In Memory

There comes a time every year when I start to feel the garden is overtaking me. That such time is now. The tomatoes are bigger than me and literally engulf me when I go to water them, but this is a good kind of overtaking. My grandpa asked me today why they were so big and I honestly don't know. They must be the indeterminate kind that just grow and grow and grow until they're done and dead. They still have a little bit of fungus but I think they're so big and strong that they're overcoming that on their own. So I must say that the self-watering planter and special soil mix will be worth repeating next year - I just won't use the leftover mulch!

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Now, the bad news. Little Dill is gone. Dill has not done well since being re-potted. Something about the pot I chose he did not like and so he began a progressive decline. Last weekend I transplanted him into a different kind of pot in hopes of saving him but, alas, it was not meant to be. And that's not all, my beautiful chamomile have done the same thing. I think I over-watered them a couple weeks ago. I have to be very careful with them in the self-watering pots. They like moist but not wet soil and if I completely fill the water reservoirs it turns out to be too much. However, one or two of the four might make it through, but that's still to be determined.

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My peppers are in abundance, so I think I'll be pickling peppers soon. When I do I'll be sure to blog it, as that is part of the fun. Meanwhile...

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I'll be in the garden

Hope that you can find

me in the vines

looking for tomatoes

or peppers for to dine