKzIOUFdXZB4l3SAa3Bmxvnuyh5TtGMSUKwFZ3nSzDC3UuMgUm2FiMvC_y8zfigp--zhzQCzwH2URZ-fRdiquViSAxsrSyHG6zsFSCfzCrpPnPeulK/w560-h640/20230405_182056.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">White 'Mount Hood' and pink(ish)/white 'Pink Charm' daffodils</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lvNcObG1KegzmaTc-dOo5jSvYOzTgXECZiRSO4pMIj1dqdyprSj0ezWQEOkmK2H5Dj7wcvZRfcYPqvYZ9XZIYG3E-gP2yzt6bJdQ_ua-i98TGy6A6gSCDWGk1a0KGaU6iU8_R_6MqjW1Ep_up8eIO1fYdJw8LtmX6xbuwyamhY2iOibu17o-wNAj/s3093/20230404_143659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3093" data-original-width="2970" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lvNcObG1KegzmaTc-dOo5jSvYOzTgXECZiRSO4pMIj1dqdyprSj0ezWQEOkmK2H5Dj7wcvZRfcYPqvYZ9XZIYG3E-gP2yzt6bJdQ_ua-i98TGy6A6gSCDWGk1a0KGaU6iU8_R_6MqjW1Ep_up8eIO1fYdJw8LtmX6xbuwyamhY2iOibu17o-wNAj/w614-h640/20230404_143659.jpg" width="614" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Pink Charm' (They start out dark orange red and fade to pink.)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWXSR6H1Y9Sc9M3voBs9j_zyUGX0DQE4Lm5skwVjkkTqezV5annoW7dAT8-ezgKMcPJ5ojTPSNAiLSHucI896pZ9R4hblX_E6jiGRWdjxcTqR1XwtY7jfM9eHzUwtNfHpdKKG12ib6SxlWxyx_7fd3j8OPK4x1sqSgoRAeYoww3QYB729EQfh4McJ/s2946/20230403_135605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2504" data-original-width="2946" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWXSR6H1Y9Sc9M3voBs9j_zyUGX0DQE4Lm5skwVjkkTqezV5annoW7dAT8-ezgKMcPJ5ojTPSNAiLSHucI896pZ9R4hblX_E6jiGRWdjxcTqR1XwtY7jfM9eHzUwtNfHpdKKG12ib6SxlWxyx_7fd3j8OPK4x1sqSgoRAeYoww3QYB729EQfh4McJ/w640-h544/20230403_135605.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Pink Charm', yellow 'Arkle', and purple scilla (<i>Chionodoxa luciliae</i>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lXuJUSOZMRaEb-xm2vUTEJM8UQbPUNmRAXQ-NVsH6SHBmJOh-2QiNvtARvnGvkZjDfMydmMnjq7z7ORR3n34ulwf_k94uQyT2u3qrDvm4glTtLXxZnX3-UdmYg4fw6X8Da3ZIQbjZzJBgwDt8kR0hJ_FUOm2ghZ6dkQZFGV00jradLpVh2ikchvw/s1000/20230330_103830.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lXuJUSOZMRaEb-xm2vUTEJM8UQbPUNmRAXQ-NVsH6SHBmJOh-2QiNvtARvnGvkZjDfMydmMnjq7z7ORR3n34ulwf_k94uQyT2u3qrDvm4glTtLXxZnX3-UdmYg4fw6X8Da3ZIQbjZzJBgwDt8kR0hJ_FUOm2ghZ6dkQZFGV00jradLpVh2ikchvw/w480-h640/20230330_103830.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Cassata'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQIMYjfAI2EU8wPGvcklJqghOuWOIW5GoVuQHCSL04tr2wzX1xveJzbkxwBmUpc0HG13QFMP88OY5EXtKlroXQ2Qf7Cx_FaylKgNWUr7WQUFK6cD3d0a_VUMEkTeQQQDtD5rmwV8cdctMxD-wBTH3DZMyyZdJqjV87yIx5jtWTP8F6L5oVjz-bhaW/w480-h640/20230401_114856.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">clockwise from top left:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Mount Hood', 'Cassata', 'Orangery', 'Pink Charm'</span></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-54649315095920935652023-03-22T15:03:00.000-05:002023-03-22T15:03:32.196-05:00After the big freeze<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1_eqDSJKFweCmQVUbCFwxRb3hpqXMX1wR5VUOF5COb2x5tBC_pY5lFKVmioxHbtysSlTVQ6DE8YK-QUiwRo6BIMK36AONWeM6jy3pYzimv5UjjwE1GjXoxlPsdkE_YMIWo0TBFLfmzApRYqIScHFOej2mObzLmk_hK8LQBOqrKCqNNtujHmz2_ts/s1000/20230322_133217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1_eqDSJKFweCmQVUbCFwxRb3hpqXMX1wR5VUOF5COb2x5tBC_pY5lFKVmioxHbtysSlTVQ6DE8YK-QUiwRo6BIMK36AONWeM6jy3pYzimv5UjjwE1GjXoxlPsdkE_YMIWo0TBFLfmzApRYqIScHFOej2mObzLmk_hK8LQBOqrKCqNNtujHmz2_ts/w640-h480/20230322_133217.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>We're now into a string of rainy days, and the ground is too wet to plant. But, I'm happy I didn't lose anything during last week's string of well-below freezing temperatures. I managed to get most everything covered with either garden fleece sheeting or last fall's bald cypress needles (not much difference in performance). I failed to get the Darwin hybrid tulips covered, and when I saw them drooping and water-soaked, I assumed they'd frozen. When you see leaves that look water-soaked (or greasy) and dark, it generally means the cells have frozen and burst, and while the plant <i>may</i> survive, those leaves don't recover from that state.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsE89EgfqybFnMNrgYG1eF84qxE5VvyxRdrLfPakufDlcLrinVzWUhtXp98CZy7Ni4GUf9yGDaygBWDBceSQbVrV4Kt03PzSrWtWGsTBt-l8ZJ84xks-0WuojGF3bMWYoEEhEecmOm8zTN0LY8dqxnxwrib_MZKxZRLJMOBNhiWvn_wxfokAG1WRl/s3970/20230317_092225.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1720" data-original-width="3970" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsE89EgfqybFnMNrgYG1eF84qxE5VvyxRdrLfPakufDlcLrinVzWUhtXp98CZy7Ni4GUf9yGDaygBWDBceSQbVrV4Kt03PzSrWtWGsTBt-l8ZJ84xks-0WuojGF3bMWYoEEhEecmOm8zTN0LY8dqxnxwrib_MZKxZRLJMOBNhiWvn_wxfokAG1WRl/w640-h278/20230317_092225.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>So imagine my surprise and joy when I saw them today:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHgeQdwXP0Z5pWf95C4U4Ln51gshoX442CwK2KtXjsKygxNx4GTx0JCty3d3Vd9DbNH904wpRkp_zr1U7O8YPIy8aVw4BhFB39QVSfwS-iPhXvfxtf_iVgdbP-98dkN25e5w2SJ79qVMQikIj1dPslQF-ygdmJgp5ZRtKUph1yNRna-x1sXPOv9Te/s1000/20230322_133831.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHgeQdwXP0Z5pWf95C4U4Ln51gshoX442CwK2KtXjsKygxNx4GTx0JCty3d3Vd9DbNH904wpRkp_zr1U7O8YPIy8aVw4BhFB39QVSfwS-iPhXvfxtf_iVgdbP-98dkN25e5w2SJ79qVMQikIj1dPslQF-ygdmJgp5ZRtKUph1yNRna-x1sXPOv9Te/w480-h640/20230322_133831.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They look almost as good as they did before the freezing began. Even the iris beside them showed some freeze damage, which is a good indication of just how cold it was. The iris aren't usually affected by harsh winter weather.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The crocus that were in full flower had a bit of a rough time, but they survived, with new buds opening to somewhat hide the blooms that were freeze damaged. I had a light covering of bald cypress needles over them to offer some protection. They might have fared better with fleece covering, but I'd already enjoyed several days of their beauty before the freeze, and I didn't have enough fleece for everything.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BOGwp_mfaT4yQfm3IRqTNXNJs_joRZM_6_vJmCPI0yo-EoY77JxMxVLcErNg3gnDtXO73gc5G4mxag02B4UUokFnb3U2QdMYykhX3ztbrvnaGL7RcD-iA4aMRfgxTpfypWLcilObS5XdW0Bcyj4dDfuFTKbWMGFcFz0TA0ybOh9ochicTUfAc65O/s1000/20230320_120717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BOGwp_mfaT4yQfm3IRqTNXNJs_joRZM_6_vJmCPI0yo-EoY77JxMxVLcErNg3gnDtXO73gc5G4mxag02B4UUokFnb3U2QdMYykhX3ztbrvnaGL7RcD-iA4aMRfgxTpfypWLcilObS5XdW0Bcyj4dDfuFTKbWMGFcFz0TA0ybOh9ochicTUfAc65O/w640-h480/20230320_120717.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Ruby Giant'</span></div><div><br /></div>The plants fully under fleece came out beautifully. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfWrGUoIIY4TftI-s1ND9z3mv54JjE0BytHj85MqfU5YhELzzl0pDgRl7hiFkH7sinx-2TwiAyaMlTF5TBjEotk8pnPSD6v6Ma8Pb6imPUQgo40QM-wcovjuW3Qur9UQSeD1kSwf_DyWlzKaFdwR2KUZ3ypjkXUkBUY2M-Wkp2fuFSc-ETe9eiHAF/s1000/20230322_133306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1000" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfWrGUoIIY4TftI-s1ND9z3mv54JjE0BytHj85MqfU5YhELzzl0pDgRl7hiFkH7sinx-2TwiAyaMlTF5TBjEotk8pnPSD6v6Ma8Pb6imPUQgo40QM-wcovjuW3Qur9UQSeD1kSwf_DyWlzKaFdwR2KUZ3ypjkXUkBUY2M-Wkp2fuFSc-ETe9eiHAF/w640-h472/20230322_133306.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oriental poppy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tucked in under an oriental poppy, toadflax looks so sweet. The flower stalks will get tall enough to reach over the poppies if they get enough sun, and don't get shaded out by the faster growing poppies. Their placement was not intentional. When I planted the poppies, I thought the toadflax had died. Surprise!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-ZLj8zNs_maoS6qGGdF6mMUhRMZ-AKhtfIsrsqt9OBmcbPydhnHwTnyeFdeGIfz1QiA7wDfXXNDQ322iQ10bIuJMfXT1oeAFxb5S6nlINbBHeZYYV5rZvXMO47xO9oQYrD91yeu0Az2kYGy556vOpzI2_ofzhzAJtbtXOxCIsGIAWVD3uPc7BhpY/s1000/20230322_133316.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-ZLj8zNs_maoS6qGGdF6mMUhRMZ-AKhtfIsrsqt9OBmcbPydhnHwTnyeFdeGIfz1QiA7wDfXXNDQ322iQ10bIuJMfXT1oeAFxb5S6nlINbBHeZYYV5rZvXMO47xO9oQYrD91yeu0Az2kYGy556vOpzI2_ofzhzAJtbtXOxCIsGIAWVD3uPc7BhpY/w480-h640/20230322_133316.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The rhubarb looked a bit pale because they'd been under fleece for several days even before the freeze. The large leaves don't do well at all when the temperatures dip, so I'm always curious as to why they come up so early. They'll look nice and lush as soon as they can get enough sunlight.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLLZ_vLwUMMtikpZxUjzKz4RNMMH1gqFWOA7cMm8Qk4A6QThkud_ZUG72a8bfZoUWVPUfsTXnjtsR060jsC3fdeeiHxuV-KoYX_T6CQAn29ysDCYRYHo57LwrC5O-byNckY5GP-uhe-h2FJPhYPxcyriYpL2-T_IH_HoVsmPBIgw4Us-wAZY3i0bt/s1000/20230320_120457.