Sunday, August 9, 2009

Garden update















Our garden has had it's share of successes and failures this year. Most importantly, late blight wiped out our tomatoes. Thats right, the same blight that caused the irish potato famine has caused a tomato famine across the whole northeast. But! we have had wild success with peas this year (our 18 inch dwarf peas grew to 9 feet with all the rain). And we seem to have the touch when it comes to sunflowers.



4 comments:

  1. So, that's why our tomatoes haven't grown this year. Usually they take over the yard!
    I love your sunflower....so pretty! Makes me think of Old Harvest's Sunflower Wheat Bread. YUM!

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  2. That is a tragedy about the tomatoes. Ours have survived, but they are not ripening. Your peas & sunflowers look great!

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  3. The sunflower is gorgeous. I need to try growing those.

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  4. I love the sunflower. That is something I have tried to grow before. I heard they like sandy soil is that true?

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