Tomato

Hanging heavy and red

I peek through branches of green

hoping to be overlooked

by the eyes of the bird

today maybe the day

I am plucked from

my humble stem

but until then

it is the sun I'll

bath in

How Well Does My Garden Grow?

When I bought my Mobile home a couple of years ago I decided to put a small garden for tomatoes and hopefully other vegetables in the front year.  In the meantime I decided to plant some other plants too and get some shade in the front of the home.  We get so hot in the summer and fall and the front of the house is very hot.

So I began planting.  The other day I took a look at my front garden and realized how full it was.  Every thing has grown so much this year that I saw that I was going to have to move my vegetable plants to somewhere else before I plant next,

Tomate Gardening

My tomato garden is getting huge, in fact all of the plants up front seem to have grown huge in just the last month.  I have been taking the branches off between the leaves to keep the main stems to keep the main trunk of the plant giving nutrients  to the blossoms and fruit.  I am thinking that I am going to have to change my garden plot next year to increase the amount of light for them.

Over all my garden is a success as the leaves are free from pests and are the proper shade of green for the plant. The berries in the back are, well for lack of better words, taking over this year.  Right now the berries are green but they are loaded with berries. 

I am following planting  directions from www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening .  I grew up  in the Northwest and when I moved here I seemed to have lost all of my skills with plants.  Last year I realized that I was just so used to planting and growing in a different region so I did the web search to find out about growing in the south and so far I like what I have found.  Still working on my planting skills but it is really moving right along.