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Tomatoes from teh garden

Here we are, closing in on September, autumn has begun, and I am just now getting results from the Solanum Lycopersicum members of this year’s deck garden. Let us not even discuss teh basil… Still, the sage and parsley are … Continue reading

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My $10 Tomato

Friends of ours have their $100,000 rain gutter, and my car has its $1200 headlight (both rather long stories you really don’t need to hear, do you?), and now, in much the same vein, I have my tomato, the first … Continue reading

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Teh Garden in August

Here we are, fast approaching the middle of August, and this is the state of things: two small-ish, green tomatoes on two separate plants (the tomatoes don’t really get along, apparently, so there is no way to get them both … Continue reading

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Teh Garden on a July Morning

What a difference one month can make! Compare teh garden this morning with this shot from a June 12 – I was uncertain if the parsley had been a wise choice, Rich was more than a little suspicious of ‘cinnamon … Continue reading

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Teh Garden in Evening…

I THOUGHT I had lost one of the parsley plants after forgetting to water one morning, but the one, sad plant seems to be bouncing back, and its taller parsley cousin is doing its level best to take over that … Continue reading

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I dreamed of chives…

No, really, I did! So, imagine my surprise to see them popping up in the planter on the deck. I guess I knew somewhere in the back of my brain that they were perennial, but then so was the rosemary … Continue reading

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‘Teh Garden’ in Morning…

I fed all the plants and then trimmed the basil – a study in contradiction – no? – feed the critters so they’ll grow and then hack ‘em back once they do. Now my hands smell wonderfully like ‘summer’ and … Continue reading

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First Harvest (!)

So… maybe the First Annual Greater Metropolitan Wadsworth Tomato Festival and Driveway Stroll won’t be calling the masses to our door, but heck – we have tomato! Actually, if I count the green ones, we probably have at least a … Continue reading

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First Harvest!

The solstice has brought continued real summer weather; more hot, hazy humid, stormy stuff. On the plus side, the plants and gardens are all doing fantastically well – there are flowers on my tomatoes and the basil looks to be … Continue reading

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Of tomatoes, brioche, and Kentucky Colonels

Yesterday’s clouds and rains (lot of drama, little actual result – hmmm – I know PEOPLE like that) have left us yet a bit stuffy, but sunny and bright. Still, what rain we DID get was good for the lawn … Continue reading

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