Thursday, July 14, 2011

Apres moi, le deluge...

Gooseberries..taste test this morning: perfect. Every year I add a plant or two.

Yesterday as I was mowing I was surprised to see these doing the ripening thing. Blueberries are always plentiful and carefree here. Should I have actually said that out loud?



Today will probably be the final pea pick. Cannot grow enough to satisfy but will continue to expand.





Hybrid or not and I can't remember but these Sun Sugar cherry tomatoes are so damned delicious. Glad to see them making an appearance.







Update: The aforementioned Red of post past seems to have reintergrated with the collective. I breath a sigh of relief and worry now about what'll happen when the new kids arrive.










Grow a bit of wheat and oats. Again, would love to increase all the grains. Working on it.










This, the first honeybee hive year, finds me following them around with some anxiety as to their adjustment to their new digs. It also catches me noticing all the other 'joe blow' pollinators that have been faithful all these years.













Actually, the name of this post should be 'Before me, the deluge'. It's no secret why professional photographers mist their subjects before shooting. The downside of a heavy downfall: floppy plants. The upside: No watering today. Hay, wasn't I just beefing about the endless rain two minutes ago?









2 comments:

Mr. H. said...

Nice gooseberries...nice everything. We are growing a pink gooseberry this year too, hopefully by next year it will tease us with a few tasty treats.

Your ahead of me this season. Our blueberries are still green, the peas are a week away from being pickable, and a red tomato...what's that?:)

randi said...

thanks Mike..yeah, I was taken aback seeing the b'berries..might have something to do with the heat and sun of late.