Tomato Plants

Thankful Thursday and Little Things Thursday

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, May 11, 2023

I planted my four Better Boy tomatoes in large flowerpots. The plants are still small, but I am excited to see blooms!

Have a blessed day!

I am linking in today with Little Things Thursday and Thankful Thursday

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

Thankful Thursday, July 29, 2021

Thankful Thursday and Little Things Thursday

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, July 29, 2021

I am thankful for home-grown cucumbers. With 'Burpless Beauty' Cucumbers there really is less burping! And they taste good too!

I hope you are having a great week!

I am linking in today with Thankful Thursday and Little Things Thursday

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Thankful Thursday, June 24, 2021

Thankful Thursday and Little Things Thursday

I am thankful today for new potatoes!

Do you sometimes reach into your potato bin and find that the last few potatoes have sprouted?
Do you know that you can plant them and grow new potatoes?

In early March I put four sprouted red potatoes in a few inches of potting soil in a huge plastic flower pot set in full sun, and covered them with a few more inches of potting soil. At the plants grew, I added more potting soil until the pot was full. (Similar to 'hilling up' if planted in the ground). We had plenty of rain, so no additional care was needed.

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, June 16, 2021

When the tops died down three months later, I dug them up.

After I brushed off the dirt and adjusted the scale for the weight of the plate, two pounds and five ounces of new red potatoes!

The first time I grew potatoes, I used a grow bag and seed potatoes, but the basic process is the same with kitchen-sprouted red potatoes and a big flower pot. 

If you are interested, here is my post from last year: A Garden Experiment

Have a blessed day!

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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, June 2021

The 15th of each month is Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens

What's blooming in June in my garden in the northeast corner of Mississippi, USA zone 7b

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My flowers like to play tricks on me by blooming in between Bloom Days - Butterfly Weed on June 3rd.

My Spiderworts have been standing up proud with masses of blooms until heavy rains last week knocked them down. But they are still blooming laying down in the grass.

Day Lilies are everywhere!

Last week I bought these lovely Dianthus plants - three pots of them! I am not sure where I am going to plant them.

Another recent purchase - Strawberry plants. I've never seen red blooming ones; my others have white blooms. No ripe berries yet, so I don't know how the taste compares to my other strawberries.

My 'Burpless Beauty' Cucumbers are blooming, and there are a few tiny cucumbers.

Bees love the blooms on the Linden Tree (aka Basswood)

My mind is really slipping - I almost forgot my Gardenia!

For foliage as pretty as a flower - Nandina! And it produces tiny white blooms in the Spring.

Now for a look at things to come

The Mulleins (wildflowers), Verbascum thapsus, are putting up bloom stalks!

Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!

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Potatoes, May 24, 2021

Harvest Monday and Our World Tuesday

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, May 24, 2021

I harvested my first potatoes today! From four 'Red Norland' seed potatoes, I have one pound and one ounce of new potatoes. I spaced out my plantings so I should have some more ready to harvest in about ten days. In case you think the tiny potatoes are too small to use, they will be good dropped whole and unpeeled into a pot of vegetable soup.

Have a wonderful week!

I am linking in today with Harvest Monday and Our World Tuesday

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Willy Nilly Friday, October 23, 2020

Willy Nilly Friday 5, Sky Watch Friday, Signs 2,
and on Saturday, Saturday's Critters, and I'd Rather B Birdin'

1. Soybean Harvest (Sky Watch Friday)

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, October 22, 2020

With sunny to partly cloudy skies this week, the farmers have been busy harvesting their soybeans.

2. Masks (Signs 2)

Shiloh, Tennessee, USA, October 20, 2020

This week's signs are brought to you by the National Park Service.

3. Good Food!

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, October 16, 2020

A Frost Advisory was posted last Friday, so I picked the rest of my peppers. They are mild; good in salads!

4. Saturday's Critters

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, October 11, 2020

a Devil's Walking Stick

5. Hawk (I'd Rather B Birdin')

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, October 19, 2020

I am not sure which hawk this is. Any help is appreciated!

Have a blessed day!

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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, October 2020

The northeast corner of Mississippi, USA zone 7b

There are still a few blooms on the Turk's Cap, aka Sleeping Hibiscus

'Iceberg' Rose

These Asters were a gift from a friend last year.

The Phlox are almost finished. But they will be blooming again next Summer.

My Butterfly Bush is still blooming.

My Encore Azalea 'Autumn Royalty' is the prettiest I have ever seen it! Eight years ago it was a nice little potted plant. Now it is taller than I am.

