Today the temps are back to normal for this time of year and it must have been 80 or so. Back to working in the garden. Today I moved a big clump of Matrona sedum and I was lucky to get it all in once piece and not have it break apart. I did cut it back quit a bit so that it has an easier time adjusting to the move. Then I moved three daylilies around because I thought they would go together better this way rather than the old way color and heightwise. After that I moved 3 daylilies that were in the back of the daylily bed foreward. I had room because I took out that big clump of sedum. Now why did these daylilies have to move forward you might ask? Well, because I had room in back of this daylily bed were nothing was currently planted (last year I had zinnias in there but never did put them there this year) but needed more room further along. And why do I need room all along in back of the daylilies? Because I mail ordered more tomato plants which were shipped today and should be here Wednesday-Thursday. I have to have some place to put them.

I have Juliet Tomato plants in back of daylily plants in another garden section and that is working out well so I thought I could use this space as well in the same manner. Not that I need more tomato plants. But someone on another forum was saying how they bought these unusual variety of tomato as seedlings plants which were shipped and of course I had to go look. I found they had all sorts of varieties as plants and were still shipping plus they were on sale. They ship as a cellpack of 4 plants. So I bought 4 SUNSUGAR because I want to compair them to my (already here) SUNGOLD. And while I was there I couldn't resist and bought this really unusual variety called Japanese Black Trifele. So now I had to find space for 8 more tomato plants.

The tomatoes I have here are growing like crazy and I had to get twine and tie big loops around the ones in front of the porch and tie them back to the posch railings. Crazy! And I am a crazy lady for buying more tomato plants. But I just could not stop myself from ordering them.

Rita that is so ok. I know not everything multiplies like crazy for us and I do have a cpl. others I will use. Thanks for responding though.

Rita, The great thing is you can let us all know how the tomatos grow and taste. If you by chance have more than you need and the neighbors need, I bet there is a group in your area that would love to put them to good use in a shelter.

Breathtaking beauty as usual, Rita. Have added Sungold to my
list of tomatoes to try next year. I didn't like the taste of Mortgage
Lifter, and it did not produce well for me, so didn't plant it this year.

Rita, I just know you have 10 green thumbs. Okay, the rain does
help lots, but still, you put a lot of effort into that garden, with
very successful results.

Rita crazy?

I have been eating a few SUNGOLDS each day. Boy I wish I had an entire bowl of them each day. I only have the one plant but next year will be getting about 4 plants of SUNGOLD. MORTAGAGE LIFTER had its shot here, multiple times already and I am never planting it again. Just does aweful for me. It is off my tomato list forever. An heirloom I do like and grown very well is GERMAIN QUEEN but for some reason didn't get any this year (didn't see them at Home Depot were I usually buy them. Must not have looked hard enough). Next year!

I think I had said someplace before that the Juliet tomatoes were not loaded. Well, I take it back, they are loaded, just loaded with green fruit that is already nicely large for a grape but just keep on getting bigger with no ripening yet. Already much bigger than the SUGERY, which does have some ripening. Also FOURTH OF JULY is ripening.

You know I do usually think I have a green thumb but there are things I just can't manage to grow. For instance I like dahlias but have tried and tried and tried to grow them with no sucess. Oh well.

Dot, don't worry, I do know I am hopeless about my plant crazies and since the tomato crazies are back with a passion this year, it is definatly tomato crazies year.

I don't have time to post pics today as I am working on more of my moving around projects. Started yesterday, still working today. Today I moved some Strawberry Candies and put clumps of Fancy Face were they used to be.

I also need to go and dig up clumps of iris that are near the end were I have my path and cucumbers planted. Cucumbers growing like mad and taking over the space. I need to take out iris at the end and put up cucumber trellis. I figgured at least 5 iris would have to move but it actually turned out to be 6 iris clumps I dug up. That is why I made room, so I have somewhere to put the iris to be moved.

I just have the clumps out and carried down to near my kitchen door. Tomorrow I will sort them, cut back leaves, divide and replant. Not up to it today. Now I need to get the metal fence posts that I use for support and pound them in so I can string trellis and get those cucumber vines headed the right way. This is one case where my usual method of crowding things in deffinately does not work! Need room!

But I have to get this done as poor planning on where I planted those cucumbers. And I am not about to pull them out LOL!

