September 3 'R' Garden

 Jenning's Pole Beans, Lilibet and Rose Quartz cherry

plant is done, but some nice tomatoes from Lilibet

Mizuna taking over the garden ........

saved some for seed .....

bees loving the sunflowers

another pic of the bean trellis, with tomatoes and sunflowers ....... 

Hollyhill Tigress

overview

Dazzling Sun

September 2 Beds 10, 11 and 64

well, only two more weeks to go before the garden closes forever ...... but for now, still some nice harvests

Rose Quartz cherry and Crushed Heart ..... these will ripen in doors; some sage for drying and a small handful of green bush beans

September 2 Lily Tomatoes

Top right:  Lilibet from back garden, Bottom right:  Lily T23-68 (aka Salish Sunrise) from back garden and to the left, two Lilibets from 'R' Garden

note:  still not sure about the Lily T23-68 name ....... hoping for more flavour

Lily T23-68 up close ..... Taste:  7+

4 oz, beautiful on the cut, green seed gel; mild, not a lot of flavour, maybe not quite ripe?  picked green to save fruit from rats; bi-colour

and sliced

Lilibet  up close  Taste:  7+

7 oz, all meat, no core, flesh on mild side, but seed gel gives a lot of zing - nice looking tomato

and sliced

September 1 VanDusen Garden

wow ....... September is here ...... a walk through the garden

 

Last Day of August - Back Forty

 

Wentzell setting some nice looking tomatoes ......... is there time for them to ripen?

August 30 Assorted Lily Tomatoes

Lily T23-68 from 'R' Garden  Taste: 7+  on mild side, sweet, pleasant with some depth, not a lot of tang; 6 oz.

sliced

Lilibet from 'R' Garden. Taste 8 ... lovely meaty juicy no core, could have a bit more depth, green seed gel, nice acid/sweet balance, clear skin; 5 oz.

sliced

Lily T23-68 from back garden ...... no taste test notes to be found

sliced

and one more taste test result ...... this time with no picture

BrandyFred  Taste 9 .... sweet, rich yummy, nice depth

August 28 Jericho Beach Park

 skies of blue .....

female Mallard and Woodduck

not much water left for the wildlife ..... the City is so short of water after all the development it has decided not to augment our ponds .......