Iris Bursting In Bloom!

Fringe Benefit

My Iris have burst into bloom this week.  In the evening the buds resemble candelabras glowing in the moonlight. 

I will share a few photos of what is blooming now.  I still have many more buds that will open and am waiting for the golds and yellows to bloom, but for now this will do.

Coral Point

Coral Point

Coral Point

Mastery

Mastery

Firebreather

Firebreather with Full Tide

Fringe Benefit

Solano

Solano

Solano

Solano

Bed in the front

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Full Tide 

Earl of Essex

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Everything Plus

Everything Plus

Walking Iris

neomarica caerulea

Tomatoes for 2012 and a Full Pink Moon

 We have a full Pink Moon rising tonight.

I planted 5 more tomatoes yesterday for a total of 18.  I still have a few more to plant but need to find space for them. I would like to put in one more San Marzano, Ponderosa and Big White Pink Stripe. I have two San Marzano's in now, but only one of each of the others.

 

 If you click on the spreadsheet it will enlarge.

I should have made a column for the vendor but will list them here for now.  I purchased seeds from Botanical Interests, Baker Creek Heirloom   and  Seeds of Change.  I also had some seeds I saved from my tomatoes I have grown over the last six years.  

I really enjoy saving my own seeds, but I also love to add new varieties each year, now if I had just won that big lottery last week I could have bought more land to plant more tomatoes!  Oh well, one must not get greedy and we are very fortunate to have the space we do to plant. 

Just in case you can't read the small print on my spreadsheet here is a list of the tomatoes we are growing this year:

Anna Russian Pink

Big White Pink Striped

Black Krim

Cherokee Purple

Crimson Carmello

Flame’ Orange

German Queen Pink

Gold Medal Yellow

Green Zebra

Mortgage Lifter

Paul Robeson Black

Persimmon Orange

Ponderosa Pink

Purple Russian Purple

San Marzano (2)

Southern Night Black (2)

Still to plant

Chocolate Stripe

Dr. Wyche’s 
and maybe....more.

I purchased some seed potatoes from Ronniger Potato Farm.  I tried just three varieties; Purple Peruvian Fingerling, Sangre, and La Ratte. Most have sprouted eyes and I am hoping to get those planted this weekend. I already have a Rose Pink French Fingerling and a Yukon Gold planted in a small bed and some under one of the orange trees again. I have no idea why they grow so well under the tree but they do.  

Also planted seed for Cocozelle, an Italian zucchini and an early Crookneck Yellow Squash yesterday.  Still lots more seed packages in my basket to get in. Looks like our Easter will be playing in the dirt and not much time at the table.