Except for a nice maple (which had the bad luck of being in the wrong place) they were weed trees that made a mess with their pollen (like cotton flakes, can see them in one of the pics) and falling branches.
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This maple was at least 24" dia at the base. Saved a few nice pieces for my future smoke cooking.
Enough of a diversion, back to the usual program
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I neglected the garden a bit lately(sorry garden), but it was fine, and I was happy a few days ago to see the progress.Plants growing huge, some of the tomato plants are ~3 ft tall. Here's a German Queen.
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I know we don't eat leaves, but check the size on this one from Brandywine pink.
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The compost we put in must have been so rich in nitrogen. But where it really matters is here, first fruit set. The first two are from 4th of July, two different plants. I doubt they'll be grown and ripe by 7/4, but a nice sign regardless.
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