Daily Botanical: Tomatillo Husks
I found these scattered around one of the plots at my community garden last week. One of the gardeners left their tomatillo plants in over the winter with a few husks still on the vine and they had decayed into a lacy shell. I think they are pretty and stuck some on the ends of my pea trellis as decoration.
April 29th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Very pretty. I wonder what other decorating ideas you could come up with for them?
April 29th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Beautyfull
It is almost a tomatillo gost
April 29th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Yes, very lovely. So delicate.
April 29th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
A clear jar full of these lacey husks would be pretty, especially with a small light behind to shine through.
April 30th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Haha, Gayla, you’re too cute! Want some more? There are TONS of them in my front yard right now, left from last year’s tomatillo plants which I did pull up, but my goodness, they’re a prolific plant. I keep looking for volunteers, but with this weather, none so far. If I do find some, I’ll pot them up for plant swaps.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:03 am
You’ll find volunteers eventually. They always seem to come up just a bit too late to produce fruit.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
What is a tomatillo?