Short-lived Joy

This morning when watering I spotted a rosy tomato. Wow! My first one! Rutgers won the race.

Closer inspection revealed that it suffers from blossom end rot. Oh well, the next one can't be long to wait for.

My Perennial Garden

... is shaped like a compass rose. Here is how each triangle looks at this point in the summer.

Lilies are closer each day to blooming.

I started with three of these geraniums but am down to one.

Phlox is blooming well.

Newest day lily bloom, but not many scapes there for future blooms.

Purple cone flower.

Latest Reads

I am currently reading "The River of Doubt - Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey" by Candice Millard. Quite a tale of exploration and hardship in South America in 1913-1914. I wonder as I read this whether any current ex-president would be allowed to put himself in harm's way as Roosevelt was in making this trek through the uncharted territory of the Amazon.

My previous two reads were "The Red Door" a mystery in post WWI England and an adventure memoir of canoeing down the Mississippi "Mississippi Solo" by Eddy L. Harris. I'd recommend both of them.

Harvest Monday

75 white onions of varying sizes.

One of several cucumbers we have harvested this past week.

One of many beets we have had. This one will go into juice this morning that Dan will make.

Garlic harvest drying in the heat of the garage.

Promise of future harvests: flower on the eggplant and

small sprouts on the Brussels sprouts.

See other harvests this Monday at Daphne's Dandelions.