Big and Blue, the sky has been beautiful for days now; the sun beating down, snow melting nicely. Temps are rising and what!.....do you think we might even be able to rake and tidy soon? Last year on March 22nd, that was exactly what we were doing.... not the whole yard mind you, but over by the summerhouse near the long wall and pines. I am starting to feel hope, that soon, we will see some sign of spring bloom near the foundation where my lone Hellebore waits.
Most days now, the windows automatically open in the summerhouse, the min max thermometer getting up to 85 degrees F. In anticipation of starting seeds this coming week, the old trays are washed and sterilized waiting to be filled.
Seed packets are sorted; suitcase packed. We're having a girls day out seed sharing ....very excited about that. Don't you think it's a fun idea? This leads me to a "true confession"!
I don't think the German Gold tomatoes we grew last year were in fact German Gold at all! (see tomatoes in photo below). The seeds were purchased from an Organic farm in Ontario about seven years ago labeled as such but I am of a mind to think they might be a Yellow Brandywine. The flavor was luscious, texture firm...they didn't split and grew very large. German Gold online appears to have pink bottoms and these did not. So when I share the seeds, I will feel sorry, not knowing the variety. If you have any idea, or if I am mistaken on the discription of the German Golds, please let me know. That would be sincerely appreciated.
La Roma, Speckled Roman, Carbon Black, Purple Calabash, Scotia, Big Rainbow (the smaller yellow tomato) and the purported German Gold in various stages of ripening 2010
What!! Your German Golds may not be genuine - seed sharing is off!! ha ha.. just kidding.. That is a beautiful sky photo - seems to be hinting of spring. Fingers crossed that you'll be raking leaves on the 22nd again this year. Personally, I can't wait to see the garden soil - there is a whole bed of mache that is just waiting for harvest as soon as the snow melts.. take a deep breath, spring is coming..
ReplyDeleteWhatever the names . . . all of your tomatoes look delicious Bren. Lovely photo of so many! Beautiful sky and words of hope. Enjoy the weekend!
ReplyDeleteI love your bright blue sunny picture! And your summer house sounds so nice with temps getting so warm! Do you spend a lot of time out there?? Also, your beautiful tomato pic makes me long for the harvest .... hum ... months away ...
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Gorgeous photographs , all of them. I once live don the northumberland moors - another place with big, wide, skies - every autumn the geese would pass overhead, heralding winter.
ReplyDeleteHi Brenda, you photos are really nice! I am so anxious for spring. It is looking hopeful. I know how busy you will be.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind comment on my blog today. I suppose one day I will go back to studying; it feels like unfinished business. But then today I bought three fruit trees for my garden, a plum, an espalier apple and an espalier pear. The 'orchard' is whole new project; I will write about it soon I think.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't believe my eyes today, the ice was melting out of the driveway and a small patch of grass appeared. It feels a bit odd to be so overjoyed at this but it's the small things. I've been thinking about seed starting lately but with no greenhouse I think I'll be waiting a little while yet. This will be my first year starting seeds indoors here so there'll be some trial and error.
ReplyDeleteYour tomatoes look delicious no matter what variety they were. Winter seems endless to me this year. I so hope you right about the approach of spring weather!
ReplyDeleteHello. Flowers and shrubs in my garden that you see on my blog, with us it is not yet in bloom. It is still gray, but nature is waking up. Post, it was a dream of spring, colorful garden and about the condition of my shrubs are present. Please install the Google translator, we will be able to understand. The translation is sometimes funny, but you can understand. Yours
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