While I could use new beach footwear, after the soaking rain from Tropical Rainstorm Barry, the main crop tomato plants needed staking and the bean trellis wanted securing. And jute is my favorite garden twine, so...
It occurs to me this is the second time I've ditched a Jennifer Appleby pattern. They're cute and clever, but somehow don't quite make the cut. Oh well, the veggie patch is much happier now and that's one less UFO.
This 'Rutgers' tomato plant needs a good rousing cheer, though. Two weeks after transplanting, it's still under 5 in (13 cm) tall. By contrast, this 'Celebrity' tomato plant is 18 in (45 cm) tall – see all the twine needed to stake it? (The digicam color balance is off, the mulch didn't really change color between pix.)
'Rutgers' is an heirloom Jersey tomato – it oughta feel at home roundabout Exit 151, especially with the old teacher's college up the hill. Go Rutgers!
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The Rutgers may yet catch up or exceed Celebrity's growth. A dose of compost tea can't hurt either.
Our Rutgers aren't doing quite as well as some of the others in the garden right now either. You'd think it would do better what with me being a graduate of that fine institution! Oh yeah, so was my sister :) But then again, something has been nibbling on the plants including completely removing all leaves below a certain height, which sadly encompassed my entire basil plant.
I'm sorry to say that I only got to my vegie garden yesterday - TO WEED.
My vegies will be late this year, ugh.
YES! Those are the shoes I was trying to locate again! Thank you Most Kindly for pointing me back to the right mag! ;D No wonder I couldn't find it; it was a crochet mag and I was looking in the knitting ones. Doh.
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