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLLZ_vLwUMMtikpZxUjzKz4RNMMH1gqFWOA7cMm8Qk4A6QThkud_ZUG72a8bfZoUWVPUfsTXnjtsR060jsC3fdeeiHxuV-KoYX_T6CQAn29ysDCYRYHo57LwrC5O-byNckY5GP-uhe-h2FJPhYPxcyriYpL2-T_IH_HoVsmPBIgw4Us-wAZY3i0bt/w640-h480/20230320_120457.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Scilla (<i>Chionodoxa forbesii)</i> - aka Glory of the Snow - are popping out and are a little ahead of the hyacinths for blooming.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PXD-3_EXEYaY_n3jyRH3SAl6aQUdYvmEwuRLNgBhrMnmgeV9TxrnQxIbidsEVhvEJpm5g6tWqpch1qplJS4v2ERTE7nTktofMHnYz1SbpbuqyDK5vz-fjefhbDFrSFEKesc7Z1LRJOj8IsdV4mXXARIjhWct_B2VDfPXQOSFoHZ4--9FR4TA19Gr/s1000/20230322_125629.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PXD-3_EXEYaY_n3jyRH3SAl6aQUdYvmEwuRLNgBhrMnmgeV9TxrnQxIbidsEVhvEJpm5g6tWqpch1qplJS4v2ERTE7nTktofMHnYz1SbpbuqyDK5vz-fjefhbDFrSFEKesc7Z1LRJOj8IsdV4mXXARIjhWct_B2VDfPXQOSFoHZ4--9FR4TA19Gr/w640-h480/20230322_125629.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Chionodoxa forbesii</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And the pasque flowers (<i>Pulsatilla vulgaris</i>) are right there with them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tSBywLPxMOgaGtOt0qiM-BveZMGjCfNwLUA-OrdmSY9NNLIQAS6_74B3CotBkzYjJpEIxNqyIAQY3BCNnYq0zU8OVqRyc0L34d44pRW-aIK3q2F_B_k7NEPpB2Yyhsoxv2uw-WCEp9Fz-oaXh7oZ2qfWjyBaO_VKrw03DdCCfH5kao-uhDK1P4U6/s1000/20230322_124757.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tSBywLPxMOgaGtOt0qiM-BveZMGjCfNwLUA-OrdmSY9NNLIQAS6_74B3CotBkzYjJpEIxNqyIAQY3BCNnYq0zU8OVqRyc0L34d44pRW-aIK3q2F_B_k7NEPpB2Yyhsoxv2uw-WCEp9Fz-oaXh7oZ2qfWjyBaO_VKrw03DdCCfH5kao-uhDK1P4U6/w480-h640/20230322_124757.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had to bring in the seedlings from my cold frame for a couple of nights, but they're back out now, and today it's cloudy, so I've taken off the fleece cover that protects tender seedlings from too much sun. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Over half are annual poppies. Everything I read says not to start poppies indoors because they don't transplant well. I've never had any trouble with that, and in fact, I've never had good results planting the seeds directly outdoors. It's a chore transplanting so many, but it's so satisfying when there's lots of them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4Avh4CyAdQwPfcWsHlrMrPZDBnM7BAtXzc5nq9isN6FFlJ-Zilrx1FWNuDbx0iYlJc1LgTviVGyl_75Sw_2s4zNv30n9aut722BQUupJ7qWHDHNMbm9dTtETmjaSfIzawlwpuk_cG2zT1ugrNVHw_Zu8CGCVns4Dn5Dn3NMoECaQiJIRd3I8f8lu/s1000/20230322_090626.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4Avh4CyAdQwPfcWsHlrMrPZDBnM7BAtXzc5nq9isN6FFlJ-Zilrx1FWNuDbx0iYlJc1LgTviVGyl_75Sw_2s4zNv30n9aut722BQUupJ7qWHDHNMbm9dTtETmjaSfIzawlwpuk_cG2zT1ugrNVHw_Zu8CGCVns4Dn5Dn3NMoECaQiJIRd3I8f8lu/w640-h480/20230322_090626.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The rose cutting from my 'South Africa' bush actually produced a bloom. So cool. (At least I have it labeled as 'South Africa', but it does look a lot like 'Razzle Dazzle'. I'm going to assume I labeled it correctly - with no reason whatsoever to assume that and plenty of past experience to think otherwise - and assume it's as orange in color as it is because it hasn't been out in the sun. The blossoms on the parent bush are a deep, dark gold.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbBxO9KtnIhh0NnwrZEZD4FiaC3uLmv3woK8umxUCeEYBXLVh1EW9qy7S7jo7aJ8N1IFLI9_RqG-L00BCOpkC44BB9rodYSPY1D_8kJx7ILENLMe54awuOoG9s9ZrySzw9YCKZfzM2t5qhK1GSiYTfVZohhnAjBjuFXsEJArQo_PvvFKD8ejt_89F/s1000/20230322_090640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbBxO9KtnIhh0NnwrZEZD4FiaC3uLmv3woK8umxUCeEYBXLVh1EW9qy7S7jo7aJ8N1IFLI9_RqG-L00BCOpkC44BB9rodYSPY1D_8kJx7ILENLMe54awuOoG9s9ZrySzw9YCKZfzM2t5qhK1GSiYTfVZohhnAjBjuFXsEJArQo_PvvFKD8ejt_89F/w480-h640/20230322_090640.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRp1lB8Z1r1bLkbyhmmRhdcjIQ6ymPSJgJG3UxvlPWFwiRBEY-lIkzYMGX861JhOslvi4WDM9kURF72dxzfdzi1pKz_hDFiRJ7L9bcBCw_xlqif5ONdvDlC6UxnQ_eU20fi787oKxHiPGhV07VKxqDq1WkY8mpbBiK-e2ZOHJTbnhcO5R8VRMUuK1M/s1000/20230322_083501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRp1lB8Z1r1bLkbyhmmRhdcjIQ6ymPSJgJG3UxvlPWFwiRBEY-lIkzYMGX861JhOslvi4WDM9kURF72dxzfdzi1pKz_hDFiRJ7L9bcBCw_xlqif5ONdvDlC6UxnQ_eU20fi787oKxHiPGhV07VKxqDq1WkY8mpbBiK-e2ZOHJTbnhcO5R8VRMUuK1M/w480-h640/20230322_083501.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got some potatoes in the ground yesterday morning before the rain started. This year I didn't purchase any red potatoes. I got 'All Blue' - a purple variety - just to see what it was like, and 'Yukon Gold', which has become my favorite. They produce well and cook up so creamy and delicious.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgsYUZSo-ET_t7kWT1pFUBB0feLEk0eiSyo5GqR056hDa87u3fSaDaoYgYKoftGmJF8mQ6DLdG_rjsJfY7KSv1_UFjsSYqz76Mbpp9g4xI0IRcZnhpWnea4RvsakmdRpfjEGjnfnXOVOM-GKcPXJZRHFfldnCc2nQV8Xv_bM0q0Q-ntUqPGOSEoAO/s1000/20230321_083137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgsYUZSo-ET_t7kWT1pFUBB0feLEk0eiSyo5GqR056hDa87u3fSaDaoYgYKoftGmJF8mQ6DLdG_rjsJfY7KSv1_UFjsSYqz76Mbpp9g4xI0IRcZnhpWnea4RvsakmdRpfjEGjnfnXOVOM-GKcPXJZRHFfldnCc2nQV8Xv_bM0q0Q-ntUqPGOSEoAO/w640-h480/20230321_083137.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A little honey bee scout was out this morning. I hope he decides this is a good place to support a hive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KGBZ1EeeatwNoE8PPpb6vyDRibnrKsdefXbUiIi7w3GMvSeDh47ILpAjgrNO6ytTjNi7WniIjVd1bWzeueHRWuXF7wmD7-A4T25QQXggBG3gAdU5ls7fB01AmquQI-OamODSiNPVmfMEHDbn-xpYOSj_ak9YvGgRh-FLFkVjJmi8ho_oWVsqMC0Z/s2259/20230322_122845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2259" data-original-width="2217" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KGBZ1EeeatwNoE8PPpb6vyDRibnrKsdefXbUiIi7w3GMvSeDh47ILpAjgrNO6ytTjNi7WniIjVd1bWzeueHRWuXF7wmD7-A4T25QQXggBG3gAdU5ls7fB01AmquQI-OamODSiNPVmfMEHDbn-xpYOSj_ak9YvGgRh-FLFkVjJmi8ho_oWVsqMC0Z/w628-h640/20230322_122845.jpg" width="628" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fingers crossed that spring has finally arrived.</div><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-14744542794784702682023-03-16T10:48:00.003-05:002023-03-16T13:25:58.768-05:00Spring has been postponed<p> It wasn't this cold all winter. Jeez.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6d2iEG400fQIUExoBoi_YdN47HjoIqe_2IJsHcJ9MeXE0RLjapkdPg3Wtz-B-DniY9YwGtI3611Xh54kuifdFABiC4BHO4myrAV5P1088x5YUrU_jU5sDT32B3L0yJm3hZQ-B0OZHn3XmH_FMf_mq1oZnQlLwX8hJh7Rl_mlLqN4GbdGsAH3t_Xu/s827/2023-03-16%2009.32.21%20twitter.com%2052abd78fd789.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="827" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6d2iEG400fQIUExoBoi_YdN47HjoIqe_2IJsHcJ9MeXE0RLjapkdPg3Wtz-B-DniY9YwGtI3611Xh54kuifdFABiC4BHO4myrAV5P1088x5YUrU_jU5sDT32B3L0yJm3hZQ-B0OZHn3XmH_FMf_mq1oZnQlLwX8hJh7Rl_mlLqN4GbdGsAH3t_Xu/w640-h260/2023-03-16%2009.32.21%20twitter.com%2052abd78fd789.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's too many days (nights) in a row that will be well below freezing. I'm assuming the ground will even freeze.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In years past, I've often had plants ready to go out into the garden well before the garden was ready to receive them. The last couple of years, I've adjusted that, and this year was going to probably be my best effort to time it right. With that in mind, I started loads and loads of poppies. They were big enough to go outdoors into my "cold frame," leaving me needed room in my seedling chamber for newly germinated plants. Now I've had to bring everything indoors under less than ideal conditions. They won't get enough light, but at least they won't freeze.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVbD4WnIBKtZG__pMawd_mUlyunTNRmOoco5UaBD_qLA6wUGTlIhbHrM5PBUnXWJZ3BwUKPVVCSW04YqemNTOiytgNkI-jM3BhWrHepuVFP_s5WxDjehDtjRTO0x9EjW0ZleO96l_0tHEo6jeehA_dBiqILxmFt9EXNKG2G7uhhIMvw6Qn70_nNdh/s1000/20230315_140628.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVbD4WnIBKtZG__pMawd_mUlyunTNRmOoco5UaBD_qLA6wUGTlIhbHrM5PBUnXWJZ3BwUKPVVCSW04YqemNTOiytgNkI-jM3BhWrHepuVFP_s5WxDjehDtjRTO0x9EjW0ZleO96l_0tHEo6jeehA_dBiqILxmFt9EXNKG2G7uhhIMvw6Qn70_nNdh/w480-h640/20230315_140628.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also had my rose cuttings outdoors, and they might have been okay in the cold frame, but after seven years trying and finally having some success last year, I'm loath to take the chance. One of them even has a bud. I had the pot marked "South Africa", and that could be correct, but it looks like it could be "Razzle Dazzle". Perhaps it will be more evident when the bud opens. