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July In The Garden
Wed Jul 15 2009

The Fairy Forest several weeks ago:

[album 65561 Fairy Forest.JPG]

 has morphed into something more like a Troll Wood.

These are plants that came up from the bird seed of last winter.


[album 65561 Fairie Forest.JPG]

And another view:

[album 65561 Forest View.JPG]

I rather like them growing there in the grass. Though I was much more prepared to deal with a few Fairies than I am with Trolls. But now that I think about it, Sunny and Ben could probably keep any Trolls at bay. They have quite a lot of machismo between them.

I am getting ready to dig my potatoes. Here they are before harvest. They look like... well, they look awful. But that's normal. That's what potatoes DO.

[album 65561 Potato Patch.JPG]

They are coming out of the ground in a day or so. My buried treasure.

And last, the Tomato Insurance plants. They are a variety called 'Bush Goliath'.
And very tasty too.....

[album 65561 Tomato Insurance.JPG]

And just think, all this bounty in my back yard without one iota of government intervention.

(The mind boggles. Truly amazing.)

[album 65561 Little Miss Sunshine.JPG]

Ewwww...
I don't LIKE tomatoes.


Don't worry dear, one day you WILL.

How do you know?

Trust me.

I just know.

7 Comments
  • From:
    Mamallama (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Jul 15 2009
    What a bounty!

    Sometimes it's a little scary when you start talking to your self. :o)
  • From:
    Welshamethyst (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Jul 15 2009
    I thought for years that I didn't like tomatoes but it turns out that I was just conditioned not to eat them at a very young age because every time I did my lips would swell up and I'd get a rash across my face. After I found that out I tried eating one and absolutely adored it with no ill effects (must have grown out of the allergy). I love going out to the garden with a salt shaker and helping myself to the little grape tomatoes (I don't use any pesticides or chemicals out there so I'm not afraid to eat straight off of the vine).
  • From:
    Diane (Unauthenticated) (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Jul 15 2009
    Love what became of the fairy forest. Another amazing treasure right in your own backyard! The tomatoes are beautidful and looking forward to seeing your potatoes. I bnrought the kids a bag full of Fremnch fingerlings I had let sprout for this purpose to put into our shared garden. They ignored them as far as I know. Boohoo!
  • From:
    Jade (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Jul 15 2009
    I have the same big yellow flowers growing from bird seed!
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Jul 15 2009
    My the things you can grow..... fabulous.

    You must not have deer. ;)

  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Jul 15 2009
    That is a very ambitious list. Five lifetimes does not seem quite sufficient. Linguistics alone would probably take two. ;)

    By the way, just what does a Graphologist do?
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Jul 15 2009
    In addition to all that bounty, there's that deeply shaded corner of the yard

    Your tomatoes look like Perfection!


    Bless