My radishes bolted so I picked them. These are a purple miniature Daikon.
Today’s new seeds.
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That bottom pic looks lika a juicy kiss!
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Is there a way for you to link the articles so we can read them? That’s if you’re allowed to…
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Thank you for your interest! 
Probably once published, but I don’t always know when that is. I will keep an eye out for the publication of this hot and dry tomato article.
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This curry leaf plant had another near death experience this winter. My house has very drafty windows and all windows have a hot radiator underneath. The combo made my plant shed a lot of leaves and what was left was incredibly pale. The weather warmed up and the sun reappeared just in time. And now, flowers! That’s a first in the 6-7 years I’ve had this plant. @bogman
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I noticed the first peck in these Blenheim apricots today, and sure enough that one was pretty tasty!
Dressing up is for the birds!
Maters
“Green” beans sprouted and growing fast. I’m going to have to thin them.
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@Rainycatcooks , I think these Blenheim apricots are “another one of those things that really is better to grow your own”. But so frustrating when picked to soon or too late.
All in all, so far a good year for stonefruit here. Lots of pluots on the trees, but it is not hard to get good pluots around here.
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Flowering is a good sign. It’s definitely time to fertilize the Curry Leaf plant. Start with a high nitrogen and alternate every two weeks with Cal-Mag. Curry Leaf should have dark green foliage. The dark veins and lighter leaf blades indicate a deficiency disease.
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I wasn’t going to plant tomatoes, taking a break from the huge garden. But, a friend gave me eight Black Krim tomatoes, one of my favorites. So, in the ground they went. I’m not sure if they’ll survive or produce. In our part of VA, we’re in a terrible drought. We were dry going from March into April and got 3/4 inch of rain April 19. No measurable rain has fallen since then. Well, last Sunday we got 1/2 mm! I’ve never seen it this dry during the spring, which is normally ideal for growing. Dogwood trees are wilting. Woodland flowers are either dying or going dormant early. Creeks are drying up. Not good. Not normal.
It appears a good year to go minimal with the garden. Even with watering, the surrounding soil wicks the moisture away quickly. In under 12 hours, the soil around the plants is dry again; they don’t have the moisture for long enough to grow. Hopefully, we’ll get some t-storms to break this trend.
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I hope things improve! My balcony tomatoes are doing great, but my upstate ones are still pretty scraggly (they don’t get much sun). Rain is never much of a problem in my parts of NY, thankfully. I have other challenges!
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Sorry to hear that!
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That’s a bummer @bogman. That was like our summer last year in the Northeast, where we had a dry winter, drier than normal spring, and then barely any rain all summer. We didn’t get out of our drought alerts until winter.
My black krim tomato plants did not do well in that condition (and the blazing heat waves we got), but that may also be partly due to my (lack of) skills as a gardener. I hope yours can thrive! I have two Black Krims in right now, and one of them started to produce a few flowers just a few days ago - quite early, and they are still very short stubby plants.
Old friend in Alaska sent me Lady Murasaki seeds. Very nice in salads. I will plant again in the fall.
And looks so pretty in the garden.
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Still awaiting the veg of my labour…
Counting the days to pick the very first one:)
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There it is! Get it before someone else does!
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oh you bet! Last year I had 9 beautiful ripe cherry tomatoes and my darling daughter went and squashed each one… 
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Oh my! Please share what you do with them so I may enjoy vicariously!
It does!
Right now we’re enjoying them fresh from the garden. DH will occasionally add a little cream and sugar, but I like mine straight up.
With any luck, soon we’ll be picking more than we can eat. First line of defense is the freezer. We have room for a couple of gallons of quartered and sugared strawberries (frozen in 2-3 c. portions). We’ll use those on waffles or yogurt all winter long.
We’ll probably make a couple of batches of strawberry ice cream. I might put up some syrup. Jam is always a last resort, but since neither of us is a huge fan of strawberry jam, I’d rather call in friends and rellies to help pick (and eat) before making jam.
The timing this year is good - I took the last box of last year’s berries out of freezer not long ago.
ETA: Also going to try making strawberry shrub this year (hopefully it won’t be too sweet).
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