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I'm just back from my garden hopping in the southeast, and seeing my garden for
the first time this morning, and we're going to compare and contrast how it
looks before I left on June 30th, and today, so take a look.
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Oh!
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I think I failed to explain to Eric my garden helper that this is a green
tomato and it ripens when it's green. He didn't pick any of these and several
were rotten. This is aunt Ruby's German Green tomato and it's absolutely
delicious. I first ate one of these at Luis Tobon's in Lakewood California
last year when I did a video of his front yard garden. There are quite a few
more Gary O'Sena's over here that vine did particularly well, and I'm
actually kind of surprised that my tomatoes look so good because I had
those about 6 vines those early losses and replanted some volunteers in those
spots and they're coming along pretty well.
And I don't see any major die-off of the vines so I'm kind of impressed. As for
the squash, not one summer squash that I can pick and eat today.
Oh boy, this did not picked. The yellow squash again I thought I explained to
him that you pick that when it's yellow and for him to take it, but he didn't. And
the lemon cucumber is the same story there are three or four that are too
ripe and I'll have to save those for seeds. This is a lemon cucumber this one
should have been picked like a week ago. This one should have been picked a week
ago. So the only thing that I have today is tomatoes and basil.
And, of course, a few Orange Thai chilis and that's from my plant from last year.
That's why they're ready so early. Well, the Butingghan tomatoes, that plant
looks fabulous. I trained the Butingghan tomato to go up that trellis, that was
just genius of me. The garden is absolutely teeming with insects.
I see June bugs flying all around, no doubt laying hundreds of eggs, which will
turn into grubs, I see Syrphid fly,
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I see lots of honeybees,
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and dragonflies.
Oh my gosh, there's a squirrel. I haven't seen a squirrel in my
tree in a very long time. That's actually not a good thing, because I have a lot of
figs. What do you want? I'm talking to you! Anyway. I did not have time to bag up my
figs in little silk bags like I learned to do from Jacq Davis at Epic Yard Farm.
So, there are dozens and dozens of figs over there, so I don't know what's going
to happen. I'm very impressed with, it's just a jungle and it it's exciting and
I love it, but the flowers are so impressive, and one I want to mention in
particular is my cosmos. This color of cosmos, that sort of rose pink fuchsia
color, is just to die for, and I just want to give a shout out to The Living Seed
Company, where I bought Radiance Cosmos flower seeds, and this plant, I don't know
if it's the Sun, the water, or the seeds, but it is huge and so prolific. And I
can't wait till a few more of those plants pop. I've got more gorgeous lilac
flowers in that whole bed over there. There's kind of a fuchsia, lilac, purple theme
going in my Parkway, which is a whole new planting, and I'll be doing a separate
video on that. My cowpeas look fantastic. You know, I was concerned that I just had
the four or five plants in the raised bed, but those plants get huge and it's
really filled up.
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I am going to go inside and make myself some eggs with Malabar spinach and my
Orange Thai chili and one of my Aunt Ruby's German green tomatoes. Thanks for
watching and I'll see you in the next video.
Um! Oh, wow!
Melts in your mouth.