September Garden Surpises

Published On: 02-06-2012 07:54am

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Category: Soapsmith's Garden Journal

Hello Friends,

I love garden surprises. Look at the beauties I discovered this week.

blooming cactus bonnie bartley soapsmith

When I left for the office in the morning I was greeted with the bright lemon yellow blooms on one of my cactus. What a lovely, sunny treat.

Earlier this month I noticed tomato leaves peeking around the back deck behind the grill. When I looked over the banister, lo and behold there is a huge Roma Tomato volunteer loaded with 67 tomatoes.

volunteer roma tomato plant

It managed to thrive in the 6 inch gap between the deck railing and the garden fencing spilling out between the links. It is one healthy, vigorous plant.

artfire soapsmith tomato plant

Here is the gap between the rail and the fence.

roma tomato plant

All the work, time and effort I put into my tomato plants nurturing them for the ultimate harvest and this guy manages all on his own. No watering through the hot summer, no fertilizer, no pruning...just mother nature and a half inch seam in the concrete.

I picked 4 ripe tomatoes on Sunday, I hope we get enough warm days left to bring the rest to red!

Thanks for visiting,

Bonnie

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