First Two Tomatoes — Garden Update

The First Two Roma Tomatoes!

My husband accused me of artistic shenanigans.  Not true, I swear.  Those water droplets are all natural.  Now, that’s not to say I might not use poetic license in the future with a spritz of water here or a mist there.  This time it’s all mother nature.

And, More Romas To Come

Costoluto Genovese

These are an experiment.  So, we only have two plants.  But, they’re very interesting.  One has sprouted waist high.  And, only now are the buds appearing.  The other started bursting with buds at about 2 feet tall.  That’s the one pictured here.

…And Then There Were Six

Can you see the delicate branch struggling to hold onto these peaches?  It’s a miracle that little branch can hold onto these two fast growing peaches.  We wouldn’t be surprised if that poor little branch snaps.  We should probably remove one of those two peaches.  But, we’ve decide to wait and see what happens.

2 more of the remaining 6…

The other two are up too high to photograph in the bright sun.

Only 4 Bonfire Peaches Are Left

Black Mission Figs

Scattered among the three baby fig trees, we see just under two dozen figs.  But, we’re very happy that all three trees appear to be extremely healthy.

The Kadota Fig Tree That Could

…or might.  This poor fig tree has the scraggly, bedraggled look of Charlie Brown’s christmas tree.  Each branch has a handful of leaves and a nearly equal number of figs.  With less than 30 leaves on the entire tree, how is it capable of producing almost half as many figs?  It’s a little miracle.

The Lone Ichiban Eggplant

We’ve never sprayed any pesticides or chemicals on our garden… nothing commercial, natural or otherwise.  In the case of this growing Ichiban eggplant, it caused the loss of two little sprouting branches and three buds.

The Tomato Killer Scoping Out Her Prey…  again

The mini fence is our attempt to keep her out of reach.  It’ll be interesting to see if it works.