a bed in the park .. tomatoes growing beautifully ..

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i've been slightly remiss in writing about our bed in the park on a 'regular' basis .. however, in spite of this, life goes on .. and tomatoes continue to grow .. i decided that for this post, i will take a more visual approach .. so, here are the tomatoes, and a few companions, as they have grown over the summer ..

from this .. 

to this .. 

to this .. 

and to this .. 

there are many tomatoes forming .. some huge .. some smaller .. and some with ridges .. i think those are the 'polish paste' .. there are even a few beginning to ripen .. mmmm .. can hardly wait to finally pick them .. frank and i shared a small 'early girl' the other day .. she was lovely .. juicy and full of the tomato flavour that only a fresh picked tomato has to offer ..

shiny green plumpness appearing .. 

every two weeks i've fed the tomato plants with a mixture of fish fertilizer and morbloom .. seems to be working .. 

not only that, but the companion marigolds are hearty, vigorous souls that continue to brighten the bed of greens with splashes of yellows, reds, oranges ..

won't be long, though, until these beauties are accompanied by the red hues of ripening globes ..

and, even with being remiss in babbling about the step by step growth of our bed in the park, it doesn't matter, really .. everything just keeps moving along its merry way, to fruition ..