My one and only beefsteak tomato! It's still growing and doing well, though it does have a "growth crack". I've read that it happens if the plant is dry and then gets too much water. It should be ok, it's already started to heal itself. :)


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Some of my outdoor plants have done well this year, and other's haven't. I'm still waiting for my cherry tomato plant to do its tomato thing, but so far it's only given me two, lol. But, it's starting to flower, so maybe I'll get a little crop after all. I'll take pictures of it if it does ( Read more... )

From last month... late winter pretties from my balcony garden!


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We had some nights of hard frost over the past week. I covered my balcony plants with some towels, but it'll take a little time for them to recover.

Back in late Jan, they still looked very healthy, and my geraniums were blooming! The cabbages and primroses were doing well, too. :)


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Lovely petunias from my balcony garden! :) The first pic was taken earlier in the month, and the second one is more recent.


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I posted a pic of my ornamental kale back in July, amazed that it's doing so well in the summer. And here we are, a month later, after a two week heat wave, and it's still going strong!


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Kale is a cool weather plant, and I bought some last fall. Most of them lasted until early spring. But I've never had one that's survived the summer! This is an ornamental kale, and it seems to be enjoying the hot weather. :)


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I've been feeling very tired lately (a residual thing from the cold I had earlier this month), but I finally bought some new plants for my balcony, and put them into bigger pots yesterday.

This is a new type of petunia.... Night Sky! I also have a lovely Plum Vein Wave Petunia, some Lobelias, Geraniums, and Marigolds. :)


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Here's some of my early Spring balcony plants. I bought the cabbage and kale last winter... the rest are all spring babies. :)


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Early spring means that it's time for kale flowers! :) Ornamental kale is a very hardy plant, and it usually survives all winter into spring. This year, my kale plants have done really well, and there's so many buds starting to bloom. Also, it's interesting to watch them turn from dark purple in winter to green in spring.


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