Tomatoes Etc.

Pretty much what we are getting daily, although today we got twice that many cherry tomatoes.

Squash plant barely two weeks old.

Cherry tomatoes still wet from a good hard rain last night.

My favorite, Green Zebra tomatoes.

Tomatillos look like little green Chinese laterns to me.

The difference between ripe and unripe Green Zebras.

This should be a "How many tomatoes can you find?" game.

My first lima bean flower ever :)

Fennel Flowers

My slightly sad basil plot. I still have hope, but something ate all but one of the sweet basil plants right when they came up. The others are lemon basil.

Sunflowers

I am so happy with the sunflowers this year. This time I planted them close together, and in the garden. I didn't want to have to water in a bunch of different places, and they seem to do better when they can lean on each other. It is a nice mix of multi-colored, mammoth, and Primrose. I picked the Primrose for the name, because it is what my Grandpa calls his farm. At first I was not happy with the pale yellow color, but they have become a nice contrast to the darker yellow and orange sunflowers coming in now.

First Tomatoes

Slowly starting to get our first tomatoes. They have all been Chadwick Cherry so far, which are heavy producers. The next two days are supposed to be cooler and within the 75-90 degree range which is perfect for ripening tomatoes. Hotter weather inhibits the ripening process.