AeroGarden Cherry Tomatoes: Mighty Mini Indeed

After 28 days...

After 53 days...

This feels like I'm on the way to a great "How it started" vs "How's it going" Instagram story, I just need to let the tomatoes ripen and the photo will be amazing. These are 6 Mighty Mini Cherry Tomatoes growing hydroponically in my Aerogarden Bounty Basic. I put the pre-planted pods into the water-filled machine. Add fertilizer, set the date, time and tell it Tomatoes and Voila! I have a beautiful indoor garden developing.

The machine sends messages to me in a "crawl" on the screen. The most exciting one was that it was probably time for me to be the "Bee" and help the plants blooms get fertilized! I could use my finger or a paint brush to dust between the blossoms and spread the pollen, or it offered that I could shake the branches, but that felt like it risked snapping off tender shoots. I used a paint brush and hummed as I fertilized. It definitely worked because my plants are loaded with tomatoes.

The crawl banner says that the plants will set the fruit and then take a long time to ripen. I will update you when I harvest, I promise.
 

Climbing Moonlight Nasturtium: An Unexpected Beauty on the Deck

Have you ever seen a nasturtium be the lead plant on a deck? It was a happy accident to see how vigorous and healthy this Moonlight nasturtium could grown in a pot supported by a peony cage. 

I am known for growing delphiniums in pots on our deck. It was an exciting development this summer when, in the lull between delphinium spikes (June and then again in September), I let a few nasturtium seedlings grow and thrive in my delphinium pot.  The cage was there to support the blue spikes, but they became handy to guide the trailing nasturtium. 

Look at the this magnificent Moonlight (pale yellow) climbing nasturtium. The stem was thick like a pencil and I occasionally arched it toward the cage and held it with a simple tie until it could send out a shoot to wrap around it. 

I will make sure to pair these plants again because it was wonderful. I'm posting now so that you can add these seeds to your shopping plan.

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