The gardens on Beacon are plugging along. Baby green tomatoes are growing in number, plants are growing taller, reaching towards the sun. I kind of dropped the ball on anything but tomatoes and peppers; our established veggie area is slowly becoming more shaded because of the surrounding trees so not all bales get the sun required. I half-heartedly planted zucchini and green bean seeds with nothing to show for the quick effort. Oh well. We’ll have to buy those at the store or farm stand.
But what I really want to update you on are my ranunculus. A couple blog posts back, I shared the beginning process to get the corms in the ground and how I had just learned they should have been planted, oh, a month or so sooner. Ranunculus like cool weather and so I was worried they would result in nothing.
Lo and behold, we have some ranunculus blooms! They’re not the most full or tall plants in the world (I think the heat has stunted them.) but we have a handful of blooms and that makes me happy. Next year I know to plant earlier and even squeeze them a bit closer together for a more appealing garden appearance.
The cut flower garden isn’t ready for blog attention yet; I remember from last year that it will be August before they will bloom and have something to be featured. Stay tuned.
there's no place like gnome. 
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