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWE-oC3Q4uS1igHm2kvSwOAXmbXbdGbDC6XM7DThuHFqjEQu2A7y49cooeoIk_PLaz-mh1CljmnW1ujkXGIGBQS0GSDqGtVmjfgrV3b3gHDZWDPGOWRKfyvyzvu-Fpl_5WRJ_mG1ulxFM5_sa6cOJrKAPmwL6AImZqLOCPv_cTSHS71G8yK5kJkpaV/s1000/20230315_140616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWE-oC3Q4uS1igHm2kvSwOAXmbXbdGbDC6XM7DThuHFqjEQu2A7y49cooeoIk_PLaz-mh1CljmnW1ujkXGIGBQS0GSDqGtVmjfgrV3b3gHDZWDPGOWRKfyvyzvu-Fpl_5WRJ_mG1ulxFM5_sa6cOJrKAPmwL6AImZqLOCPv_cTSHS71G8yK5kJkpaV/w480-h640/20230315_140616.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the garden, crocus were already blooming.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi59yHNk-oO6TRwCow5NYRCXlonADJJpdIJef_BQ6B4mEkM9Fbywk0t63Y7222K5tmoSBfp1h52NWglD0ewI5-8oJ6jxb16zD6VWTV3fypG9NNdDhJ7QgHaK-zN5_O_7hGr3pJHN1T-V4uY9HSs9sIINTTtQZin_GjuBi34iRz7JgWeGFMFnq4f4KE/s1000/20230315_141643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi59yHNk-oO6TRwCow5NYRCXlonADJJpdIJef_BQ6B4mEkM9Fbywk0t63Y7222K5tmoSBfp1h52NWglD0ewI5-8oJ6jxb16zD6VWTV3fypG9NNdDhJ7QgHaK-zN5_O_7hGr3pJHN1T-V4uY9HSs9sIINTTtQZin_GjuBi34iRz7JgWeGFMFnq4f4KE/w480-h640/20230315_141643.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Ruby Giant'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdTguwVeT7iBp7r04aLBCDgWyNlbv-fiZvSZFDBfU9tFnarp8GJbnyClFfkk9vykPqMEBiTOMdZWa1xnXZHo576a6O8P1Z_3b3VKrqiWymCOusyXpiK1LRgOB8fjOmSnmF__kdhW7UBrYHcib-v3NyFmnRBPKL2sep3g9R9_BiOOOusaB2rkUJbIr/s1000/20230315_141647.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdTguwVeT7iBp7r04aLBCDgWyNlbv-fiZvSZFDBfU9tFnarp8GJbnyClFfkk9vykPqMEBiTOMdZWa1xnXZHo576a6O8P1Z_3b3VKrqiWymCOusyXpiK1LRgOB8fjOmSnmF__kdhW7UBrYHcib-v3NyFmnRBPKL2sep3g9R9_BiOOOusaB2rkUJbIr/w480-h640/20230315_141647.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Jeanne D'Arc'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcugtFAh35FUXMNhq5IZSoUdUQAGSuZFw84a0haMeVFvlWi0blVvjRTGyL-MinDw7iY9q75W2qkZEHeeiu3Rgk-aul9w2bwJKWD7mvat0Xb6DvSXVbyB-U4vt1JogYOyT0GmvrjyA6bA949NCxYfGZQO7i72HXTHX8D26l4fGSXoBpgVBt1tP7tA8/s1000/20230315_141656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcugtFAh35FUXMNhq5IZSoUdUQAGSuZFw84a0haMeVFvlWi0blVvjRTGyL-MinDw7iY9q75W2qkZEHeeiu3Rgk-aul9w2bwJKWD7mvat0Xb6DvSXVbyB-U4vt1JogYOyT0GmvrjyA6bA949NCxYfGZQO7i72HXTHX8D26l4fGSXoBpgVBt1tP7tA8/w480-h640/20230315_141656.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't know why 'Ruby Giant' is named giant. It certainly doesn't look like a giant. Especially next to 'Jeanne D'Arc'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've done what I can to protect the plants already up and thriving, which includes the oriental poppies, daffodils, alliums, and some tulips. Fingers crossed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHO1tskY6LD-7Nv4Z-3jreJN30arQ2tJIZXuWceRM1jFzXXNfj6ToDBvxWVqnN9BE-BDQ1E9eyTlF4CzzHpbB0Z0BbICZkc_N1B4t25-LCS9Q3QYBvYVQEEhb__kutMSzqi0GCkG7v0pzHc3D6NzSgcsyqmH2NWpVvJXJS0s3hCa1NrpU0Nk91uih/s1504/20230315_145657.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="1504" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHO1tskY6LD-7Nv4Z-3jreJN30arQ2tJIZXuWceRM1jFzXXNfj6ToDBvxWVqnN9BE-BDQ1E9eyTlF4CzzHpbB0Z0BbICZkc_N1B4t25-LCS9Q3QYBvYVQEEhb__kutMSzqi0GCkG7v0pzHc3D6NzSgcsyqmH2NWpVvJXJS0s3hCa1NrpU0Nk91uih/w640-h258/20230315_145657.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqM89kZsfUFDsnSzGfkCpvMykH-4U1QVx_vr85XTvBavw1jy1YTQJzUe4GloCxz9JktRZLk_gPubX3cohCucRA2NksokSG4SRz8G9wDbHgFxBPJ-Vdm6K03HLkpWfuxVEL8WamOFB52LLF74hBcIcyr5lE1eCOzexOqgEvPGKA-mtg0JPDOjp-iJyh/s1000/20230315_145234.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqM89kZsfUFDsnSzGfkCpvMykH-4U1QVx_vr85XTvBavw1jy1YTQJzUe4GloCxz9JktRZLk_gPubX3cohCucRA2NksokSG4SRz8G9wDbHgFxBPJ-Vdm6K03HLkpWfuxVEL8WamOFB52LLF74hBcIcyr5lE1eCOzexOqgEvPGKA-mtg0JPDOjp-iJyh/w640-h480/20230315_145234.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I (re)spread bald cypress needles over much of the tulip beds because I didn't have enough garden fleece. We'll see what difference it makes.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_vr8bW3uADKAHocRkTKfhc-YY0oZ3rcQmmKZnEgHb4t1yic1osW-kK3FuIZ9XYnfRBOVrqlXH8-g_ZZJOW4TRAXuP4T3ZrVNGCuExSo_orsrqZw3cGopEaqL9sI_trudjGnAtOuqaCAijV7xXdHR1Wkg5XQLPs-6STaUrKXdudTlSjll92nXsQmk/s1000/20230315_145239.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_vr8bW3uADKAHocRkTKfhc-YY0oZ3rcQmmKZnEgHb4t1yic1osW-kK3FuIZ9XYnfRBOVrqlXH8-g_ZZJOW4TRAXuP4T3ZrVNGCuExSo_orsrqZw3cGopEaqL9sI_trudjGnAtOuqaCAijV7xXdHR1Wkg5XQLPs-6STaUrKXdudTlSjll92nXsQmk/w640-h480/20230315_145239.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And I've had the rhubarb under row cover for several days already. It's been freezing a few nights in the last week or so, and rhubarb's large leaves don't do well in those conditions.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUINuu-32qeg6JCH-SJWu_1LftjBX5Px3bRW7LQhMCiq5jQm2FUshtIAjbVWToRYLi0dWbOMEJdDaCxoobCzkYDeMP5Pt9DDmUP_x8YV1gtbtB8JtCcOs2LujFWu4uUBXMctHG1PIxagiOaVgTUqniU4TuPKdGUkALmDaVpNq9eb05DTjBK-KXFHl/s1000/20230315_145252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUINuu-32qeg6JCH-SJWu_1LftjBX5Px3bRW7LQhMCiq5jQm2FUshtIAjbVWToRYLi0dWbOMEJdDaCxoobCzkYDeMP5Pt9DDmUP_x8YV1gtbtB8JtCcOs2LujFWu4uUBXMctHG1PIxagiOaVgTUqniU4TuPKdGUkALmDaVpNq9eb05DTjBK-KXFHl/w640-h480/20230315_145252.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few of the rose bushes have started to push out new leaves, and the climbing rose is further along than all the others. I haven't removed the cypress needles from around the bushes yet anyway, but the climbing rose has leafed out all the way along the climbing branches. I figured I could just cut it back when the leaf babies died but finally decided I'd try to save those tender shoots from the freeze. Hopefully this works. If the sun shines too brightly during the day, it might just cook those shoots, in which case I'll still have to cut it back. Like I said, I'm out of fleece. I've never had to cover this much area before.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVuh3JpTsPeb9rLHTp-0fqWbWLhsUDSt9egCQWmrnZwxmCjHA29gGPrPjAIgQzBgpNDbbv1u-vyq9AlTZ4gf-_T50FpDQYdLZEIlgH1EcTYtJhEf4q3CSUf_0tnKxCUFm5UfCZqND-IRboDJGr7guuvc-6UPjnOVp3GRnXRmm2Uj6EJiqXeo-CjB4/s1000/20230315_153022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVuh3JpTsPeb9rLHTp-0fqWbWLhsUDSt9egCQWmrnZwxmCjHA29gGPrPjAIgQzBgpNDbbv1u-vyq9AlTZ4gf-_T50FpDQYdLZEIlgH1EcTYtJhEf4q3CSUf_0tnKxCUFm5UfCZqND-IRboDJGr7guuvc-6UPjnOVp3GRnXRmm2Uj6EJiqXeo-CjB4/w640-h480/20230315_153022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Perhaps one year everything will work out perfectly. You may call me a dreamer.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you on the other side of winter. (Lord, I <i>hope</i> this is the last of it.)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-22418769169516104822023-03-07T10:13:00.003-06:002023-03-07T10:13:48.392-06:00Off to a new start<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKIRJDDPaxVSJEOc6dnVAtlr0LPSz3LaluyYJQUQo8ee7eMs9--yNbUTHMp7uXmQNsvaR5EajNqBMxdbMccddw_64_meXcDBCe4ZgytbT5q4-TIvoVDOJUO6PjHjqyogRKZucTYSxZEdfVVMh0elZpHLqyBkXmEJG_DcFHVPf4mHkB0hz1x9w6mlE/s1000/20230305_162959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKIRJDDPaxVSJEOc6dnVAtlr0LPSz3LaluyYJQUQo8ee7eMs9--yNbUTHMp7uXmQNsvaR5EajNqBMxdbMccddw_64_meXcDBCe4ZgytbT5q4-TIvoVDOJUO6PjHjqyogRKZucTYSxZEdfVVMh0elZpHLqyBkXmEJG_DcFHVPf4mHkB0hz1x9w6mlE/w640-h480/20230305_162959.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Every year the weather gets more and more unpredictable, so it hardly seems worth noting that this year the weather has been crazy. At any rate, another gardening season is underway, with lots and lots of seedlings in a germination station and others already in a cold frame. Fingers crossed they'll all become beautiful plants, and that I don't break down from all the planting out.</p><p>The hard work of clearing off the old arch that was falling apart is done. I moved the 3-year-old grapes that were on it to a place at the edge of the wildflower garden. I don't know if they'll live, but the raccoons were getting all the grapes anyway.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs23QUAh-yumP2PwSVVHMaexfzF--Ltt30CPn33wxDoUzijlHODC0nCUh0Wks5wTX199jcr8AOUxBd5p_D-LA8BDCbanDUkJsKQCJjX9uKvCtBqqFOe79xHcAXUuqlj4aP05dQVDGbWp4sCMKJ7pxzk30V7W4BCyIktuHixyV02G3nlPN9x3eyx6O7/s1000/20230305_162946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs23QUAh-yumP2PwSVVHMaexfzF--Ltt30CPn33wxDoUzijlHODC0nCUh0Wks5wTX199jcr8AOUxBd5p_D-LA8BDCbanDUkJsKQCJjX9uKvCtBqqFOe79xHcAXUuqlj4aP05dQVDGbWp4sCMKJ7pxzk30V7W4BCyIktuHixyV02G3nlPN9x3eyx6O7/w640-h480/20230305_162946.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Beds for salad greens are prepared, and 'New Red Fire' lettuce and 'Seaside' spinach seeds sown.</p><p>I love this time of year when the perennials start to show themselves. Daffodils are budding, alliums are well up, and perennial poppy foliage already lush. Crocus are blooming, and tulips are coming up. