Garden Miscellaneous - May 2026
I bought two tomato plants around the corner. Or, two corners, like if I were to walk halfway around the block. A woman had grown them from Baker Creek seeds and was selling them for $2 each. I got my favorite, the reliable Sungold and a Pantano Romanesco , which they say has flesh " rich, flavorful, and juicy ." I also have a volunteer Sungold from last year's plant. I had a larger one a while back, but a late freeze got it. Nice shadow! No one really needs more than one Sungold , but I didn't know this was going to show up. My June-bearing strawberries are a little earlier than last year, but only by a few weeks. They taste nothing like the kind you buy in stores! There's a little Chinese elm that came up in a pocket of a terra-cotta pot. It's a few years old now. I just let it be. Purple tansy is blooming in the compost pile. I tossed the old plants in there years ago and get volunteers each spring. I like how the f...