Unless we have an early frost, the buds on my 'Confederate Rose' Hibiscus will have time to open.

The peppers are still blooming in the vegetable garden.

They produce small mild peppers, similar in taste to bell peppers. They are sweetest if left on the plants to ripen to a deep orange color, but I usually pick a variety of colors.

Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!

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Peppers, September 29, 2020

Harvest Monday, Our World Tuesday, and All Seasons

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, September 29, 2020

First I need to say I do not know the name of these peppers. A friend, who did not know what they were, gave the plants to me at the end of May. They bloomed very well, but were slow to develop peppers. It was only a couple of weeks ago that we began to get a harvest.

They are mild like a bell pepper. These will go into the large green salad we are having for lunch today.

Hope you have a wonderful week!

I am linking in today with Harvest Monday, Our World Tuesday, and All Seasons

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Willy Nilly Friday, July 17, 2020

Willy Nilly Friday 5, Thankful Thursday, Sky Watch Friday,
and on Saturday, Saturday's Critters, and I'd Rather B Birdin'

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1. Hot and Humid (Sky Watch Friday)

Tupelo, Mississippi, USA, July 17, 2020

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2. Garden Update (Thankful Thursday)

'Burpless Beauty' cucumber, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, July 15, 2020

I am thankful for home-grown cucumbers, and...

... an easy refrigerator pickle recipe!

Sweet Refrigerator Pickles

5 cups thin-sliced cucumbers
2 cups thin-sliced onion (I use Sweet Vidalia Onions)
1  and 1/2 cups apple cider vinegar
1 and 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/2 teaspoon celery seed
1/2 teaspoon mustard seed

Mix cucumbers and onions together in a large glass bowl. Mix vinegar, sugar, salt and the spices together in a pan and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Pour hot liquid over cucumbers and onions. I put a small plate on top and press down so the cucumber/onion mixture is submerged. Allow to cool slightly, and then spoon into jars (use a wide-mouth funnel). Cover with tight fitting lids. Allow to cool a bit more, then put in refrigerator. Wait 3 days for the flavors to mix well before tasting them. Keep refrigerated; makes 3 pints.

Thanks to Taste of Home for the recipe!
Taste of Home website

3. The Most Interesting Thing I have Seen This Week

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, July 15, 2020

The highway department is using this excavator with a brush-cutter attachment to cut small trees and shrubs that are too close to the road.

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4. Insects (Saturday's Critters)

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, July 15, 2020

Cicada

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, July 13, 2020

Dragonfly

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, July 16, 2020

Ailanthus Webworm Moth, Atteva aurea

5. Need some help from my bird-watching friends (I'd Rather B Birdin')

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, July 16, 2020 (Click on the photo to see it at its best)

I would think that this is a juvenile Eastern Bluebird, but I have not seen any adults here at my house.  Can anyone give me a positive ID?

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Harvest Monday, July 13, 2020

Harvest Monday, All Seasons, and Our World Tuesday

Prentiss County, Mississippi, July 11, 2020

It is Tomato Sandwich Season again! My 'Better Boy' tomatoes are beginning to ripen. An excellent slicing tomato, the 'Better Boy' is one of the most popular tomato varieties grown here in the United States.

I hope you have a great week!

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Thankful Thursday, June 25, 2020

Thankful Thursday and Little Things Thursday

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, June 22, 2020

I am thankful for home-grown cucumbers!
I picked the first cucumber of the season on Monday: eight ounces of crispy crunch for our salads!

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA June 25, 2020

And this morning's cucumber weighted slightly more: nine ounces. Later in the Summer, the vines should be producing faster, and I will have enough to make pickles.

Have a blessed day!

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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, June 2020

The northeast corner of Mississippi, USA, zone 7b

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American Goldfinch, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA

There is nothing more pleasant than walking out in the garden in the early morning before the day gets hot and being greeted by a chorus of birdsong. It gets the day started off right! Feed the birds!

Now on to the flowers...

Linden Tree, Tilia.

Most of my Day Lilies have finished blooming, but I still have a couple to show.

I am sorry that I don't remember their exact names.

Spiderwort

Gardenia

One of my roses is putting on a second flush of blooms!

Phlox

And in the vegetable garden...

… Cucumbers!

And then there is this: a mushroom doing its impersonation of a flower bud opening!

But my prettiest blooms opened at the end of May, halfway between Bloom Days...

Monarch Butterfly on Butterfly Weed, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, May 31, 2020

Butterfly Weed, Asclepias tuberosa.

Have a wonderful week!

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