After 10 inches of rain in April and a cool, windy and wet May...not even THIS could save my Heirloom tomatoes.
Composted what was left of them and replanted a heartier variety yesterday. Also filled in the washed away areas in the Green Beans (...looking slightly mangy themselves after the deluge...) Love the whole compost your own soil...btw...should have done this years ago! Everything else growing like mad, now. The Snow Peas up, bunchy and ready to bloom. Cukes, Green Onions, Peppers (Banana and Green), Beans, Radishes, and Herb Basket doing well. Found Winter Savory to add to the herb basket at Cox Nursery. Wonderful with meats and poultry. The Concords are twining their way up the trellis. Saw an amazing article that showed how they could be kept pruned into a woody shrub size later without losing producing capabilities. May actually try this later. Also used sweet potato slips throughout the winding flowerbed for extra greenery with not only the addition of beautiful Fall colour later in the season but the bonus of tasty sweet potatoes when I turn the beds for Winter.
My early Purple Flag Irises have bloomed...the Red American Beauty (rose) is in full bloom now...and clipping a few to bring inside. The Blue Morning Glories are slowly climbing their way up the rain-spouts and the Torch-Red Geraniums are bright clusters along the winding flower-bed and match my neighbor's Monte Carlo parked below perfectly...lol.
Tucker, of course, sprawled on the green grass.
Lord and Master of All I Survey.
Sunny and warm today. Moist and tropical feeling.
A few more container plantings planned...but for the most part done. Happy to say I am getting better at Small Space/Urban Gardening!
