This is the third box of plums so far, from such a little tree! My neighbor refused an offer of some, saying they are the dandelions of fruit, that he grew up with a couple of trees of them, and was set for life. It made me laugh, but more for me.

Fresh plums, bounty from a tree

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I’ve been gardening for a long time, now in the Seattle area. I add compost every year or so, and I water regularly. But I also want good vegetable production from two pretty small beds. Here’s the results of adding about a cup of Dr. Earth Rose & Flower food per plant (!) when I planted this Sungold cherry 10″ tomato start in the late spring. It’s been cool this year, so they’re just starting to really get ripe. It’s been worth the wait.

Sungold cherry tomatoes on the vine

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Browsing my archives, I found some wonderful tulips from a visit to Seattle’s Pike Place Market. We can enjoy tulips in August, right?

Colorful tulips for sale at Pike Place Market in Seattle in April

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A delightful nursery, new to me, in Issaquah, WA. Don’t we all need more hanging baskets?

Just a few of the hanging baskets at Squak Mountain nursery

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Another brilliant bouquet (detail) from a previous Northwest Flower & Garden Show (NWFGS), held every February in Seattle, Washington. I can’t wait for this year’s!

Intensely colored rainbow of flowers in magnificent bouquet at NWFGS in 2013.

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In San Miguel de Allende, an art and tourist mecca in central Mexico, I went to a beautiful former factory, La Fabrica Aurora, which is now a shopping heaven. In the courtyard were these display of roses. Which are prettier, lavender or pink?

Dozens of lavender roses float in a large bowl on a stone floor

Full-blown pink roses float in a stone vessel in San Miguel, Mexico

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There’s a giant market on Tuesdays in San Miguel de Allende. A mountain of strawberries!

A giant mound of fresh strawberries offered at the Tuesday Market in San Miguel

Red strawberries in the Tuesday Market in San Miguel

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Visiting Seattle’s Pike Place Market, I saw so many tulips. What abundance!

Unopened red and yellow tulips at the Pike Place Market in Seattle

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Found these huge bouquets of roses on a corner in Manhattan on the upper East side for $10, cash only. They even smelled good!

Many colors of fresh roses in bouquets for sale

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A fine bucket of tulips, at the Pike Place Market.

A big bunch of red tulips with delicate yellow edges at Seattle’s Pike Place Market

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