a bed in the park .. planted ..

well .. i see the last time i wrote a post was late may .. now, it's late june and we planted our bed about three weeks ago ..

although there had been many ideas about what to plant in the bed in the park, we finally settled on tomatoes .. it seemed the most likely choice since we use lots, sauce lots and freeze lots .. and the sun that touches the community garden far surpasses anything that we get in our little garden beds in the back yard .. and so it was decided .. tomatoes it would be ..

after planting .. end of may ..

traditionally, the may 24th long weekend is the time to plant, but we've had such a different spring, with cool rainy weather that we waited a few extra days so we could plant the tomatoes into lovely, warm soil where they could just take hold and grow ..

about three weeks later ..

and now, twenty tomato plants are nicely nestled together in the bed .. tucked between them are basil and a few marigolds .. basil because it is a companion plant for tomatoes, and marigolds for the colour and repellent qualities .. ah, yes .. and a number of squash and watermelon volunteers from our home compost .. so many, in fact, that we've had to cull them so they won't take over the garden bed ..

renegade squash amongst the tomatoes

last week we staked the tomatoes and nipped the suckers that were starting to grown at the crotch between leaf and stalk .. pretty soon, i suspect, these lovely blossoms shown below will turn to lovely little green tomatoes .. of course, a little heat would be an asset ..