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| Way Back Garden 42 tomato plants |
This is the way back garden, because it was "way back" of the house, it's really not that far from the house tho. Some pick and shovel work and I planted 42 tomato plants, they seem to all be doing well.
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| Tomato Cage |
Since I had to move in with mom my old chicken pens are empty. Well now they are full of tomato plants! Gives a whole new meaning to tomato cage doesn't it? I have gotten 86 plants in the ground, with 40-50 more in pots waiting to be planted. I have 12 plants in permanent pots at mom's house. Why so many? I sell eggs and veggies at our farmer's market from June through September. For the past 2 years there have been almost no tomatoes from any vendor because we have all had a horrible problem with viruses and wilts. So I just decided to plant lots of different kinds and see what happens.
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| Found one of my lost marbles |
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| carrot seedlings |
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| ripening mulberries |
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| nasturtium |
You know nasturtiums are edible, right? Blossoms, leaves and seedpods have a spicy flavor reminiscent of watercress to which they are related.
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| A pot of flowers |
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| baby silkie |
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| zucchini blossoms |
And in an exciting development we have zucchini blossoms at about the time of year I am usually just planting seeds!
Wow, you've gotten a lot done. It's a lot of work starting and planting that many tomato plants. I'm just getting ready to plant today but my tomatoes are nowhere near as big as yours.
ReplyDeleteI'm very hopeful that this will be a good year, we lost most of our tomatoes to floods last summer. Wishing for you a very tomato filled year as well.