it’s hard to leave the garden...new things are happening so fast, peas and strawberries are ripening, flowers are blooming...i’m going to miss so much.
three more tomatoes bloomed since saturday: another white currant, then the basket tomato, then a paul robeson (pictured above). PRs have exciting blossoms. not sure if it’s even open all the way yet...it looks like there’s a second smaller flower inside waiting to unfurl its little petals. (i had a hard time getting a good angle for the photo, it’s in a tricky spot.)
my first tomato plant loss happened yesterday: a small mystery tomato, planted around the 15th of may. it wasn’t diseased, and it didn’t even look dead; it just wasn’t growing, at all. i think maybe it suffered some internal damage from that freak snowstorm. i would’ve given it more of a chance but it was in a bad spot anyway, so i pulled it out and replaced it with seeds for prickly caterpillars, dwarf sunflowers, and a nice-sized patch of carrots.
my first tomato plant loss happened yesterday: a small mystery tomato, planted around the 15th of may. it wasn’t diseased, and it didn’t even look dead; it just wasn’t growing, at all. i think maybe it suffered some internal damage from that freak snowstorm. i would’ve given it more of a chance but it was in a bad spot anyway, so i pulled it out and replaced it with seeds for prickly caterpillars, dwarf sunflowers, and a nice-sized patch of carrots.
i’m planning on planting some seeds at the cabin, if the rains don’t wash them all away. i bought a special short-season quinoa to plant on the edge of the property where it abuts a big hill full of wildflowers and grasses...i’m not even going to clear any land, i’ll just scatter the seeds and see what happens. i might plant some salsify too--salsify grows wild all over the place there.
my mom said there’s a new thrift store in town that i need to check out. it took over the old video rental place, which is a considerable loss because that place was ridiculous and awesome--last time i went in they were still renting VHS, and the decorations were so quirky...it was a blast from the semi-recent past. but the new store benefits mcpaws, the local animal shelter, and thrift-store-for-good-cause beats movie store any day. here are a few pictures i took of the dear departed video store at night, from may 2009:
2 comments:
I love that I'm not the only late night poster. Great photos again my new garden friend:)
thanks so much. nocturnal boise blogger gardeners unite!
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