Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Tomatoes in Houston

I've noticed that when dedicated work is put into the garden, it gives back wholeheartedly. Now that the rainy La Nina-effected summer, and winter, is over, the plants can get back to normal with wet and dry periods. Thank G-d, the tomatoes are doing better than ever before. This year, I bought Bush Celebrity, Roma, and Goliath Hybrid seedlings. (The Roma was supposed to be another Bush Celebrity.) Wonder of wonders, they all are loving it. With an early start, especially in this year's very early season (loquats fruited a month early, blackberries flowered and fruited three weeks earlier than usual), the bush Celebrity now has 13 tomatoes, the Goliath has 8, including my first ever cluster of 5 (!), and the Roma, which I'd tried before with no results, has 13 furry babies. Here are some pictures:



Goliath early on
The cluster of 5
Bountiful Bush Celebrity
Lovingly sculpted Goliath (not Brandywine)
Roma six-pack (See the fly in the upper right corner?)

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Thursday at university of Houston

I just spent an entire day at UH Main Campus. The map is quite difficult to read, so today ended up being mostly an exploration of the campus, and I did not go into any classes. I will go again on Friday.

Monday, April 07, 2008