Let’s see what’s going on in the garden before we get this big storm that’s coming.
The tomatoes in the raised bed on wheels are getting bigger; however there’s no color on them yet. These are “early girl” variety and I had heard they did well here before but never wanted to purchase them because the name “early girl” sounds like nails on chalkboard to me. Nonetheless when I saw these at the hardware store I thought I would give them a try. I was under the impression that they were cherry tomatoes but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Anyway, I’m not sure what to do to encourage some color on these. Maybe I’ll need to wheel them out into the sun. Not pictured is the sage I just put in there last week – it’s going gangbusters. I’m going to be sad when it heats up and my successful garden on wheels will be brown.It’s probably just my imagination but these sweet allysum and little snapdragon seedlings seem to be perked up after I splashed a little fish fertilizer on them. That could be why the sage in the other planter is so happy, too.Biggest surprise of the season – my grape hyacinth is popping up! I never water this area as it’s under some ficus and is probably getting watered from the irrigation there behind it. This was a bulb in water given to me by a friend that was always kept indoors. After it was done blooming I thought what the hey, stuck it in the ground, and forgot about it. I can’t wait to see if it blooms again!Little bit of color on my strawberry in the bottom corner there and my cosmos have buds! This was another situation where my son had dumped the soil and seeds out, put them back in and now they are growing. The only thing not doing very well in my garden are my 33 snapdragons! The very plant I thought would be a no-brainer here. They are wilting and drooping. Oh well, maybe their season is about done.
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