Plant

We got a Green Globe artichoke plant from Walmart in the spring, and transplanted it in an area with black plastic and western shade. Here's a picture of it on 22 July 2019. Yesterday, it had a lot more artichoke heads showing. Yes, there are watermelons next to it, and I don't regret the decisi...read more

Here are pictures of my Galapagos Island tomato, this year, taken yesterday. They were sweeter than previous years. They didn't taste like last year's cross; I think they might not be a cross, this time, after all. This might not be 100% S. cheesmaniae, but it's unique from other tomatoes I've g...read more

Here are a couple Tidy Rose F1 tomatoes that I harvested yesterday. The big one had sunscald, and a more powerful taste that I quite preferred. f1_hybrid_tomato

Here are a couple Black Dragon tomatoes from yesterday. They have thicker walls than Black Plum and are larger. heirloom_tomato

I saved wonderberry seeds, yesterday. I put a handful of berries in the blender, added water, and blended on the lowest setting. The water turned very purple! I don't think that happened last year. Anyway, after that, I removed the fluids (and added more to clear it, and removed them again,...read more

I got some Porter seeds from AlittleSalt of Tomatoville once upon a time. I grew a plant from them in 2016, without black plastic or mulch, in the ground. It got a lot of overhead watering from an oscillating sprinkler. The fruits were very pink, and kind of shiny. They got anthracnose pre-ha...read more

This year, 2019, fruits are taking a while to ripen (except for strawberries and burr gherkins).

So, I was in the front yard on Saturday, and I saw this for the first time! It's a volunteer Red-seeded Citron watermelon. The seed it grew from was from a plant that I grew in 2015. The fruits kept better than most winter squash. It volunteered last year, too, but this year's plant is mu...read more

Our watermelons are doing really nicely, this year, so far. They're setting lots of fruit, and some of it might get large.