Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Tomatoes!

I love the fact that my garden has been taking care of itself the last week.  With the bits of rain we've gotten, I haven't had to water.  I pull a few hands full of weeds when I'm out there - barely putting a dent into the overgrowth of native grasses.  But more or less, my garden is at a pretty independent stage.

All those bold tomatoes that have been sporting their hints of orange for weeks are finally turning red!

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This little butternut is getting close too:

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Shades of orange are beginning to show on my little pie pumpkins:

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My green beans are doing well and I have lots of blossoms on my first planting again and my second planting are looking good- probably another week or so away from beans.

My white hostas are in bloom in my flower bed and I've gotten a couple stems of gladiolas back.  I didn't dig up my bulbs at the end of last season as I should have, but apparently the peach glads are a hearty bunch!

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This post is linked up at An Oregon Cottage's Tuesday Garden Party

9 comments:

  1. I couldn't kill my glads even if I tried--good thing I love'em. They just keep coming back no matter how severe the winter was.

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  2. Thats great! We're in zone 5 and they're not supposed to make it, but I was so glad to see a few of them did!

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  3. I am so craving red tomatoes, so good on you! Mine are still green--probably a couple of weeks away from being ripe.

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  4. I had one red tomato yesterday and Aidan found it first and ate it.

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  5. Love it when everything starts pulling together! Thanks for sharing your garden's progress at the TGP.

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  6. I am hopping over from $5 dinners :) Oh, I love your squash and pumpkins! Beautiful! We planted squash and cucumbers but never saw a one. But I am right with you on tomatoes. Might even have to fry up some green ones again :)

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  7. Both of your gardens look lovely!

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  8. I love when the hostas bloom! Yours are gorgeous!
    And that little pumpkin will be bright orange before we know it. Time goes so fast :-)
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