I'm very excited about my tomatoes this year. A friend gave me some seedlings she'd grown of heirloom varieties & they've done very well. All the plants are about 5 foot high & I have fruit on all of them. This is Rouge de Marmande above.
Monday, January 6, 2014
Summer garden in shades of green & lemon
I'm very excited about my tomatoes this year. A friend gave me some seedlings she'd grown of heirloom varieties & they've done very well. All the plants are about 5 foot high & I have fruit on all of them. This is Rouge de Marmande above.
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Aah summer...!!! I am glad that somewhere in the world there is sunshine, and warmth, and no rain...!!!! I am aware that we really are very lucky where I live, and that things could be far, far worse, but I am of tired of heavy rain, high winds and a leaden sky. Roll on spring! And a very Happy New Year to you.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Christine. I hope you get a little sunshine soon. We haven't really had much of a summer in terms of heat. I'm not complaining but I would like just enough to ripen my tomatoes!
DeleteWhat gorgeous veges! I can answer your pumpkin question: as far as they can go. We had one last year that grew from the compost bin (!) and took off across the whole garden. It was most impressive and very prolific without any attention at all.
ReplyDeleteOh dear! Maybe I should have put a cage around it... It's the first time I've grown pumpkin & it seems to have taken off all at once.
DeleteIt's looking great Lyn! Your plants are so lush and you obviously are getting a good harvest. We had a problem with fruit fly on Rouge de Marmande last year, just thought I'd give you a heads up to keep a very close eye on it. It may be that yo don't have the fruit fly issues we do.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the fruit fly tip, Rose. I've just googled & there seems to have been an outbreak a few years ago but I haven't heard of anything lately. I've never grown heirloom varieties before though so I'll be on the lookout. I can't wait to eat my first tomato!
ReplyDeleteAll looking very lush and green with plenty of places for Phoebe and Lucky to hide in the cool. When we grew pumpkins a couple of years ago they grew quite large as each plant spread quite away across the raised bed they'd been planted in:)
ReplyDeleteLucky & Phoebe like to sleep under the house when it's hot but they also have favourite spots in the garden. I do think the pumpkin has a mind of its own, I'll have to keep an eye on it!
DeleteWhat a lovely garden, so neat and tidy. All your vegetables looks luscious.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joan, I can't wait to start eating the tomatoes, especially as I've never grown heirloom varieties & haven't tasted them.
DeleteWe used to have a lovely garden before we moved back to the city and grew many heirloom varieties. I think the heirlooms have much more flavor than the usual types. I love all the colors in the heirlooms, too.
DeleteThanks for that Lyn (we're busy looking for a new home at the moment so I was late getting here). It's lovely to see your toms, I struggle to grow them even in a greenhouse and I've only grown the more common ones but they still taste better than the shop bought toms. At the moment I'm waiting for my snowdrops to pop up.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the house search, it does tend to take over your life, doesn't it? This is the first year I've grown heirlooms but anything home grown tastes better than the supermarket variety.
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