Rita, I planted Sugery last year, and they were pretty small, but super tasty. They didn't really turn red like I was expecting. They are a little more on the pink side. I forgot to get one this year, and I'm still kicking myself over that. I think after Cherokee Purple, it's my favorite. I picked a bowl of yellow pear, yellow cherry, and Juliet grape tomatoes tonight, but had already eaten dinner, so I'll enjoy them tomorrow. I saw about 20 zucchini and yellow squash that I need to pick too! Tomorrow night, dinner is going to be delicious!

I haven't had the best luck with growing cucumbers, but the lemon and pickle cucumbers are doing fantastic this year! I've picked at least 30 of each, and almost have of the pickle ones enough to can. I've never grown them on a trellis though. Is that the best way to do it? I usually give them a really large area in the garden to just spread out. Maybe I'm just doing it wrong!

I planted one plant of cucumbers this year for my daughter on a tomato cage and they are growing quite well on it. They are the burpless type so that I will be able to enjoy them too.

Cindy, I really like the burpless cucumbers and they really taste great, Mine get nice and big too!

Natalie, some people let the cucumber vines sprawl but they take up less space and it is easier to see the fruit if you let them climb. Like Cindy, I have let cucumbers grow up tomato cages in the past but this time have so many that I put up a 6 foot high trellis for them.

I have some fruit on the SUGARY looks like it is getting ripe. In fact I just went and picked one although not totally ready to eat yet. I also picked GRAPE and I picked my first JULIET t. I look pictures of the three side by side which are still in camera but I will post later. JULIET is much larger than the others with GRAPE being smallest. I did want to say that the SUGERY is larger than my SUNGOLDS.

What a mess! I am digging out daylilies along a section of garden that I call the driveway side garden. Up near the garage it is the widest and down by the street narrow. Has a woooden picket fence in back which is my property line. It has, or had two rows of daylilies in front and a nice big row of lilies in back. Lilies gona stay. Yesterday I moved the first row of daylilies and replanted. Today I am digging out the second row of daylily clumps for moving elsewhere. Already dug and replanted three of the clumps, one of which was the biggest. Now I am just gonna dig the rest and put them in the shade to deal with later this afternoon. I guess they will join the clumps of iris still sitting here from yesterdays efforts.

I need to get it cleared. I think eventually I might make it a Tall bearded Iris garden. But intend to plant some of those tomato plants I ordered there. Who knows, if that works out well, I might leave it as tomatoes forever. But like I said, I need the space cleared as those tomato plants should be here today or tomorrow. My mail has not come yet.

It seems I always manage to get into a project in the garden. Here is the area my daylilies came out of and that I will plant tomato seedlings.


And here is the stuff sitting around that now has to get replanted someplace new.



cucumber row were I was working yesterday


from the back


And here you can see the fence posts and string tied so the cucumbers can climb

Rita, Thanks for the great pictures of the cucumber plants. I may try that next year. I totally overplanted the veggie garden the first few years, and have cut back some every year since then. Now I think I've got it down to less than I'd prefer. Part of my problem is that the backyard was all lawn with flower beds around the edges. I've chipped away at the lawn here and there, and did make a large veggie garden area, but with dogs, I've got to have some lawn. My hubby let me fence off another section of the lawn a couple of weeks ago for my next batch of daylily seedlings, but I think I'm going to take some more lawn out for a larger veggie garden. I'll still have lots of lawn, but I want to try cucumbers again. No way do I have enough room for them if they are sprawled out on the ground! Now to convince my DH that the dogs really only need half of what they've got now! Besides, the lawn looks horrible, with dead spots all over it, and big bald areas from last winter. Sadly though, the area that I need for the veggies and seedlings is where it looks it's best!

ashwoods magic crystal



garden shots-






eyes a blue


fear not


fountain of life




harvest house



kenora wildfire


rich in mercy


soul on fire


spirit of truth


tax man bill


the slope


westbourne bubbling over


westbourne butterfly season

Picked some tomatoes yesterday and tasting was today.


SUGERY on left, JULIET middle and GRAPE on the left. I have had afew Grape before, nothing special. Will not be planting next year. Sugery is very good and Juliet I liked the best. Was my first home grown Juliet. Yummy!



FOURTH OF JULY. Good but nothing spectacular that stands out. I don't think I will plant them next year. Finial determination will be made after tasting the other varieties I have here.


The Fourth Of Julys with the Juliet in the middle.

Beautiful daylilies Rita!!!

The mixed daylily beds are very pretty.

Dot

I like the photos of the tomatoes best.

Thanks everyone.

I liked the tomatoes the best because I ate them all.