The first tomato to set fruit in 2011 is.... Amish Paste! Put on your squinty eyes to see it LOL!
This is the Amish Paste bed, and there are dozens of blossoms on them, seems like just the other day I was setting them out. There are EIGHT of these indeterminate babies in there, just like all my other tomato beds, so if I go A.W.O.L. towards the end of July, you know what happened.
I wish peas could grow all season here, they are so pretty.
Even the leftover Hillbilly tomatoes that went straight into the unamended sandy clay are doing really well. This time last year I was already carrying out the dead...
The "Jake Gyllenhaal's" are doing well in pots so far but these are the UFO tomatoes that reached 13 feet last year, these are more of an experiment this year with saved seed, and yes Gran, they are bottomless LOL! I learned my lesson last year while carrying out the dead...
Potatoes have blossoms forming already
Marley taking a break from chores, she carries the hose for me :)
I have no idea where I am going to fit my pumpkins and random squashes this year, so until I can figure it out, I went ahead and got a start on them today. At least this time of year I don't have to mess with lights so it's not too labor intensive.
more Marley...
Sprocket is a lost cause unless she is on video, she's too fast and never sits still. Marley's 9 years old now and is developing a slow appreciation of sitting still for a few minutes at a time.
If I HAD THAT MANY TOMATOES IN MY YARD,MY HUSBAND WOULD PUSH HIS-SELF OUT IN HIS WHEELCHAIR TO EAT THEM ALL-HE LOVES TOMATOES BUT HE IS ALWAYS ON A POTASSIUM RESTRICTED DIET-JUST AS WELL I DON'T HAVE THAT MANY-YOURS LOOK"OUT OF THIS WORLD"
ReplyDeleteOh, man, a tomato already? I had a few blossoms, but they dried up after I set the plants out. But hey, it was 81 degrees here today!
ReplyDeleteLove the photos of Marley, she's such a pretty girl.
I can't eat raw tomato cause I have a sensitivity to them. But cook some and I'm good. Our gardens are still waiting to be planted. I could have done it a week ago but I can't dig cause of my back so I have to get the husband to do that and there in lies my problem.
ReplyDeleteLovely gardens!
Congrats on your first tomato setting! Your gardens looks great! I just love the way the peas look too.
ReplyDeleteLuv the pics of Marley sitting in the garden :)
Your garden looks great. I cant believe how big everything is.
ReplyDeleteI envy your climate! My tomatoes are still only an inch tall :( I may get some older seedlings at the farmer's market today. Now that I know several of the vendors there carry seedlings, I always wait and buy seedlings there.
ReplyDeleteJudy (2), I just hope they stay that healthy! Tomatoes can be heartbreaking, some years, last year was a bad one here.
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Granny, Marley is spoiled rotten because she's such a good girl :)
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Sparkless, good luck with the hubby, mine is always elsewhere when I need him LOL
Robin, I probably would have missed that if I hadn't seen your tomato pic and gone out hunting for myself!
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Jane, I'm as surprised as you, the warm(hot) weather came fast and early this year, the past week and next only expected high of 70 - 75 every day so we are finally getting the spring that we missed here.
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Alison, the tomatoes grew very quickly once put out into the beds, I've already pruned suckers and a few branches off the bottoms!
What a gorgeous doggy. Oh, and how exciting you have tomato babies- YAAAAAAY!! It is too cold to for fruit to set up here. :/
ReplyDeleteOhhh, tomatoes set on already. I remember Virginia... Why did we move back to the midwest.. oh, yeah, I remember.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to plant my tomatoes out in the garden this weekend if weather and chicken coop permit.
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Kelly, soon you will have little babies too! Marley is gorgeous unless I'm knee deep in brushing her, then she just looks like a big hairball to me :) Hubby commented last night "I wonder if Marley knows what she looks like...", I looked at Sprocket and said "I'm pretty sure she at least knows she doesn't look like THAT!" LOL
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Judy, you know WHY you moved back, same reason we will, too! We need coop progress pics, get busy! :)
Wow, your tomato plants are big! I discovered the first tomato on one of my plants, but the plants themselves are not as big as yours. Cute pictures of Marley, and the Clematis looks beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMarley is such a beautiful girl. I love the last photo of her.
ReplyDeleteIt is just amazing to see how the other zones/climates are doing right now. It's even more amazing that you keep up with it all and it's so picturesque. Love it, love the puppy!
ReplyDeleteTomato? Whazzat? I celebrated when my peas broke ground - they're 3" high! The only green around here is envy....LOL!
ReplyDeleteTOMATO!!! YAY!!! That is such an exciting thing to see after so many non-tomato months! Congrats! So many pretty pictures in this post!
ReplyDeleteIf your tomatoes come up missing..........I KNOW NOTHING. Nothing at all. Nope.
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Your peas are crazy! You should have oodles. My second row is just popping up so I got a third row started. It's supposed to be so cold this summer, maybe I can keep em going all summer. Wouldn't that be nice?!!
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ReplyDeleteDang it! You got tomatoes, too!?!?
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna go hang out with Marley.
Wow! Tomatoes already! Makes me feel like a real slacker. Your garden is looking great!
ReplyDeleteYour garden look beautiful! I haven't even been able to get my tomatoes in the ground yet and you already have fruit.
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