Here's the dill - it flowered and now there's a preposterous amount of dill seed. One of the flowers -
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| Dill seed |
The basil is looking pretty good. I planted a whole bed of it that's struggling, but most of the basil I planted in buckets with the tomatoes is doing very well. They are supposed to be companion plants, but they're doing so much better. I suspect that they like the semi-shade the tomatoes provide in this scorching weather. And I admittedly am a little better at watering the basil in the tomato buckets.
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| Bucket basil |
The tomatoes are coming along nicely. We've harvested (and consumed) 9 or 10 Sungold already. They're a pleasant bright orange and taste great. Tigerella is also just starting to color up. Also got a photo of a nice sized Brandywine.
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| Sungold |
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| Tigerella |
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| Brandywine |
The Turkish Orange Eggplant in the 5 gallon pail is flourishing. I moved it to a shadier spot. Also, and I think this helped a lot, I mulched with grass clippings. Checked them out online, when they're ripe the look a lot like tomatoes. Right now they're tiny, but there a a bunch of them.
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| Turkish Orange Eggplant |
Finally, a friend in the fight against bad bugs.
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| Baby Mantis |
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