Posts Tagged ‘Gardening’

getting a drink

This young cat recently showed up around here, and lately she’s been investigating the vegetable garden. Now she’s discovered the watering can. That’s not a very big opening, but with the “folding back of the ears” technique there appears to be plenty of room to partake of some cool refreshment.

Sarge’s tomato seedlings are now in the ground, but they took quite a beating when some extreme weather came through that afternoon. I think that they’ll be OK, and there are replacements on hand if needed.
There are over twenty varieties including Brandywine Yellows, Granny Smiths, Speckled Romans , and Golden Raves. This week we’ll finish the planting with zucchinis, eggplants, and cucumbers.

tomato seedlings finally planted

Here it is, time to start tomatoes again. I can’t believe it! I just pulled the old ones out.
But, we’re starting from seed, and last year we started way too late. The plants were never really big enough at the time that they needed to be planted in the main garden. Sarge now has his “ten thousand” varieties on order, so they should be in the hothouse soon.

Last years late tomato seedlings

I usually write about “Sarge’s” Cache Creek Ranch, but I could also say Thurb’s Cache Creek Ranch. I don’t know why but some of his friends call him Sarge while others call him Thurb. Anyway, thank you for the cornucopia of veggies this summer.

In the beginning