I think I’ll build a tomato trellis every year from now on. Maybe two. I love the look of it, and how the tomatoes just vine right up it, and how I can even attach the zucchini vines to it with a little twine.
Tomato Trellis
Category Archives: house
Nasturtium
I started some Nasturtiums from seed this year, to pick up on the color of the dwarf Japanese maple in the Early Spring border (which isn’t particularly colorful in the summer).
This is the only bloom so far, but I do like the pop of color it adds. Hopefully the chipmunks don’t eat it right away.
Homegrown Tomatoes
Sun Sugar wins the award for first ripe tomato of the 2020 season, with Early Girl not far behind!
(Crossposted to Instagram)
Squirrel Feeder
After the suction cups on my window-mounted bird feeder busted off, I found some brick clips online to mount them to the exterior wall, instead.
I suspected squirrels were to blame for breaking the suction cup mounts in the first place, and I hoped that placing the feeder on the brick wall would keep them out going forward.
I should have known better.
I guess squirrels have to eat, too…
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: July 2020
Blooms always seem to be scarce in the heat of mid-July — especially when deer have eaten the lilies. I think some deer-resistant, drought-loving native plants are in my future.
As always, many thanks to Carol of May Dreams Gardens for hosting Bloom Day on the 15th of every month!