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIDaT5fw5BZh164FapiPcRD4G6gnr2STpZlYVHtCuZGNvUNR8715cR4q7fo7JAF8ByWiuO9E8NKTP-3DG9Vmym6v4TME_oG58TMAWfxx_zb9Jv2MR6EjyK3G82M54l37qVWdC3Fe6NTEDACYPlJu6pnpYtoj3BuOpoCh94OkQ96XVa3hNXXkWpWEK/s1000/20230304_135958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIDaT5fw5BZh164FapiPcRD4G6gnr2STpZlYVHtCuZGNvUNR8715cR4q7fo7JAF8ByWiuO9E8NKTP-3DG9Vmym6v4TME_oG58TMAWfxx_zb9Jv2MR6EjyK3G82M54l37qVWdC3Fe6NTEDACYPlJu6pnpYtoj3BuOpoCh94OkQ96XVa3hNXXkWpWEK/w640-h480/20230304_135958.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">oriental poppies, 'Jade Eyes' and drumstick alliums</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dn64EyBH-r_08iSnQbDymMBjBqzmSqc0sYoBARoYQBbpzegzfsm32IF2pfHEVhnMMLmVP1kr1R8CfMZOjeXvFm_qTT4oJ8KSQD4u-_xGGmBNhrgC0d-jRtmdsPnEEReHRTWYiC7Y3Qe77aeDZP7Npajn-T9bHZ4IYcl2a1-AMEYRLDTu3dIWMLCH/s1000/20230305_123722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dn64EyBH-r_08iSnQbDymMBjBqzmSqc0sYoBARoYQBbpzegzfsm32IF2pfHEVhnMMLmVP1kr1R8CfMZOjeXvFm_qTT4oJ8KSQD4u-_xGGmBNhrgC0d-jRtmdsPnEEReHRTWYiC7Y3Qe77aeDZP7Npajn-T9bHZ4IYcl2a1-AMEYRLDTu3dIWMLCH/w480-h640/20230305_123722.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Ruby Giant' crocus</span></div><p>I almost missed the Sheila Ann mini iris. I forget how early she blooms. Two years ago I planted 10 bulbs, and they didn't do well. Only one has survived this year. I got them from Michigan Bulbs, and other things I got from them failed to thrive as well, so no more orders there.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2P1WBdDWXOu_r6CIud_e0-CfINWf_Uai22dU9d3JQRrKQADqsAHpCeYhO45NcVxOAMwmGBsyaChCQD9VTGzMBb7eh4H4RPqg1plGbmjK_7mQl1Z0V3TSzXW5kHb5Rx6G8mtKbiP0FNlfoaQ5kFyaWoTw6nSOq9tO9AYlpq1DDfqtJ4khlJbTORq_2/s1000/20230304_102321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2P1WBdDWXOu_r6CIud_e0-CfINWf_Uai22dU9d3JQRrKQADqsAHpCeYhO45NcVxOAMwmGBsyaChCQD9VTGzMBb7eh4H4RPqg1plGbmjK_7mQl1Z0V3TSzXW5kHb5Rx6G8mtKbiP0FNlfoaQ5kFyaWoTw6nSOq9tO9AYlpq1DDfqtJ4khlJbTORq_2/w480-h640/20230304_102321.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>I can find other <i>Iris reticulata</i> of varying blues and purples, but I haven't found Sheila Ann anywhere else, and she's by far my favorite.</p><p>For the first time, I was successful getting rose cuttings to root last fall, and this spring I have five little potted rose plants. I want to keep them in pots this growing season to be sure they get off to a good start before they go into the ground, but I'll be gone for two weeks the end of May, and they'll need watering. Something to consider for everything I plant this year. Luckily, I have two good gardening neighbors I can ask for help.</p><p>More to come soon. Happy end of winter!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBWNZkDa2IsV6fLyLAJ0SgFZsIFoN3gUSqcwQ-dl3I7_VhLXxT1qK-0mVi9EQkx9d-GjNmyyng__NHsdVnlgjnRk0kw178o9lnqtrgl2K4a7hGEK5-Rkg5Nr2adZXHYALuRzNo3-Exh95-MoMzRjJEQW1MUCtC44YUIfbFsjt4BTlZqsOncqH8Ocx/s1000/20230306_143140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBWNZkDa2IsV6fLyLAJ0SgFZsIFoN3gUSqcwQ-dl3I7_VhLXxT1qK-0mVi9EQkx9d-GjNmyyng__NHsdVnlgjnRk0kw178o9lnqtrgl2K4a7hGEK5-Rkg5Nr2adZXHYALuRzNo3-Exh95-MoMzRjJEQW1MUCtC44YUIfbFsjt4BTlZqsOncqH8Ocx/w640-h480/20230306_143140.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-19991934485514324112022-09-25T12:38:00.006-05:002022-09-25T12:38:58.951-05:00Photo dump<p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Words to live by in custom made bricks from my dear friend Rich. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78VSTmC2U_eKUgX5Z5-w_rYx085_pXzIMymPyP8ZNou4DDDZ9tbsL2vFPNbolGUxuYN20cI7DQIDOFE1ubB0jiXQcLWJ13r9bOaaNFZLx0vcp4yVuNSwiDfK7OxyHojAJU5zOa2nTXqQ6tzhQ4t-nRbmHyMU3oFdQg8vpzRguaqFXAv_PVvRipqvY/s3964/20220907_105250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">'Supersweet 100' c</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">herry tomatoes ready for roasting</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIF355B1XJOAhOd0DtMy3ynkDyufa_SfBPfwuYZAoeczQjf2BW6AXlG3mJIvEWkniTslr1RmWgab4B9R3lDOJr0QBgKs-s1EbZWX7LEAxp2lbCATOb7fLyHgN0rXllAHFP6MUhYzXWqDWRwsAi28qllOV-vT4sGGxhubSowKrAJwdi_KmVMtz9liC/s1000/20220918_161344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIF355B1XJOAhOd0DtMy3ynkDyufa_SfBPfwuYZAoeczQjf2BW6AXlG3mJIvEWkniTslr1RmWgab4B9R3lDOJr0QBgKs-s1EbZWX7LEAxp2lbCATOb7fLyHgN0rXllAHFP6MUhYzXWqDWRwsAi28qllOV-vT4sGGxhubSowKrAJwdi_KmVMtz9liC/w480-h640/20220918_161344.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Omero' purple cabbage</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqdcwjqG97OxiYZ2ej1K3FohBjs_3aZlI1EZgKmrKrY5XIR7NI2SoK7UKRJ52-QFhJ0bdMR7Yg9Z9GOs52vee-YhCiq230K_axyLQbJJrBZKUonccZhxngTpznqhNZYq8H-fsewP3hGtbALili0OuI1-78KgUhn-Sr3n2PJ8i23Z7wcMVDdk19LX_/s4000/20220908_100536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqdcwjqG97OxiYZ2ej1K3FohBjs_3aZlI1EZgKmrKrY5XIR7NI2SoK7UKRJ52-QFhJ0bdMR7Yg9Z9GOs52vee-YhCiq230K_axyLQbJJrBZKUonccZhxngTpznqhNZYq8H-fsewP3hGtbALili0OuI1-78KgUhn-Sr3n2PJ8i23Z7wcMVDdk19LX_/w480-h640/20220908_100536.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Supersweet 100' cherry tomatoes</span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPVfknL6vl6FVF_JR6OSN9A9mm66nWn4xhOfKwK9IFAtO7yJGFyJZxwyfNdpoDSvyoZcnUbBHGcrcriMDC5DayEqjTLBT5V2U_JSmyiBPokLhX0grwTVa8wkqy72Qssw5tGFAV0cXWkEI68sB9rUQRIn6W8YumydKxOljzFhyoTdAq3JBxTPoCt_H/w480-h640/20220922_105804.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Carmine Splendor' okra going to seed</span></div><p>At the beginning of the season, I needed a cucumber trellis, so I built one meant to last just the one season...</p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDOwzrfPTCcCiQLrmAOPWyKoYHDpEcrbMCi48iLKAQwiXvWmfpzq2L5-tMYycDBMACZXink9d3oOAqxnu-bj2mJ9Q8upBrmymStpUw8tA-TKqbb1dkwlhzjJrGi2tHA5D0j8IknqjjJdtlcu0cyjaChgzohscW2DqW4FGc6aIRdw5iZpaehNOhWGK/s511/2022-09-25%2011.47.39%20www.facebook.com%20447e44386489.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="434" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDOwzrfPTCcCiQLrmAOPWyKoYHDpEcrbMCi48iLKAQwiXvWmfpzq2L5-tMYycDBMACZXink9d3oOAqxnu-bj2mJ9Q8upBrmymStpUw8tA-TKqbb1dkwlhzjJrGi2tHA5D0j8IknqjjJdtlcu0cyjaChgzohscW2DqW4FGc6aIRdw5iZpaehNOhWGK/w544-h640/2022-09-25%2011.47.39%20www.facebook.com%20447e44386489.png" width="544" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It looked good for a while. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKT6DgmikKXmYeCpQ-ls4dwIgtq4neX23g19L4Ujm66q-B4o6MA1zq5_EwHkaW_dnpEvx-H7BzN7MLW8jNVYGFN4ay7VDSc00KzXGC_OK1EmRt6bmNXW6pVk2gSHm-PKRYeVNUI2izg6yFfMQFyR59MCtv38WVZPJD2VP2cEuz7CMIMf8bjJs4BKLh/s850/2022-09-25%2012.05.31%20www.facebook.com%20f03dd4a09a73.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="723" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKT6DgmikKXmYeCpQ-ls4dwIgtq4neX23g19L4Ujm66q-B4o6MA1zq5_EwHkaW_dnpEvx-H7BzN7MLW8jNVYGFN4ay7VDSc00KzXGC_OK1EmRt6bmNXW6pVk2gSHm-PKRYeVNUI2izg6yFfMQFyR59MCtv38WVZPJD2VP2cEuz7CMIMf8bjJs4BKLh/w544-h640/2022-09-25%2012.05.31%20www.facebook.com%20f03dd4a09a73.png" width="544" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But some volunteer cantaloupe got heavy on it late in the season, and...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4okMx2fwOiS3H631xsU5B0nUmtRYPI0hLq_KT7qsJIKYsiQ8QEZsnhd9b113PgnAPbeurYfuai7W21uorkbDWQpc9AkOBL3cb1X9PiovCocLdKTJhWxGZdfK9r_xqwE6JiWUxcEdjTncst8tVFse3F51QrgfNqSdxqHp9csRgdq0pV7PoQlxEcOW/s1000/20220922_103047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4okMx2fwOiS3H631xsU5B0nUmtRYPI0hLq_KT7qsJIKYsiQ8QEZsnhd9b113PgnAPbeurYfuai7W21uorkbDWQpc9AkOBL3cb1X9PiovCocLdKTJhWxGZdfK9r_xqwE6JiWUxcEdjTncst8tVFse3F51QrgfNqSdxqHp9csRgdq0pV7PoQlxEcOW/w480-h640/20220922_103047.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Still, it served its purpose, since the cucumbers are all gone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUttwXRcmOuyOOT88qntSTCJP1wmse9_SM1LhLLTi5SSD0i6Wfj3MFg21Vk79PbpQYKDu1LQFS4nUkuTxeQAeiEsQv5liH2xXw4jY2o0ImHZr4qCSExksRMrBYhgwpMCAIj3bjBzaICfINuBUcXzpO9NzgU_vsd0HcGJ_TwIjB4JWPsaT-rGBkjgU4/s1000/20220922_105459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUttwXRcmOuyOOT88qntSTCJP1wmse9_SM1LhLLTi5SSD0i6Wfj3MFg21Vk79PbpQYKDu1LQFS4nUkuTxeQAeiEsQv5liH2xXw4jY2o0ImHZr4qCSExksRMrBYhgwpMCAIj3bjBzaICfINuBUcXzpO9NzgU_vsd0HcGJ_TwIjB4JWPsaT-rGBkjgU4/w640-h480/20220922_105459.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Shazam!' the prettiest it's looked all year</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJzxnp3DGyNUbYFYpaMO66VDhQN_DipTT8iWUfKtRyBvKvci2KMNCcDPtJFpjMxcF4YSUanBmOaITtcx_WAi9wd06DlVOZ3kWEIZn_pkZQ7xwDIHxUt7e0lMPfD7lgLt57r0qlyir8WKScQAiDd4AK5RiUKi69rRcmptNVdNl4UIknHKnkU7H8dBf/s1000/20220922_094515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJzxnp3DGyNUbYFYpaMO66VDhQN_DipTT8iWUfKtRyBvKvci2KMNCcDPtJFpjMxcF4YSUanBmOaITtcx_WAi9wd06DlVOZ3kWEIZn_pkZQ7xwDIHxUt7e0lMPfD7lgLt57r0qlyir8WKScQAiDd4AK5RiUKi69rRcmptNVdNl4UIknHKnkU7H8dBf/w640-h480/20220922_094515.