Petunias

These bədúniz wintered in the greenhouse, aided only by an occasional squirt of water. They are beautiful!

Winter survivors and spring failures

These carrots in the window garden survived the winter and are thriving. I will collect their seeds in due time:























This tomato, on the window sill of my shop all winter, in now ready to be picked:

So I will now consider the 2017 season closed, and this is what my vegetable plants produced:
Zucchini: 22 specimens weighing Kg. 5.1
Green beans: Kg. 6.832
Melon cukes: 6 specimens weighing 341g.
Lemon cukes: 7 specimens weighing 401g.
Carrots: 115 specimens weighing Kg. 3.182
Winter squash: 21 specimens weighing Kg. 16.936
Heirloom tomatoes: 89 specimens weighing Kg. 18.290
Campari tomatoes: 192 specimens weighing Kg. 4.678
Now the spring failures.
A couple of weeks ago, early in the morning, I saw the contents of our humming bird feeder frozen. I had been watching the weather forecasts closely, and that night the forecast low was 35. I had not covered any of my trees. And now, one by one, all the nascent fruits are falling off the apricot and the peach trees. A real disappointment.
What's not known yet is how the plum and apple trees are doing.
My first crop of this season will be fava beans, currently thriving in my greenhouse, and here is a sample pod:

ready to be picked and eaten, raw or sauteed in butter... we'll see.
My Fuji apple graft took and is doing well:

Yesterday I planted green beans in the wagon garden. In the next few days I have lots to do...

Peach flowering time

Baby Peach

Baby Peach

Today mama and baby peach trees are in flower. What a sight!

Mama Peach

Mama Peach