Cots

We picked them before breakfast and managed to get 20 jars of jam and 80 quarts 

of apricots from the one tree.

These apricots are the best!

All You Can Eat: Kohlrabi

Goslings in the Tomatoes

Bistro

 

An abundant crop ahead . . .

 It's a good thing Mr Gander isn't into eating tomato plants.

He's an excellent weeder and

doesn't cause any damage in the garden.

We're nearly ready to put out our
"tomatoes for sale"
sign :-)

 My plants are getting pretty tall and now they are above the stakes,
so I'm not sure what to do to keep them under control.

I cannot work in the garden without company, it seems.
Miss Goosey won't allow it.
She tugs on my shirt
and nibbles on my hair
and talks to me
NON-STOP!

July Blessings

Just In Time for the 4th of July

All Blue and Russian Banana Fingerling.

Picked a few red radishes, but really we're missing the red of the cherry tomatoes.

So far all our ripe cherry tomatoes are of the orange variety.
Weeded the market garden and the middle garden completely today.
We also reseeded a few rows of veggies already used up.

Refreshing Cucumbers

You can never have too many cucumbers!

No Lack For Green Around Here

Still no red. These are greenhouse tomatoes

The First One

Don't laugh. It's a big deal! 

Nothing tastes better than that first tomato!!

The Market Crop

Is looking good!

Now that we are actually having some heat

we should be able to ripen some of the tomatoes fairly soon.

James is in charge of keeping this patch weed free. 

It's not a difficult task as everything is well mulched.

But he does have to crawl around on his knees and look for the sneaky sort.

I spend a lot of time tying up the branches and pruning.

I'm choosy about the pruning. I want the plants 

lush and full,

but I also want lots of tomatoes,

so this is a job I keep for myself.

We are getting better and better at succession planting.

The thick greens in the bottom right corner of the picture

is a second planting of Chinese greens.

We are now onto third plantings....

She's Growing!!