Gardening Success?

Yes, we have fruit. Don't hold your breath, because I've gotten this far before, only to have tomatoes rot on the vine. Stay tuned.

Growing

Spring comes early to the desert. We planted a small veggie garden - in pots - in our little courtyard. The courtyard gets lots of shade, which is really important when the heat climbs to 110 degrees. This weekend, it is supposed to be in the 90's.

Then, as I do every year, I buried a pumpkin in the ground. Last year, it was growing beautifully in a very sunny spot. Then - one sad day - it was burning hot out and that was the end. The vine just died. So, trying again, in a different, shady, spot.

But, hopefully! the best treat yet - LEMON TREE! We've left it in the pot for now. Want it to grow nice and strong before we stick it in this dirt. The flowers smell delicious! Here's hoping!

What are you growing this year?

Come visit my garden!

Just a few scenes from the desert this morning.

Hoping the pumpkins keep growing, but as the heat builds, not sure....

Buster sees something outside the gate.....probably bunnies....

Rosemary grows like crazy under this tree.

Flowers in the island. Some thrive, some don't. This winter, I'm going to use this island to grow lettuce.

Behind Buster is oleander. Also known as nightshade. Beautiful, but poisonous. Deadly to humans, dogs, horses. We've let a lot of it die, and have pulled some out. It can grow to 12' or better. Hard to pull out such a beautiful plant, so some still are here.

Sugar wants to go swimming. Yup, we have a pool. Lots o'work. Lots o'fun.

The littlest one in the family.

Enjoy your day!

Rotten Tomatoes

What is happening to my tomatoes? Is it bugs eating them? Lizards? The plants are growing, it hasn't been burning hot yet (next thursday it's supposed to be up to 106, gag puke vomit), but look what happens to very single tomato.

Am I doing something wrong? Don't they have enough water? Sun? WHAT?? Are birds eating them?

This damn desert.

In Philadelphia, we used to have so many tomatoes we could feed the entire neighborhood. Not that I'd WANT to feed my neighbors here (not fond of my neighbor next door, one day I'll write about that), but at least I'd like to eat a tomato that I grew myself. Like in the old days.














These are squash plants. And there are some baby squashes growing. Are they going to rot too? Or get eaten?


In case you didn't see my previous post about veggie gardening - I decided to plant in pots in my courtyard - away from marauding bunnies, javelinas, etc.


Not having much luck.



:0(




My friend Cathy gave me some of these plants - and they bloom everyday, in a corner of my courtyard. My office looks out onto the courtyard. And they're propogating...yay. I have no idea what they're called.

This is my pretending to be living in Philadelphia, with 'normal' flowers blooming. Note the cactus behind them.

We do have big trees on this property - mesquite trees.

So if anybody can tell me what is happening to my tomatoes, I'll be very grateful....