Mystery Iris neomarica caerulea

I have no memory of buying this iris or where it came from. I have lots of iris so it may have come in one that I purchased, but I don't even remember planting one in this area. It grew by one of my birdbaths.

Any idea of the name? I sure would like to know.

2011 Tomato Update, Lots of Photos

I finally took a few pictures of my tomatoes to post to my blog, then forgot to load them! Most of these were taken a few weeks ago, but the last one I took yesterday. The San Marzano is loaded with tomatoes; I think I will be harvesting those very soon as they are showing a little color when I checked them this morning.


Bed 1 has Mr. Underwood's Pink Beefsteak Tomato (3 plants) and Wisconsin 55 Tomato (3 plants) all have small fruits.





Bed 2 has Ball's Beefsteak, San Marzano Plum, Cherokee Purple, and Persimmon; one of each plant.

 

Balls Beefsteak Tomato



Cherokee Purple Tomato

  


San Marzano Plum Tomato. This tomato is almost 5 inches long! The plant is loaded with fruit.

Bed 3 has Red Zebra Tomato, Zapotec Pink Tomato, Abraham Lincoln Tomato, and Isis Candy Tomato (a bi-color cherry). The Abraham Lincoln Tomato is a very lush, healthy looking plant.

Here is our first Red Zebra that I picked this morning. Visit my Herbal Cooking Blog to find out what I made with this beauty.

The next group of photos are planted along the driveway. These photos were take several weeks ago and the plants are much larger now. I am not sure which is which but I planted Dr.Wyche's Yellow, German Queen, and Green Zebra. The tags faded so I will need to wait until harvest!

Here we have a small red potato and in the background is an Old German Tomato, all growing under the Valencia Orange tree.

I picked a few Adirondack Purple and small Red Potatoes on Monday.

Adirondack Purple Potato under the Valencia tree.

White and Brown onions next to tomato plant

This is a Yellow Pear (cherry) tomato planted amongst the onions.

From the top of the hill looking down on the cages June 23, 2011

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY!



Plant Sale in San Diego Balboa Park

Here is a link to the Master Gardener's Plant sale in Balboa Park. They always have a large variety of unusual and hard to find plants. Hope to see you there!
Casa Del Prado

I'm Still Here!

I am still here, but have been very busy with a few projects.  The garden is flourishing!  I have 14 tomato plants that I planted in March/April and we planted 8 or 9 more last weekend.  I will update my blog with pictures after the 12th.  Things will be back to normal then and I can start playing in the dirt with the rest of you.

Thanks to all of you who have been still watching my blog.

See you all very soon,
Carla