The eggplant looks bigger than it really is in the photo because the photographer was so close to one end of it. We'll probably pick this one and another later today or tomorrow.
The Cherokee Purple tomato plant has a lot of these heavy green fruits..
... while our Mountain Pride has produced two edible tomatoes so far - though we were not the first to get to one of them.
The Brandywine still has only small hard little tomatoes.
Lu, like all cats, is a "strict carnivore" - meaning all his nutritional requirements can be found in meat and fish. Cats don't have the right enzymes to process plant-based proteins, and can't extract much from grains or vegetables in general. Although Lu will eat a more varied diet than many of his species, he's really not very interested. (Well, whatever you smother in butter or cream or cheese, that's another matter!) He now grudgingly accepts the pumpkin we add to his meals to help his digestion. We can't leave it on the counter to warm up anymore though - Lily will get up there and eat it before it's mixed with the cat food.
Our landscape plants generally have not been discouraged by the heat. This view of the back yard shows the ferns almost hiding the rain barrels. Our landscaper says are these are best crop of any of his clients.
For comparison, there's a view of them in Spring 2011 at the link. A few yards away bordering the steps, we have the same type of ferns that were planted at the same time. These seem small, but they are just more the expected size.
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My, those ferns obviously really like their location. Maybe if you planted some around the wellhead they would grow just as big and would hide the fake rock somewhat. Do you have any good recipes for those "beets"?
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