A couple of my vegetables are flowering. I also bought my wife some flowers for Mother's day, as this is her first Mother's day, and I think that flowers are very representative of fertility and reproduction.
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| Here is a hanging flow basket of purple flowers that I bought Brooke for Mother's day. I don't remember their names. |
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| Some of the flowers we planted were French Marigolds. They are good companion plants with tomatoes, as they attract pollinators and are supposed to repel some pests. |
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| Here is our Siberian Tomato plant with its companion French Marigold. |
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| More Marigolds! |
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| Our beautiful Borage continues to bloom. Borage is another excellent companion for tomatoes. It also works well with squash. Borage attracts bees and predatory wasps and repel moths. |
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| Our pea plants are growing tall, but the coolest thing going on with them is that they have... |
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| flowers!!! They are also growing little pea pods. |
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| We have Periwinkle plants creeping in from the neighbor's yard. It is everywhere. It is very invasive and is growing rapidly. |
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| The blackberry bare roots are almost done blooming. |
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| The cherry trees no longer have flowers, but they do have little fruits! |
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| Here are some white flowers that I think are white garlic growing in the corner of my yard. |
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| We have a single apricot. |
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| Some baby apples. |
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| Some blossoms from the neighbor's tree. Does anyone know what type of tree this is? |
OTHER GARDEN NEWS
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| Our grape vines are growing fast. |
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| We harvested some radishes!!! Brooke says they were super spicy. |
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| Our tomatoes are not flowering yet, but they are growing fast. These are my fig tomatoes. |
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| I made a trellis for my cucumber plants. |
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| Within 15 minutes of putting in the trellis, the cucumbers started grasping on. |
COMPANIONS
Companion planting is an excellent way of diversifying a garden, to help prevent it from being prone to being wiped out by pests. I found a few good companion plant resources.
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This is an excellent companion grid.
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