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'South Africa' - always the most prolific and healthy rose in the garden</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3H_N2sfZXNx_3XcQ4-11i2xIhViaA6g4xATsG7HMvBb09mBy-JkPxAlMY6Y72lyE9lL0iWQMZ3M1K9-rwZ3mt5NelNmhDfYjrzC1UsIoOejHOvCbw5aJIOoMfqG_bJsP_3om7L_dIuRsvCHCPglsYVpxmfGH2a65usneVxU9DrtVLasnc7AwSkVp/s4000/20220908_081502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3H_N2sfZXNx_3XcQ4-11i2xIhViaA6g4xATsG7HMvBb09mBy-JkPxAlMY6Y72lyE9lL0iWQMZ3M1K9-rwZ3mt5NelNmhDfYjrzC1UsIoOejHOvCbw5aJIOoMfqG_bJsP_3om7L_dIuRsvCHCPglsYVpxmfGH2a65usneVxU9DrtVLasnc7AwSkVp/w480-h640/20220908_081502.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yellow 'South Africa', light pink 'Mother of Pearl', </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and dark pink 'Acropolis'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg39ZPruDxQvZ_4S-Qe7jNSYZ1rlO180EjLlm98spCWTR_TCJQ32oUsj_3TSj2yv2vPTfCs6l12WcZxeES5yV9JDSdxsfoUuHpgQL5H8TQADEKaJ0NoDLMohkttchCUHvaeHXl2s_8VHfEe32T0VutWgh0eqdfb9iKPaqPit8BsAfR6WEUQieDNGrB/w640-h480/20220905_083108.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm still harvesting a few things from the garden while waiting for the new peas and salad greens to be ready. Mostly what I have to offer in this post are flowers, but I'll be gone for a couple weeks, and I imagine the garden will have changed quite a bit in that time, so I'm posting what I have now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My sundial never got calibrated this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodouHGknWytduzu4HLK0W8D8-HSYF3biaVesAugTWUv7UbZL9SiJl-rmn7MoAeuvde8hUn2A9xp4iw3jbdaSm95TviP9Ibco8I6vQytFSYTWvhw0Y0XSwzAP6DIVL3i6BFMv9RE9pgeCLJ0biMsrToLCuGA9hl12rz1vixQ7UiEK6R6PRFxhV9PxB/w480-h640/20220903_111123.jpg" width="480" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That was like a police report, wasn't it? "A bullet struck and killed..." Passive voice. More accurately, I should have said: I never calibrated my sun dial this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The volunteer melons that came up with the cucumbers on the trellis performed better than the plants I set out on cages intentionally. There are still a couple growing that I hope are ripe when I return in a couple weeks. Or at least still there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Oo7eSFUc8JeYu6qaakVpdddJGBu0_x630c0rf2tjM6BnjLSHCWspiogQcZlh7Xu-5mc7mhmOxdH3v-gQKLBAGEWxZ9p1Y9A_Kw7ulBl7uFsXCZKvo4Xx9AtEGMgr8467-3bH_vNgkFuy0rd4HRaqSNrXrFoBBKbjAm0ayQVZS-J4QO1I67pdxNOx/w480-h640/20220905_083953.jpg" width="480" /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: left;">My poor 'Fall Gold' raspberries are struggling, but I can't let them die out. They're so unique. They taste like they're dipped in honey. And they're hard to find without ordering. Ordering live plants is kind of hit and miss in my experience. I found the one I have at an end-of-the-year sale at Orscheln farm supply. I once found a pot of them at a nursery for $75. They're good, but not THAT good if you're not made of money, which I most definitely am not. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpYOZ-MfVemZG55OmVhtnpa7pBrGBj5W7aiu1tJpy2brP2kWGAxEd0pvBvkQQFMjRVWAqWSjWb81GOXJjhr2bnJxikI4ZOgz_XapxHptPvT5v9w6toV0gdFxJG2EON9tb8Y1yJNwprwswpKX_eItlpzWn5fwbv71eCpREkHzocOb0iRu-RgKWKo9A/s1000/20220905_082055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpYOZ-MfVemZG55OmVhtnpa7pBrGBj5W7aiu1tJpy2brP2kWGAxEd0pvBvkQQFMjRVWAqWSjWb81GOXJjhr2bnJxikI4ZOgz_XapxHptPvT5v9w6toV0gdFxJG2EON9tb8Y1yJNwprwswpKX_eItlpzWn5fwbv71eCpREkHzocOb0iRu-RgKWKo9A/w480-h640/20220905_082055.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: left;">While 'Profusion Apricot' zinnias (<i>Zinnia marylandica</i>) are short growing (12-18" high), they're cheerful, rapidly going through a series of color changes as each bloom progresses. They produce lots of blooms and don't need to be deadheaded, which is another plus.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdjNuOW1LRLkYa4N8FF6aDyQnAvGxKygvronz04_bPShzVcGAFTETFC10GlFp5FuCDNdXTFhHsr3ZYXFLteiFOBCLGirJSau6hU3XNo3PNgDL8LzaJuoZxge-pdym5M-8faCoM7TIKjAa0p8qVSb0FHltzHPyPrB1YFFmbTrBQ7m7T3rdgO-S8htB/s1000/20220902_075230.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdjNuOW1LRLkYa4N8FF6aDyQnAvGxKygvronz04_bPShzVcGAFTETFC10GlFp5FuCDNdXTFhHsr3ZYXFLteiFOBCLGirJSau6hU3XNo3PNgDL8LzaJuoZxge-pdym5M-8faCoM7TIKjAa0p8qVSb0FHltzHPyPrB1YFFmbTrBQ7m7T3rdgO-S8htB/s600/20220902_075230.jpg" width="600" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black;">Even though it's been a very dry year this year, it's been a good year for the roses. I've not watered them much at all. I AM battling aphids again this year, but I'm more successful than last year. Possibly because I caught them early and have been spraying them with Sevin every single day for the past week or so. (Frowny face.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXN5DDY1TiUC7IkayqaEIS1DoG-XqiPCpXOEyIVNMo9cr-4PGxmFrs8Bvgpfl0lRJ4zvcyKaN0_sK4zVmSvntFQyyFRQQJJvLvzPxhSzdmLirh5X-am02cICKwuP-phStS8lGyMfNjnNUEvgeHTVFC5y8VfgStIQ1V5HKFkqw3dvzPmCFm7sQiPHQ/w480-h640/20220902_074835.jpg" width="480" /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">left: 'South Africa', right: 'Shazam!'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1d0az6OCJ228ck-wD-ztlBmeXl0w94yGpIJMsNo-dACF7wu3ax02ble13LDqBg19wz5fhexRhh-8WG272cWquABd7QBktEMeXhQgucjv80tPrebKlO4_gH2kl00wCQ_lwKYrmwO-kr1pgRdGUP8Qwq6ZYw0wgrqyAjxmmlEdL04MFqs2pvMptFeI/s600/20220902_074848.jpg" /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Shazam!'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYW7YK_zGYsGg9g8ZvO6WvvQzYHqjPIdC20z3tyGIqoqBM4cNDsS4m3bR7nGyNWcFzXusJZ4TqR6ePHtl-KM5R5j0ORCli_QHGUzyxRY2MBFYWDl8o9_L329ESJMvVaaIU4xOOHA-9vIPPSqF4Ja6Do5L2gM2iEL0om4Y5ET6cP0xceObnB1N9ZZz/s600/20220903_075339.jpg" /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Shazam!'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Offered without comment:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtcMd-Uj7FlEVIhBzSKbQWW0PBSjGqId7SewTyEYzi36wu91lGV3Yv-WWlJcuy8cUulSBWn8HaFB50AcGX9px0yXzIy_gXWkpRU1a0AU5g-bsK1iaNzO3r3a8HVr40_egGF4uMkcJQiJMLUgq7B7tndo4gfZFy2-MpuCcuZIYbae6n4kCRKV779-e/w640-h480/20220817_085042.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">The good stuff in the vegetable world is in full swing: tomatoes, cucumbers and melons. By some greatly appreciated miracle, the raccoons have not been into the garden this summer. Rabbits got to a couple melons that were touching the ground, but, unlike raccoons, they didn't pull the melons off the vines and destroy them completely. They just ate out the bottoms, so I cut off the damage and ate the rest myself.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGpzDfXDrH-72jW0cggPMhrzxLf4WwtmLCTijLCi169MRM3yh1YCLMPQPgVts68zYO_wlSMjdWNK0RxoXM1T8mo1Tc68OGFp_hrn0FYaqWVQwUIcL9OGBcECdsXXd782jCjC4uIFKv8DjUUyK13CwBHjgLpVjuIQiJO42WSA4jfxncDbKp8yEkQC3/s2553/20220815_061152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2553" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGpzDfXDrH-72jW0cggPMhrzxLf4WwtmLCTijLCi169MRM3yh1YCLMPQPgVts68zYO_wlSMjdWNK0RxoXM1T8mo1Tc68OGFp_hrn0FYaqWVQwUIcL9OGBcECdsXXd782jCjC4uIFKv8DjUUyK13CwBHjgLpVjuIQiJO42WSA4jfxncDbKp8yEkQC3/w542-h640/20220815_061152.jpg" width="542" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiik5xGIR1b_uRGXiyJjHNWMK0j07DA0jR47XSonTLooUlE7_ZinuFs9zuSgkYeaQp5cpcjv6lvqZjfNhoDRZNywKXPPWK2EelyUS7ih3ouzXQGXir2wtm-BADWcvgGEqsRPhQiiuR4-jplkZFcxWlvhiwJ_KdZXCJCJsRnt7XzOR0KPPxe9lPUiNgr/s585/20220816_090715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="538" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiik5xGIR1b_uRGXiyJjHNWMK0j07DA0jR47XSonTLooUlE7_ZinuFs9zuSgkYeaQp5cpcjv6lvqZjfNhoDRZNywKXPPWK2EelyUS7ih3ouzXQGXir2wtm-BADWcvgGEqsRPhQiiuR4-jplkZFcxWlvhiwJ_KdZXCJCJsRnt7XzOR0KPPxe9lPUiNgr/w588-h640/20220816_090715.jpg" width="588" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These French Charentais type melons are so delicious, and the flesh stays firm, never mushy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQn9G5BNUnGazhSskUZ1vMsb2miUxK9n9HlWWkDmaUxwWt6txporuSb1Ay78awOsEzeJoivjLTjZJnp_CMIosIpE13jyWp45g7iVU7YIDi2YPH8tJ1qFzQFXKsAO6SM7N-aeb1mQJ8ogxKrNX8sMXNJH8EwibEYRXnqjrjTIoYROaWzAMnfDUjl6u9/s1000/20220819_081932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQn9G5BNUnGazhSskUZ1vMsb2miUxK9n9HlWWkDmaUxwWt6txporuSb1Ay78awOsEzeJoivjLTjZJnp_CMIosIpE13jyWp45g7iVU7YIDi2YPH8tJ1qFzQFXKsAO6SM7N-aeb1mQJ8ogxKrNX8sMXNJH8EwibEYRXnqjrjTIoYROaWzAMnfDUjl6u9/w480-h640/20220819_081932.