Picked my first Celebrity tomato this morning! This is very early for our area - most folks shoot for having their first ripe tomato around July 4th & in the past, my plants usually run about 1-2 weeks after that.
This plant was blooming when I bought it, so that’s why the early tomato 🍅 & there is another one that will probably get picked this weekend. I did pick it with a good blush, but slightly green - they are very low on the bush, almost on the ground, & something chewed a hole in a low green pepper - didn’t want my first tomato to get chewed/pecked on! Two dahlia buds are showing color - they’re sort of like a watched pot slow to boil .... watched dahlia buds are slow to bloom!
Did a big, deep watering this morning & hope it will last a week. We might get some “beneficial” rain this weekend. Day before yesterday, we had some showers; however, while the grass got wet, the dirt stayed dry. The bird baths are in heavy use - cleaned them out, so the birds have fresh water.
I very much enjoy Dr. Malone’s farm stories!
Life with Emus
and why it is hard to get work done around here.
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