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*The Sabre Are In The Ground*

*I Repeat*

*The Sabre Are In The Ground*

*End Of Transmission* :)

ALL of the tomatoes are in the ground save for one. I forgot to plant ‘Juliet’ which is a small paste-type that is excellent for drying and snacking or with salads or pasta. When my tulips and daffs die back some more, I should be able to find a free spot for her. I need another tomato cage, though!

“Just when I thought I was OUT, they pull me back IN!” ~ Michael Corleone

Been working on this little project since 9am. Rain again, tomorrow - hopefully no rough weather. I broke the main stem on one of my ‘Goliath’ tomatoes, but there are a number of branches, so she should be OK. One ‘casualty’ out of 28 plants is pretty good odds. ;) Tomatoes are weeds - not much kills them if you don’t have disease issues. And even when they look their worst, they STILL put out tomatoes for you. Kinda nice. :)

Going to pot up the peppers into bigger containers (Cottage Cheese) and let them grow on another week. They are really lagging this season and I don’t know why. Too many overcast days, I guess. They like SUNNY and HOT. :)

Next, I can just piddle around and tuck flowers in here and there - which is my favorite part and get the pole beans and drying beans planted. Then comes watering and weeding and WAITING! :)

Good morning Diana! Its always nice to get to the point when you can step back, water, and watch everything unfold!

Pictures from this year's garde...I have been fortunate with cool weather this year (so far...).

Front: Garlic and multiplier onions on the right, a small raised bed with carrots growing on the left. (Container soil was sifted ans screened to remove debris and rocks before planting the carrots.) Under cover....almost mature Rutabagas. (You can slice them thin and use as vegetable noodles, or mash with potatoes for au gratin, or just vegetable mash.) This shows my indeterminate tomato varieties, mortgage lifter, hillbilly, black from Tula under their fence post / blue painted conduit support. .

Rutabagas, turnips, beets in first three rows, tomatoes and peppers in the last 2 rows.

Picture of Baker Creek Hida Beni Red turnips (or, one may be a Nagasaki Aku Kabu.) Shred or sliver radishes and carrots and use as a relish in oriental dishes. (Or on your Ramen Noodles!)

Last year someone...Mom with hope or MetMom shared that she grew her potatoes in bottomless pots. This year I did this when I planted German Butterball potatoes and a few Clancy potatoes (not seed) from last year and getting good growth. ( Thank you for the suggestion!) Great looking and I hope that I did not over fertilize and can actually grow some potatoes. (Hopfully the weather stays cool for the next few weeks!

In the front of the photo under the white wire Dollar Store baskets (also someone's suggestion!) I planted some Baker Creek Caro-gold sweet potato slips, also in bottomless pots. It gets hot here so I hope they do well. I will train the vines on the fence and see what I can grow in their shade.