This is my first tomatillo. It is finally growing, gathering size and momentum. I bought this tomatillo in a 6 pack at my local OSH. Since I hadn't grown nor cooked with them before, the 6pack was for my bf's mother but I decided to keep two of them for myself. Mine went in the ground, hers went in to pots. Mine grew bushy and green, hers grew leggy. Hers produced tomatillos way before mine, mine liked to stay flowery and pretty, which is nice but hey, not what I wanted. Over the weekend, her tomatillo grew so big it busted out of its paper shell and I'm waiting for mine to fill this one out. I noticed I have several others just now starting their growing process. Patience my dear.... paaaatience!
My pumpkin patch is doing ok. Why just ok when it looks so beautiful and in bloom? I had one female flower and the fruit withered and went yellow before it got bigger than a copper penny. All of these wonderful blooms are male.
My cotton plants. This is how much they've grown since my my update on July 6th.
Costoluto Genovese tomatoes. This is my first year growing them and they are quite yummy. The other day I made a new recipe using my crookneck squash and for my tomatoes, I used half Cost Geno's and half Odoriko's and it was fabulous. Great flavor!
This is the homemade hummingbird feeder ant deterant my bf fabricated for me. The hole goes through the cap and is SEALED (very important) with adhesive or whatever waterproof material you have. The wire was wound at the bottom of the cap to keeping it from tipping too far over and then the cap was filled with water. The hook below the cap (not shown here) is where my hummer feeder goes. The ants won't cross the water to get to the feeder hence my sugarwater is ant free. Note: I don't know about YOUR ants but MY ants are persistant! Some sacrificed their lives and drown in the cap of water while other live ants crossed the floating bodies to get to the other side. You must keep your cap full and dead-ant free as well.
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