Peaceful Friday morning in the garden: light breeze, warm temperatures, bright skies and silence interrupted only by the sound of crickets and birds. Bella, the dog, sleeping near the gloriosa daisies and the usual coming and going of butterflies. Life, sometimes, can be such pleasant!
I’ve pruned and watered the tomato plants. They are full of green fruits and flowers. I’ve checked the plants and they look good, but I’ve seen some leaves with yellow and dried marks (and under one of these leaves there was a green spider with its cocoon: could this be the reason of the spots? I hope so).
The zucchini still have only flowers, while cucumbers and pumpkins are setting fruits. French beans are growing fast (when I sowed them, rather late, I was afraid the they could never sprout…). Kale, Swiss chards, lettuce, celery, beetroots, instead, are growing slowly. Half of the onions have their leaves bent on the ground, some bugs are disturbing the Brussels sprouts and garlic is to be harvested.
And I’m thinking to the next vegetable garden: I must find time to sow earlier, I’m missing a basket full of fresh vegetables!
1) two ‘vegetable gardens’ (one for the French beans and greens, the other for tomatoes and zucchini) and the view of the Ceno valley
2) tomato plants
3) a plant of zucchini (I can’t identify the variety, I’ve mixed the labels up!)
4) the green spider under a tomato leaf
5) Bella, sleeping
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Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum
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Apium graveolens
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Daucus carota subsp. sativus
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french bean 'blue lake', climbing Phaseolus vulgaris
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french bean 'anellino di Trento' dwarf Phaseolus vulgaris
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Raphanus sativus
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Swiss chard bieta mostruosa d'Ingegnoli a coste d'argento Beta vulgaris var. cicla
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chard bieta liscia da taglio (erbette) Beta vulgaris var. cicla
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Beta vulgaris var. cicla
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Beta vulgaris var. cicla
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Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group)
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Beta vulgaris
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Beta vulgaris
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Helianthus annuus
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Cucumis sativus
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Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Grossum Group)
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tomato golden cherry (divided) Solanum lycopersicum
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tomato principe borghese (divided) Solanum lycopersicum
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tomato sub-arctic plenty (divided) Solanum lycopersicum
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Solanum lycopersicum
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Solanum lycopersicum
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Comments
HazelJ wrote:
It could be early blight on the tomatoes. Is it only on the lower leaves (or rather moving up the plant?)
Posted on 03 Aug 12 (10 months ago)
cristina wrote:
It is only on the lower leaves of a few plants. It never happened before (but I know very well late blight, unfortunately!)
Posted on 03 Aug 12 (10 months ago)
anelson wrote:
what an interesting spider. Good luck with the tomatoes! Your garden is so lovely.
Posted on 03 Aug 12 (10 months ago)
JimMarconnet wrote:
Thanks for sharing your info, enthusiasm, and lovely photos!
Posted on 03 Aug 12 (10 months ago)
LouiseM wrote:
Beautiful photos and descriptions, as always. Extra thrilled to see another photo of bella Bella. :)
Posted on 03 Aug 12 (10 months ago)
rosemarieGardener wrote:
Such a beautiful, spacious piece of land and lovely gardens. I smile as I see we grow a few of the very same plant varieties. LOVE that spider! Interesting you call ‘butternut’, ‘galeux d’eysines’ and ‘red kuri’….pumpkin. We call them “squash”. All delicious.
Posted on 04 Aug 12 (10 months ago)
TumbleWeed wrote:
That is an interesting spider!! I have never seen one that color before. Some people recommend removing those lower leaves….. Just a thought
Posted on 05 Aug 12 (10 months ago)
digfrance wrote:
What a breath taking view!
Posted on 06 Aug 12 (10 months ago)
cristina wrote:
@anelson, rosemarie, TumbleWeed – The green spider is a Micrommata virescens, of the huntsman spider family (Sparassidae). It does not build a web, and hunts insects in green vegetation, where it is well camouflaged. It is distribuited in the paleoarctic region (Europe and Northern Africa and Asia).
@JimMarconnet – Thank you for your comments!
@LousieM – thank you on behalf of Bella :)
@rosemarieGardener – there is a word only in Italian for winter squash, pumpkin, gourd and marrow, and this word is zucca (and a word only for cabbage, kale, borecole, collards: cavolo)
@TumbleWeed – leaves removed :)
@digfrance – thak you, the view is probably the feature of this place I prefer!
Posted on 06 Aug 12 (10 months ago)
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