Hugger, those are beautiful. What a great transformation.

Gorgeous gardens, Tam!


I think the fog on your lens made some really neat pictures! Mine won't fog just around the edges like that...wish it would sometimes.

I think your video idea is great, and now's the perfect time to start...especially with your house and gardens.

Tamara, these shots and your gardens are so beautiful. I love the way it is so cottage garden with all the different flowers. I am not good at mixing the way you have done. An outstanding job.

Beautiful, Tamara.

Karen

more daylilies blooming-




I tried a new fertilizer on the tomatoes today and fertilized them all with Algoflash. Never used it before but I have read where everyone raves about this stuff. Used the tomato Ferlitizer. It greens them up immediately. Best used as a folliar feed and that us what I did.

Tamara your gardens are lovely. Doesn't show any signs of drought!!!

Cut back my front yard butterfly shrub and planted gress seed in a few spots needed patching. I was just really to go weed the upstars iris garden and it started to rain. Figgured it would rain which is why I got the grass seed planted. Don't have to water it now! Oh well, the weeding will wait until tomorrow. Looks like it is going to me a nice rain now.

OH Chelle, I was wiping the center of the lens off......

Veronica,we are in the part of whitley county that has been hit the hardest with drought....I water my Can off... But I have not touched a hose for a week... well only to water pots...

Ralph had to mow part of the yard friday,we actually we have green grass again on the north side and the west side is coming back to life ...Kinda...Is it quack grass,that only survives drought ???

Rita,Ive never fertilized my tomato`s after they set fruit, does it help ?
I love cleome Too !!
The west end of our very small raised garden,Im Amazed at it ?? But we added 15 bags of composted cowmanur ,and 6-8 bags of coir..this spring
My $2 rose bush,2nd flush of blooms
Found minnie pearl blooming in the lily bed


a look up towards the camper,shed ,garage

I love the color of this

mini rose $1.50 its soo eenie..
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beautious

I feel that tomato plants should be fertilized at least every six weeks. But watch what you use. High Nitrogen results in big lovely plants with few fruits. On the NKP, for tomatoes keep the N lower than the other two numbers. Also tomatoes can really really use those micro nutriients that the better fertilizers supply.

Tried to get the entire upstairs Tall Bearded Iris bed weeded today but just couldn't finish. I hope I can finish tomorrow and then mulch with straw along the pathway. Can't mulch the iris, which is why the weeding. I will put more Preen in the iris garden once I am done.

I love this daylily that is to me from last fall. DEAM SEQUENCE is a Rice intro and I bought it in their clump sale last August along with some others.

That really is a gorgeous daylily, Rita!

Thanks for sharing...now, I've added yet another daylily to my "want" list!



At the moment, I also want a nap... ...I won't get one, but I really, really want one!

I've started my first ornamental cabbage and kale. I'm not sure about the timing on these, but I've got sprouts! Lots of clipping and trimming happening here, too.

I have a good-sized cuke that I'm dying to pull and try, but it doesn't look very plump. I might give those plants some hose time and see if it helps.

I pick cucumbers here every day now. I really like them fresh from the garden. I often make a cucumber and tomato salad.

Here are those peas that I planted last week sprouting.

My biggest tomato so far is this Beefmaster.


Cherokee Purple left, Sungold middle and Big Boy right.



whoppers


early girls and superfantastics



beefmasters and better boys

I GOT RIPE TOMATO~S..... They were so buried ...all most over rippe...kept looking couldnt see them...

Beatiful tomato`s Rita...

I've tossed a handful of Tigarellas that weren't fit to eat...hopefully, we'll be trying some here soon.


R.i.t.a... you're making me want to try those silly peas again! Yours look so healthy...sigh...

chelle, really peas are so easy. I don't understand why you wouldn't do well with them. Of course they have to be planted at the right time as they will never be able to take 100 degree weather.

I never tried Tigarellas or any of the stripped tomatoes for that matter.

Tamara, Hurray for ripe tomatoes! I have been eating tomatoes here like crazy and already gave away more than I can count.

I've never used an inoculant, do you? I'm wondering if that's part of the problem?

[I think I'll take a pocketful of seeds with me the next time I go out... ...they won't do anything left in the packet, so I guess I might as well. ]


First cucumber here. This one is called Suhyo. Some type of hybrid...haven't tasted it yet, perhaps tomorrow. There are a bunch of them coming on these very healthy vines.


....with Agastache and Vega Red cosmos mingling happily amongst them.


Blooms on the Long Beans are pretty, too.


...and turkeys are everywhere!

[Could I have taken a more crooked shot? ]