Late May, fast growth

May - Fast Growth

It is amazing how much  everything has grown in the 19 days 

since I last posted pictures.

You may wonder about the red & green plastic sheets hung up.
The green one on the outside was put there to give a bit of shade 
as the temperature inside reached 40c/104f one day and the peas 
sure were NOT happy about it.
The red on the inside wall - well, in the Lee Valley Tools catalogue
they offer re plastic sheeting to use as ground cover around your 
tomato and other plants to help promote fruit production.  I have
carrots planted between the tomatoes (companion planting) so I was
unable to use the plastic on the ground.  Instead, I decided to try some
on the wall to see how it would do there.  (I found a red plastic table cloth
at the dollar store that was the right size.) 

Potted flowers in back yard have been swamped by the pansies

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The front flower beds are slowly filling in.  The white flowers are Alyssum that self-seeded.

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 Volunteer potatoes want the whole bed!   Strawberries are loaded, raspberries also

bearing a good crop with lots of bumble bees busy pollinating.

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Inside the greenhouse the "bush" peas have reached the roof and want to keep going.

Another week and we will be eating peas.  

The lettuce seems to be going crazy and not wanting to form heads.

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In the pictures posted May 6th the tomato plants were about 1/3 the size

they are now.  I keep the sucker shoot pruned off and the plants are doing great.

I saved 4 sucker shoots that were about 3" long, trimmed the bottom leaves,

then potted them and kept the soil very moist.  They developed nice roots and

have found homes elsewhere as I have enough plants.

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Beware of the dog!

I don't think she has reached 7 pounds yet but she has a good voice!  

Regards to all

GG