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'Savor' </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The long sweet peppers I grew from seeds of grocery store peppers have done okay, but of course they are not grown under the artificial conditions marketers use, so not as large or fleshy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsikZbATjGJpreoAMkoNcGcYDErnDi6pJs9-6Qnl6CoHhYMiPkmwrU5XoR8dYUK_yywC6U-GBq5cldWSr4A5B-HOB_If3IO-eDZVxQ9Kae08CF8E77LNEXVmCKE0PdA_yq4IahY0ILj8AdNIP3fZJ-8l5GqCr99VIbARURLXxsTTdeHPGRYdANvG5Z/s1000/20220814_074340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rhubarb, onions and garlic, 'Carmine Splendor' okra, 'Marketmore' cucumber, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Savor' French Charentais melon, and 'German Johnson' tomatoes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDm401xgPF7k-VDsOScsCVqx_zCUcv9DMo3buNOG6vsTHFamDAkMWXOn02tjWFqmtRQ5tFIDf88ujAu6A3iWSJCuftPhgj92Kinec4Q_1zlDkwvrgjLspSUgM4i6LnlZd36Qv2QTHMa9vRrHPQa24tbRqy5qo0Y9TYUYDx88zYgFTIusO0ai-Do5Fk/s1000/20220826_073952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDm401xgPF7k-VDsOScsCVqx_zCUcv9DMo3buNOG6vsTHFamDAkMWXOn02tjWFqmtRQ5tFIDf88ujAu6A3iWSJCuftPhgj92Kinec4Q_1zlDkwvrgjLspSUgM4i6LnlZd36Qv2QTHMa9vRrHPQa24tbRqy5qo0Y9TYUYDx88zYgFTIusO0ai-Do5Fk/w640-h480/20220826_073952.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Supersweet 100' cherry tomatoes, 'Primo Vantage' cabbage, sweet long pepper, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and ripe jalapeño peppers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV16AJvR9uH0F8A-tjPDZf0D2cbvtaoYGmG4o3RLpWzG3FksYTb_z5uprnm3ha3uWtwiA231JYePHwcHjolEZot5-BSvZ0GS4Y2OIdkI8ptr2d5bVKG3pM4QqEnPbIMQklJiQOqOiGFw9zL23R5v3OiAjbYf7wSIZZ1qixFsq3n8klzOcAqIK4KN-M/s1000/20220822_065857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV16AJvR9uH0F8A-tjPDZf0D2cbvtaoYGmG4o3RLpWzG3FksYTb_z5uprnm3ha3uWtwiA231JYePHwcHjolEZot5-BSvZ0GS4Y2OIdkI8ptr2d5bVKG3pM4QqEnPbIMQklJiQOqOiGFw9zL23R5v3OiAjbYf7wSIZZ1qixFsq3n8klzOcAqIK4KN-M/w480-h640/20220822_065857.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Carmine Splendor' okra, 'Omero' cabbages,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and celery gone to seed</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQGrXPJ0fTgZKhfiMSawKnl2byT6eaLzVWC1xerHqOr3KWmKIQmBAe8tujgmabMBo1YnrJ-wqjbAad2lpN6DTOlDyrIDX_EiJ4aJytzAq3wOvxaPAiGrPw_QvKraDqeeyOwETFpp70_vz53vVykccmOKRDqDWjmTLqGVBBbbvuXC-nBrA9FKMAlIH/s1000/20220816_155855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQGrXPJ0fTgZKhfiMSawKnl2byT6eaLzVWC1xerHqOr3KWmKIQmBAe8tujgmabMBo1YnrJ-wqjbAad2lpN6DTOlDyrIDX_EiJ4aJytzAq3wOvxaPAiGrPw_QvKraDqeeyOwETFpp70_vz53vVykccmOKRDqDWjmTLqGVBBbbvuXC-nBrA9FKMAlIH/w480-h640/20220816_155855.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">'Carmine Splendor' okra</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKGSauBhAwqKD3CfCuh1FFF6dS22FFvWmrti3zVE1vEOWrpgxCUlj38MranLFVArj5VLgsRoxhDWyGd-4I5oCAOjtxu8zVSosZqWskKFxuc_QzjdW4wsjmouHKwwQhROsreuLaCCJE_ojeKPKUe3eR8iXjEyYNovgAclm9qEa2TQr5R5j7ivzdDYoJ/s1000/20220818_071229.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKGSauBhAwqKD3CfCuh1FFF6dS22FFvWmrti3zVE1vEOWrpgxCUlj38MranLFVArj5VLgsRoxhDWyGd-4I5oCAOjtxu8zVSosZqWskKFxuc_QzjdW4wsjmouHKwwQhROsreuLaCCJE_ojeKPKUe3eR8iXjEyYNovgAclm9qEa2TQr5R5j7ivzdDYoJ/w480-h640/20220818_071229.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">'Omero' cabbages</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CfpNfmyGYPiBx4Btim-HNCRvjctlus-xNs3PmOP7HrVnz8-APto_vsfWMbxqCyabearx9NtPZTz13dezqX2Q9qtrsTpUv8hOZqwPoYwNKoKusmalwe4ZEoXGM70NJk9SX4q5H20sQM94YqypNOFeBSiwbl40CwJuasn0KYL2OllzLh6eh9TE1tOb/s1000/20220820_064917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CfpNfmyGYPiBx4Btim-HNCRvjctlus-xNs3PmOP7HrVnz8-APto_vsfWMbxqCyabearx9NtPZTz13dezqX2Q9qtrsTpUv8hOZqwPoYwNKoKusmalwe4ZEoXGM70NJk9SX4q5H20sQM94YqypNOFeBSiwbl40CwJuasn0KYL2OllzLh6eh9TE1tOb/w480-h640/20220820_064917.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Marketmore' cucumber and 'Savor' melon</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJg7Eop4nOXjODTi6r9ipBURNecnoo9-gulxM9KprhXWR0rl4iItfCj-k-jRXjdZbzeOUKFwoQoBkdjdNYaHwmvZVVF42NKgDgagOicjqcZUp3WLEbNJ3k0faPJVzjxX_i2WaJBZ29OLkE5uziBf0ix1nlB63I-9ysYEqoGcrM7jyr0GKM91_PaM4/s1000/20220820_065325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Due to several factors, including extreme heat in July and long Covid, I haven't kept my garden tended well as in previous years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYmHdaCeNhDO5x_4gzCDeLVoELlOmqq7v24vmHqpiF2WqOpb47Kw8sErwS4AR17nWB1ZXOEN4DBjftxLxPKpZ_u9KEpzCLANB0DuGIKFUIyh6pmZ6gvGoF_ZbQ-10fJnOZD_-BfFfH_JY72_mrXMIN4rQja2nYJNOAwlqtjlxMJ73EMyErLeupye6/s1000/20220826_065115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYmHdaCeNhDO5x_4gzCDeLVoELlOmqq7v24vmHqpiF2WqOpb47Kw8sErwS4AR17nWB1ZXOEN4DBjftxLxPKpZ_u9KEpzCLANB0DuGIKFUIyh6pmZ6gvGoF_ZbQ-10fJnOZD_-BfFfH_JY72_mrXMIN4rQja2nYJNOAwlqtjlxMJ73EMyErLeupye6/w480-h640/20220826_065115.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've done a better job in the rose garden. But the aphids showed up this week, and I'm having quite a battle with them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSD8jGjVvqI_M42psISGw2p5tFjQMDTkJST3EWGEzcWyk841e6NaeBVbGzMSaSCGwgxgrEjQdT1wPQwSQ85-HiDkU3PvMWN7uTK9oV4DGYJR4ih7xhWRZF_3IP3nAY7eZrvhT6Tp-EbFzEV35Ybp5fv69qqy-WM7mhnOx9fiwh6TIgmiN_hj1WsZO/s1000/20220822_061635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSD8jGjVvqI_M42psISGw2p5tFjQMDTkJST3EWGEzcWyk841e6NaeBVbGzMSaSCGwgxgrEjQdT1wPQwSQ85-HiDkU3PvMWN7uTK9oV4DGYJR4ih7xhWRZF_3IP3nAY7eZrvhT6Tp-EbFzEV35Ybp5fv69qqy-WM7mhnOx9fiwh6TIgmiN_hj1WsZO/w640-h480/20220822_061635.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdVNbWaT9wDSMuZD8H0F-7tSW5JUFib2dYGB-H0X9KQ3yO2A5RQWGg9YA5hSEh26j_bu-4K_7BnCdX5sMNC6v8VglwZBnC9CKabcpLcDpNqI3DKjDzczQBVlSM_GdXPkn51e5xBgdHizbgnjdyEYMyylarmxeUQTXLJSqwmj5TZIC7fR0G8COstvwt/w640-h480/20220811_070309.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This post is going to be essentially an ode to my newest rose 'Mother of Pearl'. I'm so happy with it and can't look at it enough. So, unless you skip the last half of this post, you'll be looking at it a lot, too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A kohlrabi plant that overwintered was recently harvested, and I shredded it up to make slaw, and then didn't do it. So after it laid in the refrigerator until it was almost mush, I tossed it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibO-9ZYCYV0WS8ChK31lk14lb9XTIC703BV1_K1TTWBg-zxCUci6BUTawLPIp8JaDFySq9MdHA-WgkI58ivX0zlAAZyahF1-NMmPw_IpS7DHgAWluVxLUMz7jWV7CaWeiwS2dQT5k_BxefDtMMM5nVjBdsRylNwkIppGpQAg9WsbTfMbkB3WEw5mym/s2667/20220802_083548.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2667" data-original-width="2299" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibO-9ZYCYV0WS8ChK31lk14lb9XTIC703BV1_K1TTWBg-zxCUci6BUTawLPIp8JaDFySq9MdHA-WgkI58ivX0zlAAZyahF1-NMmPw_IpS7DHgAWluVxLUMz7jWV7CaWeiwS2dQT5k_BxefDtMMM5nVjBdsRylNwkIppGpQAg9WsbTfMbkB3WEw5mym/w552-h640/20220802_083548.jpg" width="552" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Early purple Vienna' kohlrabi (<i>Brassica oleracea gongylodes</i>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm very surprised and glad that the raccoons haven't been in the garden yet. It has allowed me to harvest a couple of melons. I've planted two French Charentais types, 'Tasty Bites' and 'Savor'. These are reliably sweet, and the flesh stays firm, which is a big plus in my estimation. 'Tasty Bites' are apparently an earlier variety than 'Savor', which is the one I'm really looking forward to.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_4sGmSPQydbOJlKxuf1PTyY18wIgJDnu_ZKMTHLbs6i3dcUQthg4cKjiD-sarfWqQ19RKJEX8TawXwYz8HuJaWfl8TiGtBhMPbmO9bFZvpQkVxWaF483N4DQ9roYMCxcv-D6BS7qXEmVzOS1NpAcyfiY66zZd3N58IQaoECXieyGCNRhKzZOTwXx/s1000/20220810_074107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_4sGmSPQydbOJlKxuf1PTyY18wIgJDnu_ZKMTHLbs6i3dcUQthg4cKjiD-sarfWqQ19RKJEX8TawXwYz8HuJaWfl8TiGtBhMPbmO9bFZvpQkVxWaF483N4DQ9roYMCxcv-D6BS7qXEmVzOS1NpAcyfiY66zZd3N58IQaoECXieyGCNRhKzZOTwXx/w640-h480/20220810_074107.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Tasty Bites' cantaloupe</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've only had a few cucumbers, because I think only one plant came up. It came up amongst volunteer 'Savor' melons, which look like cucumber plants when they're small, so my cucumber trellis is nicely covered, but mostly with melon vines.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eLcLv-cySnrOQRSslCRvjbCxQgk7s8jzS2eVTczE67nyx-K83wf1KM144bAenREmyvJiVDLEs_UAxH6vetcvBLkib6mr_nmK2_gEQrff88gqF_6mBitUun4gXr4-POS3fdafW5YvKZr5ibWbr9KZAt3Kp4P8LThhX-Qcb0fj0bhrhY_W-_G8BiwL/s3469/20220806_080201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3469" data-original-width="2578" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eLcLv-cySnrOQRSslCRvjbCxQgk7s8jzS2eVTczE67nyx-K83wf1KM144bAenREmyvJiVDLEs_UAxH6vetcvBLkib6mr_nmK2_gEQrff88gqF_6mBitUun4gXr4-POS3fdafW5YvKZr5ibWbr9KZAt3Kp4P8LThhX-Qcb0fj0bhrhY_W-_G8BiwL/w476-h640/20220806_080201.