Garden scenes

Now that we’re into September, it won’t be long before the garden comes to a complete end, and another growing season will be over. Today is 29 degrees, so that seems a bit off, but it is September and we are in Edmonton, Alberta! The tomatoes are nice, but the plants are shorter, much shorter…

Harvest time

There are quite few big tomatoes in the garden that are starting to turn colour – soon ripe for picking! It’s that time of year. It amazes me that these plants – some 6 feet tall – produce from such a tiny seed these beautiful fruits. Yes, I know it is a fruit. I’m stuggling…

The most wonderful time of the year

There is a special joy in watching the seeds germinate and pop through the ground. It doesn’t take long for the green leaves to appear and for the plants to reach towards the grow light. Above my Big Mama tomatoes are well under way. I might have too many! I’m very excited about these little…