We arrived home this weekend and noticed some of our tomatoes were spotted. After a little research, we found out it was blossom end rot. It's caused by a lack or imbalance of calcium in the soil. We'll be mixing a solution of Epsom salt and water for the rest of the season to help give our soil a boost. I just hope we catch it before it effects the rest of our new tomatoes.
Every year we fail at growing pumpkins, yet we always attempt. I think we do it for the girls. The powdery mildew takes over, but we usually get at least a single small gourd. That's enough to bring a smile and to decorate with. Keep those fingers crossed!
I noticed my perfect little berry missing yesterday afternoon, so I asked everyone present if they had seen it. Immediately, Matilde asked which strawberry I was talking about. I showed her a picture of it and asked if she had eaten it. She said, "I don't know what you're talking about!" I gave her a look. You know which look I'm talking about, and she shouted, "but it was RIPED!!!" That's when I snapped the picture.
Everyone in our house has been eyeballing this small and perfect strawberry. It so sweetly hangs over the edge of the planter ripening in the glow of the afternoon sun. Who will be the lucky one?
My guess is HEATHER! Hahaha
Our dear friend Heather plucked our very first cherry tomato from the vine a few years back. Everyone would admire that tomato and we would talk incessantly about how proud we were for having grown it. I look back and still chuckle at that. She saw it, it was ripe and needed to be eaten, so she ate it!
Sorry folks, but this will be one of many more growing pear photos to come! I still can't believe they are growing. Four different varieties on one tree....amazing. I hope we have enough to share, but I can't promise any this year. I have a feeling they'll last as long as the strawberries. We see a ripe berry on the vine one minute and the next it's in a smiling mouth!
BLTs are an absolute summer staple for the Smiths. I cannot wait!
I don't know what else to say....I saw tomatoes, I smiled, and I announced that BLTs were coming soon. 🍞🐷🍃🍅🍞
This photo pretty much sums up our cat, Tina. We brought her home with the expectation of a great mouser, but instead we ended up with a cat on holiday. She is the laziest. The. Laziest. Her only mission is to find shade and sit in it all day long. She moves only as the sun moves her shade. No joke.
Andy still thinks she is a good hunter, but I'm still waiting. I hope he proves me wrong.
