We had a fast but BIG rain yesterday and everything starting growing again. Here’s some before and after pictures of things photographed last week compared to how they look today.

First, however, let’s start with the Five-Gallon Bucket Tomatoes..I took this picture about two weeks ago….

And here’s a photo taken today. The tomato on the left is the same as the one pictured above….they have filled out, and we’ve now staked them. They smell so good…”tomatoey!”

Susie Vines (Thumbergia) are one of my favorite plants. They grow easily from seed. This pot had four seedlings in it (started in the JSB Horticulture class) in May. This was taken on Sunday.

Susie Vines “After”…taken today…Thursday.

Impatiens on Sunday…(Before)

Impatiens on Thursday…(After)

I plant a lot of impatiens because they’ll grow together and crowd out the weeds. Lazy gardner!

This past weekend, I removed all of the potatoes from the raised bed garden. All of our Yukon Golds are safely tucked in the garage refrigerator or in my neighbor’s root cellar — about 120 pounds.

And here’s a small portion of the onions. Onions do not continue to grow after Summer’s Solstice, so I pulled a few up. I have a lot left in the garden. If you look to the right in the picture, you’ll see more potatoes, too!

And I’d better put my shoes on and get weeding…

Hope your garden is growing well!