The dishes and vacuuming has been left wanting to be done, but all my gardening tasks are completed. All the plants seem happy. No one wilted after being transplanted or freaked out in any unhappy plant sort of way. Now all I can do is wait and see if any good comes of it.

Tomorrow I will probably be sacrificing that one lonely green tomato on Mr. Stripy. It’s been on there forever, it isn’t growing or ripening, and I’d rather the plant use it’s resources on something else. It just doesn’t look right, and I don’t want to waste my time or the plant’s energy creating something that is non-useful. Besides, it looks like a couple of the last batch of flowers set and there are more tomatoes coming. Perhaps flicking the flowers a few times a day with my fingers has paid off.

The two female cucumber flowers that bloomed yesterday now have much larger potential cucumbers behind them. I believe I have successfully played my part as a bee. Easy job with just the two flowers. There look to be a hundred or more flowers about to bloom soon. Looks like I will have a few busy afternoons of plant sex. Of all the plants, those cucumbers are the only thing thriving. Next year … more Boston Pickle Cucumbers in the garden.

All-in-all, a good day at Casa de Orb.