Tomatoes Coming On! And the Pumpkin Grows On!

Sweet 100 Cherry Tomato. Doing very well, but needs trellised. It is an indeterminate that is a vine. Produces well!


The above three are heirlooms, I am anxiously waiting to see what type they are.. They are also indeterminate, which means they grow and grow and produce on a vine like plant until the first frost. I had a packet of heirloom tomato seeds I started indoors, I just picked some seeds and now we are getting close to finding out what they are..
The Pink Elephant, continues it's growth.. Maybe we will get one pumpkin out of it.

Update on our Pumpkin RIP

On our trip our neighbor Miss Terri took care of the garden. We had a ton of rain while we were gone and I guess the pumpkin didn't like it.. It rotted. She said it was a sad, day when the smelly, moldy, rotten pumpkin had to be put in a bag and put in the trash. She knew the kids were looking forward to having it as a jack o lantern for halloween. That was the first things when we hopped out of my FIL van, how big is the pumpkin. Oh well, such is that in the life of a gardener. Some things make it, and others don't.
The vine is still flowering and we still may get one yet, there is a lot of growing season left here.

Pink Elephant in the Garden Continues

We still get a good chuckle out of this huge vine growing at the edge of the garden. I have a feeling when we get back from vacation, it will be HUGE!!! I have no idea what kind of pumpkin it is, but hopefully we can get on jack-o-lantern out of it..

The Pink Elephant in the Garden

Every year I have a couple of volunteers that just show up out of no where in my garden. Last year they were flowers, this year, they are vegetables?? This is my first year with a veggie garden. Well one is neatly tucked amoungst my annuals and the other under the big maple tree with my tomatoes and basil. One thing, this is MASSIVE. I really mean HUGE.. I am not sure if I want it there taking all the natural elements from the earth, because it is a heavy feeder, but I know if it keeps going like it should, we could have many , many pies come fall. Check out the size of the leaf compared to my hand.

I have very large hands too..

We call it the pink elephant because you know it is there , but care to look the other way because it doesn't fit in with the rest of the plants.