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| I'm ready to open one of my winter sowing milk jugs! |
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| Beautiful! These are the Abe Lincoln heirloom tomatoes |
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| These are some other tomatoes I bought at our local family owned garden store. A couple are suppose to do well here in hot and humid Texas - Solar Fire and Tycoon. They are "heat set" tomatoes. I'm trying the method of laying them on their side until they start growing upward. Then will plant. More photos to come of this process. |
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| I knew Elainealope iris was a rebloomer, but here in North Central Texas, I've never had one rebloom for me. I guess the conditions were just right this year. I went out this morning to look at the garden and this nice little surprise was waiting for me. |
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| Newberry Festival is such a gorgeous cranberry color and has very large flowers. It is a late bloomer, which extends the daylily bloom season. |
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| This is Savannah Debutante, a double daylily, and also a late bloom variety. |
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| Here are some photos of other pairings for white zinnia. This is the first year I've grown Bachelor Buttons. I can see the beautiful blue color from my kitchen window. I think it shows up because it is in front of the white zinnia. |
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| You can't see in this photo, (it's not in bloom right now) but on the right of the zinnias is the Double Delight rose and on the left is the Red Knockout. |
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| A returning sunflower. I just love the rust color on it. |
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| We planted tomatoes again this year. This is by far the largest one to date that we have harvested, an heirloom, Boxcar Willie, which we also grew last year. We decided not to try the Black Krim again, it just seemed to have a lot of problems with blossom end rot. |
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| Savannah Debutante daylily. This is a double daylily with 6" blooms and a rebloomer. It's a little more peachy color than than the photo shows. |
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| Another shot of Fuchsia Dreams daylily |
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| On the left is Black Krim Heirloom tomato and on the right is Boxcar Willie Heirloom tomato. In our opinion, we think Boxcar Willie wins the taste test over Black Krim but Black Krim does have a good flavor. We've had a lot of trouble with Black Krim - cracking and blossom end rot. I've done some research on blossom end rot and found it can be caused by a calcium deficiency or heat and erratic watering. The website recommended adding crushed egg shells or Tums when planting. We also have Celebrity, Better Boy, Arkansas Traveler Heirloom and Old German Heirloom. I'll do a taste test on them later. The turtle came back yesterday and was banished again, but this morning we found another eaten tomato. So I guess he/she is back. |
