Spring Tour
June 17, 2010 – 10:10 amIt’s been a cold, wet spring. The tomatoes have suffered, and I replaced the ones that are in this video. I mean, when you have short growing season, sometime you just have to admit that the gamble of pushing the growing envelop, even on a protected, south facing balcony didn’t pay off. So from Sun Golds to Tumblers the vegetable garden evolves.
The only other thing that the cold weather has impacted is the ponds. Experience tells me that no matter how tempting the water plants are at the warm, totally protected nursery, it’s best just to leave them there.
Fish on the other hand are a different matter. Pond comets can take the cold. I was disappointed to learn that our local, downtown pet store had closed. So a forced trip to the burbs to find comets is at hand this week. Haven’t had fish on the balcony for a couple of years. They are pretty easy to look after, will nibble of floating pond plants and are good alone for the weekend if you go away. The perfect pet for some.