MK I love plumbago......... I have the kind that is almost a true blue. I like it because up here it blooms so late (September) and then the leaves turn beautiful fall colors. Of course, then it becomes dried up little sticks covered with snow 
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The one we had in St. Cloud bloomed most of the year but never lost all it's leaves in the winter..just no flowers. The butterflys love it!
I have a lot of hummingbird and butterflies in my yard every year. They like my fruit trees.
I have a tomato!!!! Actually I have 4 of them
They might get big enough for me to get a fried green tomato 
Fingers crossed it doesn't freeze for a long time and I can get a nice red one!!!Sorry for the blurry pic.....
Wow! It took long enough!
No bumper crop..all my tomatos bit the dust. Next Feb it all starts again! I have to trim back all my herbs and clean out the comtainers that herbs have already died in. ( some really don't last very long..some I can't kill!)
No bumper crop..all my tomatos bit the dust. Next Feb it all starts again! I have to trim back all my herbs and clean out the comtainers that herbs have already died in. ( some really don't last very long..some I can't kill!)
ooooh. a baby tomato Fudgey!!
What happened to your tomatoes MK?
(the squirrels and dogs always eat mine and i never get any so i gave up on trying for tomatoes)
What happened to your tomatoes MK?
(the squirrels and dogs always eat mine and i never get any so i gave up on trying for tomatoes)
My boss' tomato's did the same thing. She has 6 of them now, I think it was the intense dry heat.
Heat and bugs..but we had a great run and tons of fruit! Don't miss watering them daily ..sometimes twice in 90 degree weather.
I just now found this thread. Lovely gardens complete with hummingbirds. Fudgy!!! Congrats on your tom!!
I live in the sticks, and are trying to get a self sufficient garden going. It takes years with our clay soil. We've dug trenches, troughs, to act as clay pots and then have been filling with top soil and fertilizer from the horse pasture. This year we harvested sunflowers, watermelons, tomatoes and of course squash. The carrots are itty bitty prunes, and the onions, bell peppers, artichokes, etc need more love. The corn grew a few husks, but they too are small. Hopefully next year will be better. Even if they're not doing excellently, they still taste oh so fantastic. I love homegrown tomato sandwiches and could eat those all day. The watermelons grew to only the size of footballs, but man were they tasty!! The best ever. It's not until you taste REAL food without all the pesticides that you know what life should taste like.
Best of luck to everyone's gardens and I hope next year is bountiful and tasty.
I live in the sticks, and are trying to get a self sufficient garden going. It takes years with our clay soil. We've dug trenches, troughs, to act as clay pots and then have been filling with top soil and fertilizer from the horse pasture. This year we harvested sunflowers, watermelons, tomatoes and of course squash. The carrots are itty bitty prunes, and the onions, bell peppers, artichokes, etc need more love. The corn grew a few husks, but they too are small. Hopefully next year will be better. Even if they're not doing excellently, they still taste oh so fantastic. I love homegrown tomato sandwiches and could eat those all day. The watermelons grew to only the size of footballs, but man were they tasty!! The best ever. It's not until you taste REAL food without all the pesticides that you know what life should taste like.
Best of luck to everyone's gardens and I hope next year is bountiful and tasty.
Your garden sounds like a work of art in progress Uma.
Fall arrived yesterday, and i had to move all my tropical plants back inside for the winter. The living room makes a good jungle, but my porch is now bare
Fall arrived yesterday, and i had to move all my tropical plants back inside for the winter. The living room makes a good jungle, but my porch is now bare
Do you think it's going to stay cold? We were kind of chilly this morning. 54 doesn't sound like much to you guys , but to us..brrrr!
We had frost last night............winter is just around the corner
Good news.....DH moved the deck to the other side of the pool. So......I get to put in a garden next year where the deck used to be!!
Good news.....DH moved the deck to the other side of the pool. So......I get to put in a garden next year where the deck used to be!!
I have 2 dead tomato plants, 2 dead pepper plants, and one jalapeno that somehow keeps surviving...it was so hot this summer that I couldn't keep them watered enough. Only ended up getting one banana pepper out of the lot.
it'll warm up again here, but i don't want to move things in and out this year. 58 seems cold to me- and that's as warm as it got yesterday
that sounds like my luck with trying to grow veggies. (that or the dogs & squirrels eat them)
YAY fudgey- a new garden!
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