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fall peas, arugula, lettuce and dill are all up and growing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And now...homage to 'Mother of Pearl'...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx651Lj9QFgiwNA5EHmsFsIi3Y6tbjYjapxwIGBKR3jxrirQo0A-yhee2ylkWs_a1tlf92a2oghgmDIHEiP3ot6RUWdKUh2N_ffqbKe7JZmAg4VW8tazFiZefMxpkbd1XT4Op4_TeaWpDpB-ML5q-EwH514UTh3IIQfFIOIlSnsM3cu8cv6BnU4J2s/s1000/20220803_062604.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx651Lj9QFgiwNA5EHmsFsIi3Y6tbjYjapxwIGBKR3jxrirQo0A-yhee2ylkWs_a1tlf92a2oghgmDIHEiP3ot6RUWdKUh2N_ffqbKe7JZmAg4VW8tazFiZefMxpkbd1XT4Op4_TeaWpDpB-ML5q-EwH514UTh3IIQfFIOIlSnsM3cu8cv6BnU4J2s/w640-h480/20220803_062604.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuDNzSXiOir_JqOSSlZG2O8skfdjo5nMYbWBaos-nMsQ-t7rZ5jj_wblpoSYHsNYXMDhpHBGnHfNlp2KfdZVRBBTbgfV2uz_y0h8W_Eiix8l4vIgGSw4ThURSzcQOjEFw3sV98G2m7XpUrulOgMCmIMwv2JhNbFRhJ4V1ULzekrBlMRjBUY64TXSH/s582/20220804_062805a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="582" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuDNzSXiOir_JqOSSlZG2O8skfdjo5nMYbWBaos-nMsQ-t7rZ5jj_wblpoSYHsNYXMDhpHBGnHfNlp2KfdZVRBBTbgfV2uz_y0h8W_Eiix8l4vIgGSw4ThURSzcQOjEFw3sV98G2m7XpUrulOgMCmIMwv2JhNbFRhJ4V1ULzekrBlMRjBUY64TXSH/w640-h488/20220804_062805a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_GuoLD1VZF4UwFcpmR6DqUKGO3ixALt-CMFeYmmbKK10JkKB1mY-R2XVXugVARoXX8xx4pOj7yeSynVCd-5tz6N955JXkCRAVkqU0dlZZwLEteL6Ja_FZeGSIPuDrl1PpQAu5sd2KHe_gk54TVguwcbBp1a5vzkgF9v3YVNQy10NSK9bs-tLuUJ8/s1000/20220805_060853.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_GuoLD1VZF4UwFcpmR6DqUKGO3ixALt-CMFeYmmbKK10JkKB1mY-R2XVXugVARoXX8xx4pOj7yeSynVCd-5tz6N955JXkCRAVkqU0dlZZwLEteL6Ja_FZeGSIPuDrl1PpQAu5sd2KHe_gk54TVguwcbBp1a5vzkgF9v3YVNQy10NSK9bs-tLuUJ8/w480-h640/20220805_060853.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0owyX3d_-ptci-1jCB-6Puj6NpYleJcALmqWwZ9dydtd7r44T-NhRE2N-ugRusieAdYeubS5e5DfTKKVV3KgywVNZq0uwO88wDfucpMdfs8LiEsSHR49Op9YHLjSphrf3pk_KGT-NfjKOlg_oZuOXwyK8UFvs8jzfokAM3Ul-DFctRdZ3aN4yz27/s1000/20220805_060857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0owyX3d_-ptci-1jCB-6Puj6NpYleJcALmqWwZ9dydtd7r44T-NhRE2N-ugRusieAdYeubS5e5DfTKKVV3KgywVNZq0uwO88wDfucpMdfs8LiEsSHR49Op9YHLjSphrf3pk_KGT-NfjKOlg_oZuOXwyK8UFvs8jzfokAM3Ul-DFctRdZ3aN4yz27/w480-h640/20220805_060857.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sometimes, the blossoms look very pink, and other times, a delicate peachy color. It must be the time of day and the light. The older the blossom, at any time, are more peach.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Eqifh1g_pqMp_t0w2STOeBMMLgcUkGYXI5X-OX7Oficn4w4sLHaNfH5U4nYYOCTg7XbwtrAny4EVGlzS3JtLK0N-gfYodl_C6Fc_Vp46S5LGHdKFpOoisXrUwiqqIOESqDr-rilgAOgHtB9lnDDihEAVOFWILjFPcJ0PC27lkpuTYukvEf9zx7Qd/s1000/20220809_081159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Eqifh1g_pqMp_t0w2STOeBMMLgcUkGYXI5X-OX7Oficn4w4sLHaNfH5U4nYYOCTg7XbwtrAny4EVGlzS3JtLK0N-gfYodl_C6Fc_Vp46S5LGHdKFpOoisXrUwiqqIOESqDr-rilgAOgHtB9lnDDihEAVOFWILjFPcJ0PC27lkpuTYukvEf9zx7Qd/w480-h640/20220809_081159.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigV9He095ct5Sv9E4NGgs8ZXf3ovaCjmbaG3uZuEdt-Umw3jvmkEuc1L4XqH2AWQ0pj0Or8e02_nID01i6qpHdyBEuy8U3Y9HQPH6Xk72u4LG7Cer9SMgmRLK9vjvS6hHgGgBuaaM06vVQ0eGu-1H0U5Y12XMWBzOal-oRnU8meLxfiQNUOaE9jAUM/s844/Attach0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="746" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigV9He095ct5Sv9E4NGgs8ZXf3ovaCjmbaG3uZuEdt-Umw3jvmkEuc1L4XqH2AWQ0pj0Or8e02_nID01i6qpHdyBEuy8U3Y9HQPH6Xk72u4LG7Cer9SMgmRLK9vjvS6hHgGgBuaaM06vVQ0eGu-1H0U5Y12XMWBzOal-oRnU8meLxfiQNUOaE9jAUM/w566-h640/Attach0.jpg" width="566" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPmJdb9unjcA9nl52thNXSn4yGYribRXvwWFq7S4FE2Sw4wfB182Zb0EfY25hyM3kT8kHMQaoGmZwX4CyHrDaJDLW5DB7RUFfWIMwxJHbcPT2dFVq2nlHsjopj-BhdG5FLxYhiBVLGBQBfHi8dcOpkUCYxlitQuA_ai1viNeSrch1fjogYd8zLTByk/s990/20220806_082511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="990" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPmJdb9unjcA9nl52thNXSn4yGYribRXvwWFq7S4FE2Sw4wfB182Zb0EfY25hyM3kT8kHMQaoGmZwX4CyHrDaJDLW5DB7RUFfWIMwxJHbcPT2dFVq2nlHsjopj-BhdG5FLxYhiBVLGBQBfHi8dcOpkUCYxlitQuA_ai1viNeSrch1fjogYd8zLTByk/w640-h388/20220806_082511.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324271655048657416.post-84344586493070734762022-07-31T12:16:00.000-05:002022-07-31T12:16:57.373-05:00Bits and pieces<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBEtjeWTca0kbml_LSbQdk2n5IYrOjIzPdqK_xzjkGjPKbgPuxWCHYgEz3HTlVF0-KMcFof42tPqRzWenoGntPYWNX-4_ZP1QEJTaVUF6ZWSCjGnJ515x7BrYlsdNoXWkX18Ozk2g5dui1hqUOVL-9_ifaEsPR1o54Mgf4CJxB1gKx151GV9Eegdc/s1000/20220729_185324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBEtjeWTca0kbml_LSbQdk2n5IYrOjIzPdqK_xzjkGjPKbgPuxWCHYgEz3HTlVF0-KMcFof42tPqRzWenoGntPYWNX-4_ZP1QEJTaVUF6ZWSCjGnJ515x7BrYlsdNoXWkX18Ozk2g5dui1hqUOVL-9_ifaEsPR1o54Mgf4CJxB1gKx151GV9Eegdc/w480-h640/20220729_185324.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Papilio polyxenes - Black swallowtail butterfly larva on dill</div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once in a while, 'Purple Ruffles' basil will produce a plant that isn't all purple. This year, I only had two plants, and both were purple and green.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Xx3DU-RW43MNN5k8AcUA4CVkQp3W5yANTQXmUceSTZ8K5E8wUBwx59AW2NXgSM5qnnQGqyfIR1Kt1t81DmySJnxfywycUirFViFAMVZFIV1F-bzrOUkkVhEaau8CFiiQ4N6BUTvpx_amrtjUdj1nIwdYAtBn4ehqN8Zk89_k_03L511-IhoOPwYA/s2870/20220730_075554.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2577" data-original-width="2870" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Xx3DU-RW43MNN5k8AcUA4CVkQp3W5yANTQXmUceSTZ8K5E8wUBwx59AW2NXgSM5qnnQGqyfIR1Kt1t81DmySJnxfywycUirFViFAMVZFIV1F-bzrOUkkVhEaau8CFiiQ4N6BUTvpx_amrtjUdj1nIwdYAtBn4ehqN8Zk89_k_03L511-IhoOPwYA/w640-h574/20220730_075554.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The long, sweet peppers are starting to color.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDa6M4Mn6bYPDLuxWEfU-Btr0ShJEID5SfKvxjZrEJxEdG9Erm_QI-DuVVMOxxR3LVAD_TW9XSTAuahpbuMexGAMTiaCrn9fDZSV4EwZyoPQ6m1XXruvBZsmnenmiLlYfaR9tOtZOFyH9dccci6uUGxMIqfGeFmVKw4KNtEB24hzrQHUViqBilcMN/s1000/20220731_074402.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDa6M4Mn6bYPDLuxWEfU-Btr0ShJEID5SfKvxjZrEJxEdG9Erm_QI-DuVVMOxxR3LVAD_TW9XSTAuahpbuMexGAMTiaCrn9fDZSV4EwZyoPQ6m1XXruvBZsmnenmiLlYfaR9tOtZOFyH9dccci6uUGxMIqfGeFmVKw4KNtEB24hzrQHUViqBilcMN/w640-h480/20220731_074402.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Finally! A few slicing tomatoes are ripening, so I've gotten to eat BLTs, or BBLTs in this case (adding basil leaves). I could be a vegetarian if not for BLTs. And I only get them in summer, because I refuse to buy slicing tomatoes in stores. Tasteless.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrOtygUwgXUPLxKrBmNQqSTMuOEbg6gDt2asc1aNZLGzj5lFdWTeZV9UWC5ANIH4raney1ByygL5ReUAQJlANdWBF-FtsKxII25rvYyQnC3WIkYtc-cgk926n0U2cb77xObM3LjjRB6Po6Au6qrkVX_CX-GYRn3dVecruao14WIZQcrLc2wvpBYFD/s1000/20220730_085705.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrOtygUwgXUPLxKrBmNQqSTMuOEbg6gDt2asc1aNZLGzj5lFdWTeZV9UWC5ANIH4raney1ByygL5ReUAQJlANdWBF-FtsKxII25rvYyQnC3WIkYtc-cgk926n0U2cb77xObM3LjjRB6Po6Au6qrkVX_CX-GYRn3dVecruao14WIZQcrLc2wvpBYFD/w640-h480/20220730_085705.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Currently harvestable:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDnhrKGSLtfykIDvGXBgIlXDzVR2PGS-taZ16hMq_jOWwe0YnnJCvE9o4bA600SJsZS5LWs5PUo7mNtjoRRNpJ90VZj5PPHqf5WZt-NWl0I77jDo1QAMQAg6DltsgE_aNBmVwMJAEiTQnS-WOQbIYdbXMS9K4yxKnRFeUUF2BU8o0WCJy9HIq5bVT/s932/20220730_083353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="932" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDnhrKGSLtfykIDvGXBgIlXDzVR2PGS-taZ16hMq_jOWwe0YnnJCvE9o4bA600SJsZS5LWs5PUo7mNtjoRRNpJ90VZj5PPHqf5WZt-NWl0I77jDo1QAMQAg6DltsgE_aNBmVwMJAEiTQnS-WOQbIYdbXMS9K4yxKnRFeUUF2BU8o0WCJy9HIq5bVT/w640-h466/20220730_083353.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Tasty Bites' mini cantaloupe, 'Supersweet 100' cherry tomatoes, 'Marketmore' cucumber, 'Carmine Splendor' okra, 'Merveille de Quatre Saisons' lettuce, 'German Johnson' tomatoes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My experiment with growing potatoes in straw was a flop. Somebody ate on the ones that grew properly:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdjMwkhBCYBb6SqNDWSDC54n8v3hCJwgtgdFusg95l4lZ6QhEl-7LrHPugWjLVY4H6hkyu2zIXvWCxujgx-ZzMIpwm9DHAo9gNrwtP7aESnb9_JarWwoHWe6BZNcV7Q5-zimgNDgLhkvGoSpJqLegJD7znx2bxxuePtmDW8dd_dpivw_Mlb8VZaLZ/s1000/20220728_064547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdjMwkhBCYBb6SqNDWSDC54n8v3hCJwgtgdFusg95l4lZ6QhEl-7LrHPugWjLVY4H6hkyu2zIXvWCxujgx-ZzMIpwm9DHAo9gNrwtP7aESnb9_JarWwoHWe6BZNcV7Q5-zimgNDgLhkvGoSpJqLegJD7znx2bxxuePtmDW8dd_dpivw_Mlb8VZaLZ/w480-h640/20220728_064547.