This is not country

Cosmos

thisisnotcountry — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:02:55 +0000

IMG_0370_edited, originally uploaded by jesspffbt.

Fox Cherry

thisisnotcountry — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:02:16 +0000

IMG_0398_edited, originally uploaded by jesspffbt.

Roman Candle

thisisnotcountry — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:01:27 +0000

IMG_0397_edited, originally uploaded by jesspffbt.

Funny shapes! But after googling I believe it’s normal.

Meow

thisisnotcountry — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:59:56 +0000

IMG_0385_edited, originally uploaded by jesspffbt.

It’s getting crowded

thisisnotcountry — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:58:55 +0000

IMG_0363_edited, originally uploaded by jesspffbt.

Topsy Turvey with Viva Italia tomato, an EarthBox with Orange Banana tomato and summer squash, petiunia, four o’clocks, sage

Phlox

thisisnotcountry — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:57:39 +0000

IMG_0372_edited, originally uploaded by jesspffbt.

Orange Banana tomato in an EarthBox

thisisnotcountry — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:57:09 +0000

IMG_0369_edited, originally uploaded by jesspffbt.

This is how tall this tomato plant has gotten. It’s over 8ft now and still going.

Viva Italia!

thisisnotcountry — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:51:08 +0000

IMG_0396_edited, originally uploaded by jesspffbt.

This plant is in the topsy turvy. At first I didn’t think much of the whole upside-down system – put after this season’s atypical cool and wet weather, the topsy turvey tomato has come out on top!

Getting big!

thisisnotcountry — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:56:19 +0000

The topsy turvy is finally up!

In the topsy turvey I planted “Viva Italia!” – a paste tomato. It started growing downwards, but now it’s going up!

Nasturtiums!

Orange Banana Tomato – it’s getting pretty big!

A little trellis I made for my bush bean.

Beefsteak!

A Progress Post

thisisnotcountry — Sat, 23 May 2009 22:46:41 +0000

My first herb harvest - Sweet Basil, Purple Basil, and some Parsley.

My EarthBox with 2 yellow squash, 1 bush bean, and 1 tomato (Orange Banana).

Bush Bean

Yellow Squash that I started from seed - What's up with the edges of the right leaf? They're a little brown.

Tomato - Orange Banana

Another yellow squash that I started from seed

Purple sunflowers I started from seed, in eggshells! I plan on transplanting them tomorrow.

Pretty cool.

Cosmos (Knee High), my eggshell sunflowers, and then something I'm starting in an eggcarton in the back. I can't remember what's in it.. Poppy maybe.

Parsley and Chammomile. They're growing pretty tall so I've started cutting them back to encourage bushiness.

Marigolds.

I can't remember what these are - but yes, they are in toiletpaper rolls. They look a little spindly, probably because the dirt level isn't that high, so I may try to plant them deeper in.

An extra squash plant I thought I'd keep around as backup in case my EarthBox squashes didn't work out.

Black-eyed Susans taking their time to sprout, I guess because I direct-sowed instead of starting in baggies. I see tiny little green sprouts I think. The big one looks more like a weed,

Viva Italia tomato

Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge tomato

Roman Candle tomato

Roman Candle leaves.. looking twisty. I don't know if this is normal or not.

Mint!

Chives

Lavender and Sage

Beefsteak tomato

Yellow sunflowers... I may have to thin these out to only 1. :(

Wildflower Mix. I had to move this to next to the sunflowers because a bird was sitting in it!

Fox Cherry tomato

The big picture.