Garden Update

I have a new young man coming to do the work in my garden that I can't do (weeding for example) and he has got it back to an almost blank canvas - there are some perennials (like rosemary, sage and oregano) that are still moving along very nicely so they get to stay.
And may I say Mal is an absolute legend - how I got on before he came into my life is quite beyond me :-)

I planted 8 black tomato plants a few weeks ago in pots - they are the ones in the photos. As well as the tomatoes there is also basil in the big pot. It continues to amaze me that I plant them when they are only a few inches high and within four weeks they are well over two foot high. Oh joy!

Anyway, a couple of the plants have begun to flower so I thought I should post a picture now so I can post other photos as they come into fruit.

At Graham's suggestion (it is no wonder he is the best brother in the world) I have ordered seeds from The Lost Seed for the rest of the garden. They specialize in heirloom and older varieties of plants. Of course I have gone completely overboard - I have ordered 8 different sorts of tomatoes along with 3 types of basil, two sorts of parsley and a couple of different sorts of dill. All to go in about 2 meters square lol. I think I will need to get more pots. And that isn't to mention that I was thinking about putting in some corn and some more mint :-)

Anyway, you can see from the photo that my tomatoes are being attacked a little. I was thinking about hitting them with tomato powder but have decided on more seaweed solution to give them energy and nutrition and hope for the best. That will also help with their color. I do try to be as organic as possible which does mean conceding some of the crop to the other living things of this world :-)