First Lily Flower of the Year

My first Lily Flower has bloomed!

This Lily is always the first one in my garden to bloom and at roughly the same time of the year (see this blog entry).

On difference this year is that I dug up the Lily from its place in the ground and put it in a small container. There is no noticeable change in the Lily from the move.

Kishu Mandarin Flowering

The Kishu Mandarin tree that I planted 1.5 years ago (see this blog entry) is doing really well.

It is producing a lot of flowers (see the picture to the right). I expect a lot of Mandarin Oranges next fall.

The picture below shows how the Kishu Mandarin tree looks today.

The picture below shows how the Kishu Mandarin tree looked a year ago. You can tell that the tree is much fuller than before.

Cherry Tomatoes Forming

I have Cherry Tomatoes forming!

The picture to the right shows my Sungold Cherry Tomato plant with several little Cherry Tomatoes.

This is about the same time that I saw Cherry Tomatoes last year (see this blog entry), so my mishaps with the weather (see this blog entry) have not delayed things too much. I am still on track to have Cherry Tomatoes ready to pick by the end of May.

All of my Cherry Tomato seedlings are now in the ground.

I am planting only 6 Cherry Tomato plants this year, compared to 11 last year. I had way too many Cherry Tomatoes last year that I ended up giving a lot away.

This year, I also spaced out the maturity of the Cherry Tomato plants, so that they don't all start producing at the same time.

The picture below shows 2 Sungold Cherry Tomato plants. The one on the right has been in the ground for 7 weeks and is the one that has the fruit forming. The one on the left has been in the ground for 2 weeks.

The picture below shows the other 4 Cherry Tomato plants. These are all Sweet Baby Girls. I transplanted the one in the front about 3 weeks ago. The other 3 were just transplanted.

With this arrangement, I hope to have a much more manageable crop of Cherry Tomatoes