The First Ripe Tomato
We had our first tomatoes 'sunrise III' over the weekend. The first wasn't fully ripe but I picked it because the heavy rains had split the fruit open. It was mealy inside which worried me...
July 26, 2002
Ewwww
Flies are attracted to my flowering apple mint! I really do not understand why, but at times I have found up to six flies hovering over the flowers or sitting on them. It's kind of...
July 24, 2002
That's Not a Jalapeno...
We have been blessed with rain. Under normal circumstances I would never say such a thing, but it has been such a relief to NOT have to water the plants twice a day. My usual...
July 22, 2002
Allan Gardens
Yesterday we went to the Allan Gardens Conservatory in the east end of Toronto. It's hard to believe * that I've lived in this city for 10 years, and I've even walked by this greenhouse,...
July 19, 2002
The Food is Coming...
Imagine my surpise this morning when I went out to check the plants and discovered a teeny, tiny jalapeno developing! I did a quick read of the peppers section of Joy of Gardening and discovered...
July 17, 2002
GARLIC HARVEST
I pulled up my one garlic plant yesterday. Low and behold it had transformed underground into a full head of garlic! It's not huge, (I probably should have waited longer) but it's as big...
July 16, 2002
Blooming Succulents
I completely forgot to mention that my succulents have been blooming for approximately a month now. I must be doing something right because they are doing really well this year. They look like aliens...
July 11, 2002
Tomatillo and Davin's Tree
I took 49 photos this morning, approximately 45 of which are just bad. I don't know what's going on today. I tried to take a photo of the first open tomatillo flower but all...
July 10, 2002
Who's Panicking?!
How did I let planting the tomatoes slip through the cracks of time like I did? I was just checking over last year's journal entries to see where the tomatoes were at at this time...
July 09, 2002
Seed Packets and DDT Dust
One last thing before I stop beating a dead horse and going off again about my trip to the Garden City (why oh why does it have this name?), glorious St. Catharines, Ontario. Can...
July 07, 2002
Last Minute Tomatoes
On Friday night we popped over to the Duff (Dufferin Mall) where I purchased the largest block of compressed container soil ever and a few plastic garbage containers! That night I woke up at 4...
July 04, 2002
Sharry Baby
I bought another new orchid last night. I can't go by that dang store without buying one. At first I just HAD to have one with green flowers but then I saw this Oncidium...
The Elusive Garlic
We took a short trip outside the city over the Canada Day long weekend to go visit a friend. Of course I took tons of photos. I brought three cameras. Two are film requiring...
