a weird garden

[Alpinejs]

zana....I am here for the entire summer. I start the seedling in Calif. and
then transport them. As to watering, I just dip down into the lagoon with
my watering can and water!!

About 20 'maters as of today.

[Alpinejs]

Update.....all is progressing well except one of two Sungold f1 which is sickly
but producing. Some over 200 fruit set and Green Zebra is getting close to
tasting time. No pests or diseases so far. One of the pics is the new platform
I am building which should hold 21 more plants next summer. Cucumbers and
carrots and zucchini are also doing well I have five bagged blossums that are
now fruit and have pink strings on the trusses. So, the long and short of this
adventure is that I am well please and am already making plans so I can even
further jump start the short season here in the Canadian wilderness.

[Dark Rumor]

Like Chief Brodie said in "Jaws", "I think you are going to need a bigger boat - Dock

[ddsack]

That looks really good! I love the idea of docks/platforms dedicated to only tomatoes! Helps to be in a sheltered bay, so you don't have to deal with big waves and wind. With the heat we've been having, and watering from the lake, your tomatoes should do great this year.

P.S. Good touch, with the pink flamingos.

[Alpinejs]

Yes, the lagoon is totally surrounded by tall pine trees except for the inlet
where the footbridge is. Those flamingos seem to like it here as they return
every year to that very same spot. The lagoon was solid cattails, but Roundup
worked miracles. The same ducks and geese seem to return each year as
they fully expect me to feed them as soon as they arrive. But.....if they mess
with my tomatoes, they will be dinner.
As of now, I have 12 species with tomatoes tagged as "seed" tomatoes. I
am hoping for all but BoxCarWilly and Giant Belgium as I have great plenty of
seed for them already.

[Keiththibodeaux]

Fabulous. The plants look very healthy. Can't wait to see the results.

[Alpinejs]

A fringe benefit to my weird style of gardening. A couple nights ago, the temp
dropped to 23 degrees. I had no losses in cukes or tomatoes due to the
temp. Also, no varmits or soil born pests. Not sure what sunscald looks like,
but I think many "maters suffered from that. The worst problem came early
on and that was solfball sized hail which destroyed most foliage, blossums and killed a few plants. Yes, I did say "solftball sized". No one in this area had ever seen such here but I have had to replace two roof and the resort
across the lake had to replace 9 roofs. My gutter has the evidence of a hole
clear through it of softball size. Being it is in a non-strategic spot, I will leave
it as evidence and a conversation piece. LOL

[Redbaron]

That is very cool. The one thing that ran through my mind was hydroponics!

But even you couldn't be THAT weird. Could you?