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That was just one plant. The other plants didn't do anything. Or if they did, this was it:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVJT0jI_evJAjAEVPRRD9zGbbxJ0312QfWQpe4wTkv8iDAzK40qI9LqRbT16l8wdNjU-m1wteuEtvfPEBKi2mNVP2LoY-Arn3uLSyFsxHatJf2LZEb4r0cPtsJzQfzEWiodOpLsPhkU3ZvdVqqpvBgoqui5272-Y_S89IMO2Q_p7fHDPzo74-nQTy/s1000/20220728_064434.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVJT0jI_evJAjAEVPRRD9zGbbxJ0312QfWQpe4wTkv8iDAzK40qI9LqRbT16l8wdNjU-m1wteuEtvfPEBKi2mNVP2LoY-Arn3uLSyFsxHatJf2LZEb4r0cPtsJzQfzEWiodOpLsPhkU3ZvdVqqpvBgoqui5272-Y_S89IMO2Q_p7fHDPzo74-nQTy/w480-h640/20220728_064434.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My carrots were also a failure. Some of the problem may have been the drought. Ya think? They and the potatoes were planted away from the main garden, and I need to hook up two hoses if I'm going to get far enough with the water to assist them. It was so darned hot so much of the time, that I couldn't be bothered.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The roses are not bad, but they could have used more watering, too. I've been able to keep them from a lot of Japanese beetle damage, but at the cost of spraying them every couple of days with Sevin insecticide. Today, I noticed aphids coming on one of the shrubs. Last year, the aphid situation got away from me, and I hardly had any roses.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWYbEUPr4IOURPKZ-WtF-CVX1anmfNuTfvrd0zWcIJ2hJs9uvtJJHBWRzCtPM_XwuW0RUbWVPt0naf6fYuMHiTTQK9iuTFf_6mdhpN18pY8u-uZNEQXeBrHw-NsKE0uYQv4BaZ6lfA-7owbp_vYuSkgndytK1cX1brWpw-lJ_uWpmrZancZzMIedv/s1000/20220730_133846.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWYbEUPr4IOURPKZ-WtF-CVX1anmfNuTfvrd0zWcIJ2hJs9uvtJJHBWRzCtPM_XwuW0RUbWVPt0naf6fYuMHiTTQK9iuTFf_6mdhpN18pY8u-uZNEQXeBrHw-NsKE0uYQv4BaZ6lfA-7owbp_vYuSkgndytK1cX1brWpw-lJ_uWpmrZancZzMIedv/w480-h640/20220730_133846.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Mother of Pearl'</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4a-s9lRlZTyHrjMhe-8Q_huh9aqDxS2Q5LxPPwJ5SI6UOUYaqzk1vj574lHwITTAwsH5rG_yrWs2r4aeeeF4-jVvLl1R4M7Oj4XlXWBGXzuslvQ2xHhVfOKEOhn0qaLRdcD15BRLZwztglQdR5ipdq2Eh8528lT4B1HpKB2HTtlpxuVNlvMj9WlO/s1000/20220731_075759.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4a-s9lRlZTyHrjMhe-8Q_huh9aqDxS2Q5LxPPwJ5SI6UOUYaqzk1vj574lHwITTAwsH5rG_yrWs2r4aeeeF4-jVvLl1R4M7Oj4XlXWBGXzuslvQ2xHhVfOKEOhn0qaLRdcD15BRLZwztglQdR5ipdq2Eh8528lT4B1HpKB2HTtlpxuVNlvMj9WlO/w480-h640/20220731_075759.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Grande Amore' on a very humid morning</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-o1je2zk6Wh91ilOBE6zz4yqcCr7I3_pkNwByQtYM7YX6y1JBgv5HSNego_HZYfMLdvhyhvFSzCM7b9uD_WG7wiemHJVaZNkHLg4KBKsJBAE4Vk9s9kpz8eB2p-Dc2b1xDMqJu_tFZVyj6cFD5qns_FjtLa_LBwIOAuUCI4tjWV5Ud1APnNtTumr4/s1000/20220731_080533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-o1je2zk6Wh91ilOBE6zz4yqcCr7I3_pkNwByQtYM7YX6y1JBgv5HSNego_HZYfMLdvhyhvFSzCM7b9uD_WG7wiemHJVaZNkHLg4KBKsJBAE4Vk9s9kpz8eB2p-Dc2b1xDMqJu_tFZVyj6cFD5qns_FjtLa_LBwIOAuUCI4tjWV5Ud1APnNtTumr4/w480-h640/20220731_080533.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Razzle Dazzle'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I sometimes fail to check the listed heights of plants, which leads to disappointing results in the landscape. I thought maybe I had done that with some hybrid <i>Echinacea</i>. Both 'Cheyenne Spirit' and 'Green Twister' are shorter than I would have liked for my perennial bed, and a new one I barely got one plant going of, 'Paradiso' is yet to be proven. 'Cheyenne Spirit' is fair in height - 2.5-3' - but 'Green Twister', which is advertised to be 2-3 feet, isn't even making it to 2. It's in its 3rd year, but last year had flood conditions, and this year drought, so I'm hoping it will eventually get taller. Otherwise, the gaura next to it will obscure it. Their colors should complement each other. </div><div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGOl62WTEvbUBn7AwDd2oRwQzwM5EovA9UoVK8CRpvkfLf0EMGIvmMX_Vbjbtb31S4Aod7sKwcoyrUu0BO1mqMVueYL_o2UQE-epFp9Dkrv9nuL_fyOuLoa7qAVEMO0mcvdLuCxtbdGr6w1sSf4_Ly2VMWPGvs09mYvv0D71m6OrJpMcFwsnBEJgn/s1000/20220729_185059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGOl62WTEvbUBn7AwDd2oRwQzwM5EovA9UoVK8CRpvkfLf0EMGIvmMX_Vbjbtb31S4Aod7sKwcoyrUu0BO1mqMVueYL_o2UQE-epFp9Dkrv9nuL_fyOuLoa7qAVEMO0mcvdLuCxtbdGr6w1sSf4_Ly2VMWPGvs09mYvv0D71m6OrJpMcFwsnBEJgn/w640-h480/20220729_185059.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Green Twister' Echinacea</span></div><div><br /></div><div>'Green Twister' is still going strong, but 'Cheyenne Spirit' is done blooming.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9u8HG1XbX2amSIQdfiyC3LoF-Uq3GAyEGkz6rQbxM0_OCDwFZPd-wFzSdbkQ5R48L2AvCUEJc6O1RELEZqC8mbpMS_ke5gua5adUpkm7-8NIeKWq-MYK35KjhD2tHuLWxuWfP_L_j2pLqYtl6Fu3vMidzkfQrc5u6mFv6BP80KB6ER3LJpKPRJiI/s1008/20220616_064900.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="1008" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9u8HG1XbX2amSIQdfiyC3LoF-Uq3GAyEGkz6rQbxM0_OCDwFZPd-wFzSdbkQ5R48L2AvCUEJc6O1RELEZqC8mbpMS_ke5gua5adUpkm7-8NIeKWq-MYK35KjhD2tHuLWxuWfP_L_j2pLqYtl6Fu3vMidzkfQrc5u6mFv6BP80KB6ER3LJpKPRJiI/w640-h360/20220616_064900.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Cheyenne Spirit' in mid-June</span></div><div><br /></div><div>I planted 'Cheyenne Spirit' to add some stand-out color to the perennial bed, and they kind of overdid it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sadly, 'Fiery Meadow Mama' <i>Echinacea </i>and 'Cherry Brandy' <i>Rudbeckia </i>didn't make it past last year's flooding.</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Echinaceas</i> are, of course, a coneflower, and so are <i>Rudbeckias</i> and <i>Ratibidas,</i> all of which are in the large wildflower plot adjacent to my garden. Most coneflowers are perennials. </div><div><div> </div><div>The more colorful varieties may be relatively new breeds. Old fashioned <i>Echinacea</i>, purple coneflower, is very common, as are the yellow varieties of coneflowers that are normally <i>Rudbeckias</i>. If you can't decide which you're looking at, you are safe calling purple coneflowers <i>Echinacea</i> and yellow ones <i>Rudbeckia</i> or <i>Ratibida.</i> Or you can just keep calling them all coneflowers. Some familiar <i>Rudbeckia</i> are called Black-Eyed (<i>Rudbeckia hirta</i>) and Brown-Eyed (<i>Rudbeckia triloba</i>) Susans.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Ratibidas</i> are more distinct in that they are less coarse in stem and leaf and have flowers on long, leafless stalks and heads that are generally elongated. Think of Mexican Hat and Grayhead Coneflower.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPFKP9eyANM6E04MRfEf9dCbKG_yftCAZCP-yotlLjKIVdpHndA7xIbvOliCQzJ6nxhyBxEzZMI7TEn8fna71NlJVM2ZIJaojzw6YgmS9hgLC7xF9NPfDbvLMFVrHyxYd--noaIDiKhyqxkmdCwtlV_Rp9HiBsjuv5wrUH8AGBPn-Y6fLMW26Hlir/s1000/20220729_190406.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPFKP9eyANM6E04MRfEf9dCbKG_yftCAZCP-yotlLjKIVdpHndA7xIbvOliCQzJ6nxhyBxEzZMI7TEn8fna71NlJVM2ZIJaojzw6YgmS9hgLC7xF9NPfDbvLMFVrHyxYd--noaIDiKhyqxkmdCwtlV_Rp9HiBsjuv5wrUH8AGBPn-Y6fLMW26Hlir/w480-h640/20220729_190406.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Emerging <i>Echinacea</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_o3MIaXAarSZKbAVKWX9vTWH9g6ASIPYLSes22tGgZOtCJOAhbI63dBH6bR5lTUiNOzCa09pOv1SFmJGFJ3XtZ9Yon64hESR3OEVP4n__5Tp9FY6bxidFUiBPc62DnoTP7gq1TzQPoWK0g2F_N_AIvU4CSL4KqwG_m0TwStMvYphmB_ajIl_wP1h/s1000/20220729_190544.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_o3MIaXAarSZKbAVKWX9vTWH9g6ASIPYLSes22tGgZOtCJOAhbI63dBH6bR5lTUiNOzCa09pOv1SFmJGFJ3XtZ9Yon64hESR3OEVP4n__5Tp9FY6bxidFUiBPc62DnoTP7gq1TzQPoWK0g2F_N_AIvU4CSL4KqwG_m0TwStMvYphmB_ajIl_wP1h/w480-h640/20220729_190544.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Purple coneflower (<i>Echinacea purpurea</i>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAEMc5uwfAmiE_PC7tdauN4X61CvVieao7RZzQcg0uQZLu3jRQ2UJ4R9RbwKQ-XxjLBrmCaOaEfQr6obZ03sTd_maDXtmWesBO2OiIOxrYoJCk4jxd7_LuYepAGVkXaAbxLH8lMLXyWTRPfD7V_e8pkmoudYhSidsNn6lBb2RlqEkstXqxUUJd4y2/s1000/20220729_190423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAEMc5uwfAmiE_PC7tdauN4X61CvVieao7RZzQcg0uQZLu3jRQ2UJ4R9RbwKQ-XxjLBrmCaOaEfQr6obZ03sTd_maDXtmWesBO2OiIOxrYoJCk4jxd7_LuYepAGVkXaAbxLH8lMLXyWTRPfD7V_e8pkmoudYhSidsNn6lBb2RlqEkstXqxUUJd4y2/w480-h640/20220729_190423.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Emerging <i>Rudbeckia</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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