My wife sent me some teasing pictures to my e-mail at work today

[bryanccfshr]

Yep Pics of the garden!
I can see what 3 weeks of growth can look like! She did not get any close ups but she says she has been picking ripe tomatoes off the vines. I will try to get her to take some pics of ripe timatoes.. She's such a tease

3 weeks ago



Today



3 weeks ago


Today the brandywines in the back are getting large and so the cherry is on the left.




Another cherry that is not picky about location



more toms in the background of thhe wood framed raised bed reaching the top of the fence.


Finally my wifes pet roses and our back yard bird observatory. Notice the Tomatoe I snuck in the box near the Roses?





I am dissapointed she did not take pictures of the sprawlers I have in the rear center of the yard in the imature perrenial bed. But at least I got some pictures of some of my Tomatoe plants today.

[Worth1]

Man are you ever in trouble, by the time we get through with you, you will be digging up the grass and growing more kinds of tomatoes.

I have 26 types so far (Not for sure on the count) and that is nothing compared to some of these guys and gals.
Thats only because I let Suze talk me out of 50 this year.

Oh well there is next year.

Worth

[bryanccfshr]

Notice the area of grass that I am sort of neglecting in this general area? There is a eason I don't care about the grass there.

[bryanccfshr]

Once I get home I am going to do some layouts for differnt approaches. The current idea in my mind is possibly 2-3 4' x 16' raised beds(length will depend on actual space) Run parellel with drip irrigation installed. I would kill the bermuda weed mix and in the contained raised beds add a 6" thick mix of composts and garden soil. If I don't get the beds done in time for fall Tomatoes I will just grow corn or something that leaves alot of residue to cover the soil and plant some Daikon radishes and crimson clover through the winter to get the new beds ready for next spring where I will "bring it" .

BTW I am growing some seedlings in my window sill here at work to take home to plant for the fall crop! all the sunlight and my room fan and those little dixie paper cups from the bathrooms , LOL! I will use an empty SETA card box to carry the babies home. OK I gotta go to bed.

[bryanccfshr]

Crepe Mytrle about to burst into color










Saying that she and I like color is an understatement.

BTW money magazine had me in an article about of all things, my lawn. Check it out my 5 minutes of well who reads smart money for gardening activities anyway?? . http://www.smartmoney.com/mag/index....=june2007-lawn

[caascher2]

Beautiful pictures and interesting article.
Thanks for sharing!
Carol

[bryanccfshr]

Thanks for looking! With gardening and growing there is alot of pleasure in sharing and giving(if not just outright bragging).

[harleysilo]

You should become johnny appleseed, walking around in the evening with pockets full of the illegal grass seed, a little here, alittle there, sooner or later it's bound to be everywhere....

[bryanccfshr]

The problem is it has to be propagated vegetatively.

[harleysilo]

So that would have to be after dark walks with grass plugs, noone will ever notice!

[bryanccfshr]

The end is near for this determinate but yum!



Storm ravaged and suffering from adjacent lawn herbicide damage the big boys are still producing. (my wife doese not remove dead leaves while I am gone so they are looking kinda sad.



My wife loves the cherry's






And a few of the general landscape pics my wife sent me.













My discreet composting area


Putting up a front for saburbia hell

[Zana]

Looking great. Hope your wife saves you some of the tomatoes for when you're back.

[bryanccfshr]

I am certain the cherry's will still be going strong and I have some starts I am seeding for the fall run right now. If I am lucky maybe one of the longseason heirlooms such as the Brandwine has set a fruit or two. Unfortunately my wife has not taken any direct shots of the plants but I can seem them in the background and the plants are nice and big.

Worth gave me a Black Cherry he grew this spring I saved the seeds and I have some that I have pregerminated that I am about to get into some soil. By July 11th perhaps earlier the black Cherry seedlings will be in the ground. The large red Cherrys I am growing here at work will be coming home and in the ground by July 4th. My wife is begging for Roma's So I will plant a few for her. She likes them on her Pizza and to make chunky pasta sauce.
If I grow her a few varieties she likes she tends to take care of the others as well while I am away at work. Her admiration of cherry types will be rewarded with more colorfull varieties as well as my being bloody butcher if I can get it in time for a fall crop.

This is a fun and rewarding hobby/ocd crutch.

[bryanccfshr]

And Thank you ZANA I can't wait to get home..

[bryanccfshr]