#zone8a

Good morning! Come #walkinthegardenwithme #salvia #sunflower #crapemyrtle #chilipequin #asparagusfern #armeniancucumber #zone8a #texasgarden https://www.instagram.com/p/BmyLzluDjm6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xz1gglm4notl

The Pieris rapae or Cabbage White butterfly is native to North America and range all the way from Canada to Central America. It is a pollinator, so that's good but it lays its eggs on Brassicaceae plants (broccoli, Brussle sprout, cabbage...) So that's bad. Either plant enough for people and caterpillars to enjoy or you can net your plants or with a small enough crop monitor it and remove eggs or caterpillars found on the underside of the leaves of your plant.

Attempting to grow new plants from suckers off of my mature Sweet Million tomatoes. The Sucker is the part if the plant that will sprout in the crook of an existing branch and the main stem of the plant. I have read you can either put them in water to root them or into moist soil. I decided to try moist soil. This works best with indeterminate plants, removing suckers from determinate plants can reduce yield on the original plant and likely won't produce much fruit from the new plant. Remove the leaves from the bottom two inches of the sucker before puting into your water or moist soil (2 inches deep). Fingers crossed, we will see how it goes.

Bouquet Dill. This plant will get to be 3-4 feet tall, plant a little extra because the butterflies LOVE it and will drop eggs and caterpillars will eat it, pollinators are good so the best thing to do is to plant enough for every one to enjoy!

I installed a make shift drip irrigation for my 3 tomato plants. Tomato can grow a fungus on their leaves when they are watered from the top also, tomato like to have a constant flow of water, especially when they are bearing fruit. My two larger older plants are Sweet Million Tomato, they are small like a cherry tomato. They are considered to be an Indeterminate plant this means they willl grow as big and produce as much as conditions allow. The smaller younger plant is a Siberian Tomato plant, it will have about tennis ball size fruit. It is considered a determinate plant. This means it will grow to a certain size and produce fruit for a certain amount of time. The plant was gifted to me so I don't know the parameters of it in particular but I did read that because the plant originates in Siberia it can with stand cooler temperatures and it will mature faster then have a shorter fruit bearing stage. When these plants are flowering I plan to move the two types away from each other to prevent cross pollination, this is only necessary becauae my end goal will be to harvest the seed and because I dont have the seeds for either of these plants I don't want a hybrid seed.

All of my seedling were repotted in order to avoid root rot in the soggy starter pots they were in. Some were a little small to be moved but it was worth the risk. It seemed many of their growth was being stunted by the conditions. Taking advantage of the sunny weather and moved all my plants outside and trying to let my greenhouse get really hot and hopefully germinate some pepper seeds .

Sooo I harvested some, covered up some, and even left avail for the birds & squirrels to eat. In all honesty I couldn’t reach the rest since my tree has gotten about 8ft tall 🤷🏼‍♀️. My branches are weighed down from so many berries. Those I harvested beaches did lift a bit. I wrapped about 25 bags and left a good 6 more out 👀. I’m pretty sure I should’ve done something to prevent this, what should’ve been bush, from becoming a massive and wild tree. Watched a few videos on branch propping but I don’t see how it would work for darn near my whole tree 🤔. Btw, it’s my first time growing a fruit tree 💁🏼‍♀️ Any suggestions for Faith? That’s her name 😉 #livegemini #faithandfitness #over40andfit #urbangardner #zone8a #elderberry #gardening #fitfam #blackfitness #vegan #growyourown (at Hampton, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDoJcuKhFLb/?igshid=csajq4t73hif

In the garden today. #MexicanHeather. These are an annual in my #zone8A and purchased from a local garden store but very pot bound #bees luv this so I'm looking forward to their visit. A peek of some #potatoes in the pot and a harvest of, well, a few for a breakfast. Sigh, potatoes are another #gardennemises. But, some serious #worm action going on. They were everywhere! Maybe should have put them in a #wormbin for some #fishing To end the day a bit of #madness in #bassfish seasoned with #Kerrygold #butter, #lemonpepper, #MrsDash #jalapenos and cooked over a #mesquitefire served with a #wedgesalad can we say #yummysupper #urbangarden #northtexas #backyardgarden #madcookientist https://www.instagram.com/p/ByOrLR4gOej/?igshid=zsto8ncht9fn