Wordless Wednesday

Winning the Race Here Is ...

... the volunteer unknown tomato!

I went into the garden this afternoon to pick some jalapenos, cucumbers and basil to give to a friend and this lovely had ripened enough to be picked.

This came from the tomato plant volunteer that germinated in the raised bed and has grown just as well as the seeds I started inside.  Now to see how it will taste.

Vegetable Garden and Harvests

I have an incredibly long to do list for all the gardens.  Long because I've been unable to tend them as they need it because of physical limitations on my part as I recovered from surgery and because of a major storm and then a heat wave. Today thankfully I was able to tackle the list as it pertained to the vegetable garden.  Here are the before and after photos followed by some of what's ripening in there and finishing up with the harvests we've enjoyed.

Before - weeds! and lettuces that have bolted!

 After - weeds lettuce out.  New lettuce seeded. 

Before - weeds! and tomatoes that need to be tied up!

 After - weeds gone and tomatoes tied to fence.

 What's ripening!  

Cucumbers! Almost time for refrigerator pickles.

Jalapenos!  Time for hot pepper jelly!

 First Goldie tomato!

 First unknown variety, a volunteer, tomato!

 Zucchini!  Got to stay on top of these veggies or I'll be looking for unlocked cars!

 Volunteer who knows what!  Is it ripe?

 Basil!  Time to freeze this for winter use.

 All the carrots were pulled today!

 Harvested for supper tonight!

 Beans!  Also for supper and some for tomorrow too.  More beans are flowering from the second planting and today I seeded a third batch.

 Some earlier harvests: lettuce, carrots, & peppers.  See other gardeners harvest at Daphne's Dandelions.

Storm Damage

One week and a day this was the scene we awoke to.  I'm just now able to post these photos because overnight our internet and cable was restored.  Yeah!

Spilled pots and plant stands.

 Leaves from the tulip poplars scattered throughout the lawn and gardens.

 Almost 2 inches of rain.

 Openings where trees lost their tops.

 Tree tops on the ground.

 One dead tree across the steepest part of our driveway.

The cable/internet was the last utility to be restored.  Phone though usable since Sunday was fixed on Saturday to remove static and dropped calls.