Oh won’t cha come with me, and walk this land?
I know it won’t be a long walk, but since I have posted quite nearly nothing at all about my own beloved gadda da vidda this summer…
This is my little container garden. It’s made up of freebies from the garden center (a perk that I cannot deny enjoying to the fullest). From left to right; eggplant, peppers of undetermined hotness, 2 sad Park’s Whoppers tomatoes, a geranium and some basil and a sad Better Boy. In front are Blues and Begonias in the round containers and white wave petunias in the long one.
Jack Be Little pumpkins planted on specific request from Timothy who says “They are just delicious baked with a little butter and some salt”. Atta boy!
This year the sunflowers did not reach amazing heights. However, the tomatillos did. They are nearly 6 feet tall, having grown a good 10 inches since this photo was taken. Amazing. I harvested about 5 pounds off two plants yesterday.
This photo is 3 weeks old, like the sunflower picture above. The tomatoes have really taken off with the sudden onset of summer (at long last!). Since then, I have mowed the lawn at least twice, but I digress… this is supposed to be illustrating how nicely the Florida Weave method of corralling tomatoes is working, making the tomatoes into a wall o’ maters.
And here is the view from the upstairs bathroom about two weeks ago. As you can see, I did indeed mow the lawn. The flowers mingled in the sunflowers on the bottom left bed are seeds saved from Mrs. Girlfriend’s bridal shower when she was just Girlfriend way back last year. They are wild yellow cosmos, and are just stunning. One of these days I will remember to take a photo of them!
1 Comment
August 19, 2009 at 9:09 am
I love what Timothy said about the pumpkins. A future food critic, perhaps?
The sunflowers just make my spirits soar. What a gift to have in your garden. Thank you for sharing these lovely sights!