That's the way the tomato tumbles.

I'm BAA-AACK!!

Guess what I woke up to this morning?

awe, come on......at least one guess.

No, besides Sunday breakfast. Pancakes swimming in maple syrup. Eggs o/e, and a couple of rashers of thick bacon. Yes I agree, I am well spoiled.

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Pigs in snow. 

What does this mean? It means an end to outdoor work. Would you like to know how our summer went?  First, the lawn. Too much rain = too much grass. We cut back on the parameters of  previous years but still, it grew so much that we considered turning it into hay. I took to turning the mower on anytime I was driving the tractor. This resulted in criss-cross swathes of various lengths, but I figured at least some bits of grass were not breeding mosquitoes.

With the rather wet June-August. The weeds in the garden also kept ahead of me. It is my goal to keep weeds from going to seed each year, and thus, over time, reduce the weed "seed bank" . This year it looked like the weeds would win. And they did somewhat. But when a good gardening friend moved back to the area, I hired her immediately, and she saved us from total failure.

NE to SW view

 This is Northeast to Southwest view. Post weeding marathon.

Beginning a peony farm

On the west side of garden are three rows of peonies. Thirty plants in each row. Stay tuned for magnificent blooms in a couple of years.  The green tinge on the soil is moss. Usually it only shows up on a low lying spot on garden. This year is seemed the whole garden was growing a carpet.



And then there were the tomato wars. Robin started his plants too early. Didn't provide them optimum moisture and temperature. I started mine two months after his. Babied the seedlings. Results? Robin had MORE tomatoes. Unfortunately they were in fruit development during weeks of too much rain causing many of them to split which caused them to then spoil.

Robin's tomatoes

 And mine? Well, they were much prettier.

Sherrie's tomatoes

By the time they were picked and sorted, with spoiled ones going to the piggys, production was about even.  So Robin gets a first place for overall volume. And I get a ribbon for bench show worthy beauties. That's the way the tomato tumbles.