This Week In The Side Garden


Things are humming along. Thunderstorm rains have been helpful.


The green beans are producing.


I think I defeated the blossom-end rot that begun a few weeks ago on one 'Milano Plum.'


The Milanos from underneath -determinate, so they're setting over a shorter period.


Even the 'Black Russian' is forming fruit now. Can't wait.


As always, the cherries are producing the earliest. These are 'Sungold,' very sweet and tasty, but the skin is a little thick.


The 'Bella Rosa' is going strong, no sign of the dreaded B.E. Rot. These tomatoes have been enlarging for the longest period, and they seem to keep on getting slowly bigger with no sign of ripening.


And the strange 'Orange Pixie,' now has flowers and is still the most upright tomato plant I have ever grown.