Tomato

That enormous green heap is a Sweet 100 tomato plant. So far it's over 6 feet tall and loaded. I haven't fed it anything, but I did throw a few handfuls of oyster shells in the garden to add a bit of calcium since we've had so much rain lately. It's the same oyster shell stuff I put out for our hens, I couldn't remember what prevents bloom end rot from wet weather. (No, the hens are normal sized..

So on my daily ramble (it can hardly be called a walk, because I stop for ladybugs and grasshoppers) I met one of the "Ladies" that visit often.  "Visit" might not be the right word, I've been startled several times in my knitting corner by the window at night when I looked out to see faces up against the window watching tv avidly.  I would never have guessed deer might have a tv fixation, but they do, at least around here.  They are also the reason our garden is crammed into a fenced back yard instead of gloriously flourishing on the rest of the 20 acres.

I think what annoys me about them is that they don't even consider me enough of a threat to flag their tails in concern.  They merely gaze at me for a moment and return to munching the field.  That would be the field we're trying to build up a bit by planting red clover and fallowing it.  Red clover..that scrumptious stuff we had before the Ladies decided it was their personal buffet.  You may notice there is no sign of clover in the field now...