Feeling Good, Looking Good

We've been having some crazy storms around here lately.  One moment it's sunny, the next pouring rain.  I snapped this photo of the patio garden just as huge drops began to fall.  I'm glad I did because a few minutes later the grass was flattened (don't worry, it popped right back up later):

See the rain sheeting off our gutter-less roof?  The tree canopy here let me stay completely dry as I took the photo:

 

One of the brightest spots in my garden is all the blooming nasturtiums.  Is it me or is this one kind of unusual?  Double-petaled?  Or just new to me:

 

These are more typical of the nasturtiums I have blooming:

 

The self-sown petunia is blooming!  It looks kind of red here, but really it's a nice dark pink:

 

The Yukon Gold potatoes are blooming...a pretty white:

 

And the Ichiban eggplant's flower is a pretty purple:

 

Potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants are all part of the nightshade family, which probably isn't news to you, but just in case it is, note how similar the flowers are on each.  Speaking of flowers...look at these cucumber flowers!  This photo is a few days old, today I spotted a tendril on the plant on the right.  I'll have to see if I can coax it onto the trellis:

 

The "cheating" tomato plant's getting ripe.  "Cheating" because I bought it at Walmart with fruit already on it:

 

But I grew these zucchini from seed right here in the patio garden.  Don't know why the one in the middle is so much larger than the other two, but all three have little teeny buds on them: 

 

And totally off topic, but I am loving these astilbe blooms against the blue container.  Such an 80s color combo:

 

Oh and in case you've read this far and you're still wondering what that title has to do with this post...I'm the one feeling good and the garden's looking good.  Still some tenderness, numbness, and sort of a pins and needles thing going on, but much better than it was before.  It only bothers me when I rub my stomach, which I just don't do.  Some day it will go away.

Comments

[meemsnyc]

Your tomato plant looks amazing. All of our tomato plants that we have in containers look much smaller than the ones in the ground. Hoping they get much larger soon!

[Cyndy]

Amazing that the self sown nasturtiums and petunias are blooming already!Glad you're feeling good :)

[Heather's Garden]

Meemsync -- That is by far the saddest looking tomato plant in my garden. It is in the smallest container and I keep forgetting to water it daily as it requires. It's lost at least half its foliage. However it is the first to get to ripe fruit, though there are many plants now with fruit set...even the two that I grew from seed!

Cyndy -- The nasturtiums aren't self-sown, but I did get them into that raised bed really early. It also gets the most sun of any spot in my garden, so they're very happy there. I'm amazed by the self-sown petunias though. Just another example of how great our spring was this year!

[Mummer]

I was so tickled with your post's title - it's a line from the 1983 movie 'Trading Places'. (Mummer's Hitchcock moment!)
Your tomatoes look delicious, however, my true love is those Yukon Gold potatoes - yummy!

[Heather's Garden]

Mom -- Maybe that's why it popped into my head. I've seen that movie a million times.

[andrea]

I love the contrast of the astilbe against the container too, and, WOW, I'm jealous of your tomato plant!

[Heather's Garden]

Andrea -- It's even more striking today. I think I have to go try and get another photo. The tomato plant looks even worse though. I recommend buying one in the spring to get a jump on the tomato season. This is two years in a row that we've done it. Of course last year it ended up being my best producing tomato since we had such a terrible wet spring/early summer, but this year it will just be an early taste.