Cool Pics!

Last weekend at the garden I got lots of great flower pics! The bees were lovin' it!

The plot next to mine has some lovely Cosmos!


These are happy sunflowers!

OH! and a real flower on my eggplant! I spotted at least 3 flowers in bloom, could actual fruit be far behind?

And the best for last, these are two of my entries into the First Annual Green Thumb Shutterbug Photo contest. I won 2 gift certificates for VanHorik's Greenhouse!

This was chosen in the Wild Side category (Common Burdock):

and this was chosen in the Bountiful Harvest category:

I didn't plant this cabbage, I saw this cabbage in Nik's garden, "beautiful plumage" wouldn't you say?!

RIP Tomato Plants...

How sad and pathetic is this?

To the landfill to help old computers, tv's, vcr players, 8 track players, etc decompose...

All that is left are these 2 markers...not so "Bonnie" after all...:(

More on the blight

Well it appears this Late Blight is very widespread and is taking out farmers' crops as well. The green tomatoes that had no spots, that I took home, are now getting brown spots on them and they are not turning red at all. Some research has shown that this year's blight has come from varieties sold at Home Depot, Walmart, etc. I bought my tomato plants from Home Depot. Next year I am going to raise my plants from seeds.

Check out this New York Times article here and another article from Pennsylvania here.

I guess I will be ripping out my tomato plants. sigh.

Blight!

I think this is what they call "blight", at least that's what I would call blight :( I've cut off about 5 tomatoes that are turning brown. I cut off some green tomatoes and brought them home to see if they will turn red, before they too start to turn brown. I am so sad.

On a happier note, I did harvest some carrots! Not bad I think, some were still small, but you can't tell until you pick them.

Size matters!

OK these were just funny looking!

And my pumpkin continues to grow. :)

It's going to be the Great Pumpkin!

"Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. He's gotta pick this one. He's got to. I don't see how a pumpkin patch can be more sincere than this one. You can look around and there's not a sign of hypocrisy. Nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see." ......Linus, from It's a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

It's not Sassafras!

OMG! What are these huge plants growing along the river, they are over 6 feet tall and have these unusual large 3 lobed leaves? I am searching all my field guides and the only 3 lobed plant I could find was Sassafras, I thought cool!

NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!it's Giant Ragweed!!!!!!!!

I've managed somehow to outgrow almost all of my childhood allergies except hayfever! Great. I can't wait for them to flower! ugh.

Pumkin plants are taking over!

My gosh! My 2 little pumpkin plants are taking over my garden! They are huge! The photo above was from last week and it is even bigger now! Yesterday, I spent quite a bit of time trying to trim it back...it is creeping into the neighbouring plot and over running my beans! Lots of flowers and buds on it though. Here is a photo of one of the flowers below, if you look carefully there is a bee in there too on the left side of the stamen (?)

Someone's corn has grown taller than me! The rumour in the garden is that it is decorative corn not edible corn.

my small harvest last week, yesterday I had 6 beans. obviously my onions and carrots are not ready yet, but the tomatoes, beans, and cukes are crowding out the onions and carrots. I have to say my beans are a mess! I had to cut out a pumpkin tendril out of them too. I have learned many lessons for next year! radishes, onions, carrots are getting their own box next year.

aha! I managed to catch this American goldfinch clinging upside down on this beet(?) plant. I see them all the time down at the garden but they do not stay still for long!