Garden Photos - Part 19

Wow--I have tomato blossoms--no tomatoes---I guess they're looking for a little sun, too! Same with the peppers & eggplant--the cabbages, peas & lettuces are doing just fine. They like it cool & rainy.

I prune the tomatoes after a while. I think they have enough leaves by that time to supply the energy for the fruit. I also remove the earliest flowers to encourage more overall growth.

schickenlady...the direct drip watering system is me.....

The water in the photo above is flowing down a double-dug raised bed from a regular garden hose. Had to tweak the slope a little yesterday to get the water to run 40 feet from one end to the other but it worked and was fun. Lying there in the dirt making mud dams, got a good view of how busy the birds are in the garden. Very determined, officious little creatures--always on a mission following me around in a sly sort of way as dirt gets overturned and plants watered..

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Robindog....full sun here, 10 hours in some spots, really helps. Means the side lawn is a tomato patch but the neighbors seem to get a kick out of it.

You hosta is wonderful. Been thinking about getting some and your design is perfect. Like to do two..a hosta one for shade and another for sun in a Victorian layered height pattern.

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Thanks David I will remember that for next year. I do like the hosta pic. It is a lovely pattern. Your DH did good. Now if I could get mine to do something like that.

Victor I take the 1st tomatoe flower off also.

Approaching 300, so I'll start a new thread...

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/872439/