Posted on 05/21/2010 5:00:30 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232
Looking really pretty, Diana.
That’s what it’s all about, Baby! Good for you. :)
Is that your allium THIS year? Mine won’t bloom for at least another month — maybe longer.
That looks scrumptious!
You can always hit the garden stores for a little SHOPPING! :)
Great photo! :)
Red Devil - Great pic! Seeing it brightened my day. :)
“What are the best types of Heritage Tomato plants to grow?”
I am in zone 4/5.
I worked for these people for seven of the happiest years of my life. :) My garden was a test garden for the company for many years. Here are my all-time favorite tomatoes:
Amish Paste
Opalka
Golden Sunray
Nyagous
Speckled Roman
Stupice
Wisconsin 55
Cherokee Purple
Except for Marvin, your crew sounds like they all just stepped out of the Old Testament. :) I don’t remember anybody named Marvin in the Old Testament.
That’s really coming along! I remember pictures from a few weeks back where things were teeny-tiny! It’s fun to document all of our hard work, isn’t it?
Cute kid! He looks like my nephew Robert. :)
They’re on their last legs, but I forgot and left them out all winter. It was kind of pretty under the snow, actually. :)
Yep. The allium has been blooming for about 4 weeks now. I’m not the only one; customers constantly come in looking for them this time of year, and I have to send them away until fall. Then they forget that they wanted them in the spring.
And then they come back again in the spring looking for the plant... ;)
Yes, indeedy. Now, I just need to be sure their thirst is quenched.
As per my custom, it looks like I got a little over-eager and planted too much - too close.
The squash plants are already packed in - but they are still producing quite well. I just have to poke around more carefully.
Your garden and your child (grandchild? neighborchild?) are gorgeous.
Son. He’s gonna have to deal with people thinking he lives with his grandparents. :(
Mine is up and thick with leaves, but it won’t bloom until June. I have 2 kinds — one is giant and looks like a 4th of July rocket — the other has a smaller bloom, almost acorn shaped. Can’t remember the names. I put them in 3 years ago when I put 1000 bulbs into what was planned to be my rose garden.
I meant nothing about that, since I don’t know you, except generally people with such small children don’t have time for such an ambitious garden! At least, I didn’t when mine were small. And none of my 11 grandchildren are anywhere close around here, so a small child in my garden would have to be a borrowed child.
Both your garden and your son are gorgeous. Congratulations.
Thanks. I didnt get anything negative from your comment. We were blessed with a son late in life. He keeps us young & active.
I just wish he were loving the veggies like I do. He wont touch the squash & green beans. Hopefully, he will enjoy those tomatoes once they ripen. I know he already has a taste for cukes.
You should have a big range of Heirloom variety tomatoes to chose from in zone 5. You might look for some early to mid-season varieties that can take cool nighttime temps.
These popular varieties might do well in your zone; Box Car Willie, Brandywine, German Red Strawberry are supposed to be good producers.
I tried Brandywine tomatoes down here in MS (zone 7b - 8) and it did ok but it was not a good producer. They really did not like the high temps. So I looked for varieties that could tolerate the heat like Marion and Arkensas Tralver. They really did well for me last season so they are the only type I have planted this year.
The best thing you can do is to call your local County Extension and ask them what variety of Heirloom tomato does well in your area.
I did too, but they’re a dollar cheaper this year - three bucks instead of four.
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