July 17 - 21 Victoria, BC

 a break from the gardens ......

July 16 Ripe Tomatoes

 what a beauty - Rebel Starfighter Prime

and sliced 

two more RSP and two Chocolate Cherry

not quite ripe -  top fruit - but what a colour

seed saving begins

July 16 Garden 107

Well, the Red Swan bush beans seem to be growing, but that is about all .......... getting really to give up on this garden

July 16 Quick Look at Beds 10, 11

 just a quick look .......... Tithonia emerging from the jungle and a nice picking of green beans ...

July 16 'R' Garden

sunflowers (Firecracker) and cabbage (Tiara) transplanted from seed

Calendula always adds lovely colour to the garden ...... edible as well

dahlias getting ready for their late summer show

self-seeded sunflower now overtaken my pole beans in their reach for the sky

yellow zucchini for a change of pace

radicchio flowers

and the first of the dahlias ...... from 12 noon clockwise:  Fidalgo Julie, Dazzling Sun and Hollyhill Tigress

 

July 15 Back Forty Tomato Close-ups

Rebel Starfighter Prime ..... 

Tatjiana - lovely small plant with great fruit set 

Lucky Tiger - crazy tangled mess

Dwarf Sara's Olalla Emerald - green when ripe with fav reviews for flavour

Blood Moon - grew this one last year - delicious flavour, but fruit are rather cat-faced and not great production

Harmonic Convergence - one of only two reds I'm growing this year

Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye - nice fruit set

Overview

Chocolate Sprinkles - my only F1

Rebel Starfighter Prime - not looking happy

Yellow Brick Road (nice tomato set) and healthy dwarf plant

Dwarf Bendigo Moon

first to show some colour - Rebel Starfighter Prime

overview

and a few more bits from out back ....

Dwarf Firecracker sunflowers started from seed .......

love the dark foliage on this dahlia seedling ..... I've had this one for a number of years now

always the first to bloom ...... Dazzling Sun

nice crop of blueberries "Chandler"

Hollyhocks - so much rust this year

July 14 Beds 10, 11 and 64

 The jungle continues to grow .... liking the look of the tomato plant far right

front view - basil loving this weather

and Masai bush beans providing a good harvest

Bed 64 looking somewhat greener

may get some cucumbers yet ......