Though none of the flowers have turned into baby tomatoes yet. It may be that it got briefly warm enough to set out flowers but not consistently warm enough for either fertilization or fruiting to occur. But holy cow look at this plant! It's growing as much out as it's growing up! I might have … Continue reading The tomato plant continues to grow
So in earlier posts I mentioned that if we got our typical Indian summer this year I might get some more cherry tomatoes. I was really expecting a late August early September thing, instead of what we're getting instead, which is people thinking about their Halloween costumes and wondering if it will be too hot … Continue reading Looking forward to some late October tomatoes because apparently that’s how it works this year
It's been a fun few days here- everything here is growing wonderfully, including the weeds. The carrots are starting to sprout, early. Everything is starting to sprout, I have a lot of weeds to pull, probably tomorrow- and I think the fava experiment is a bust. The ladybug swarm just isn't enough. It's not enough … Continue reading Captain’s log: October 5th 2018
Though it has some unwanted company... The sun gold cherry tomato plant that gave me three delicious tomatoes despite being a plant that looked like it was about to die- has made a grand comeback. It's a proper bush now- my fertilizing and good watering has really helped. As has the insanity that is late … Continue reading The tomato lives!
Man this has been a week. Gardens been fine, kinda crisis mode in the house, but everyone's doing better and I now have time for a Captain's log. But it's a few days of a captains log so buckle in. Just some choice ladybugs last weekend, all over my peppers. Did give me a bit … Continue reading Captain’s log: Stardate recently? Early September? Last week or so?
The Neanderthal Gardens 