First pick of the season, ready to cook:
http://i57.tinypic.com/2e0pgfp.jpg
New twins:
http://i60.tinypic.com/2lse6ht.jpg
New red maple 'October Glory':
http://i60.tinypic.com/fp9r20.jpg
New Tulip tree:
http://i58.tinypic.com/dnke8y.jpg
Giant puffball appeared this morning:
http://i60.tinypic.com/2m5ebyr.jpg
About 8" across, I named it 'Devil's Penis':
http://i57.tinypic.com/hvw2di.jpg
Sorry for poor light, very cloudy this morning.

Tree looks good...I have two, both replacements for one lightning-struck monster,
and one which fell over in a rain-soaked season because the center trunk had
broken off in the wind when it was new, and rain then rotted out the inside.

Neither tree is yet old enough to bloom, but I think one of them will be ready next
year...7 to 10 years for the first blooms, says my expert source.

You should trim off the bottom two branches now, so more growth can go to the
top branches...but, you know that already. ;-)). I hope it thrives for you.

I would have guessed you would be too far north for tulip trees, since I am just on
the line between zones 4 and 5.

N.

On Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 9:09:34 AM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> First pick of the season, ready to cook:
> http://i57.tinypic.com/2e0pgfp.jpg

Nice. I picked my first tomato yesterday, but it wasn't
very photogenic. Had a small crack on the stem end, so
I was glad I got it before the bugs did.

It'll be a while before I have a second one. This one
was from the bloom that was on the plant when I bought it;
all of the others are still small and green.

Cindy Hamilton

On Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:09:27 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>
>First pick of the season, ready to cook:
>http://i57.tinypic.com/2e0pgfp.jpg
>New twins:
>http://i60.tinypic.com/2lse6ht.jpg
>New red maple 'October Glory':
>http://i60.tinypic.com/fp9r20.jpg
>New Tulip tree:
>http://i58.tinypic.com/dnke8y.jpg
>Giant puffball appeared this morning:
>http://i60.tinypic.com/2m5ebyr.jpg
>About 8" across, I named it 'Devil's Penis':
>http://i57.tinypic.com/hvw2di.jpg
>Sorry for poor light, very cloudy this morning.

The beans look good but I have to break the pointy ends off of them. I
just don't like them in my mouth.
I picked my first 3 tomatoes and 2 cucumbers yesterday. My beans will
be a long time coming. I was really lazy and didn't plant them until
the first of June.
Janet US

On Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:09:27 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>
>First pick of the season, ready to cook:
>http://i57.tinypic.com/2e0pgfp.jpg
>New twins:
>http://i60.tinypic.com/2lse6ht.jpg
>New red maple 'October Glory':
>http://i60.tinypic.com/fp9r20.jpg
>New Tulip tree:
>http://i58.tinypic.com/dnke8y.jpg
>Giant puffball appeared this morning:
>http://i60.tinypic.com/2m5ebyr.jpg
>About 8" across, I named it 'Devil's Penis':
>http://i57.tinypic.com/hvw2di.jpg
>Sorry for poor light, very cloudy this morning.

No life and a digital camera, eh?

John Kuthe...