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The two Jaune Flamme tomato plants look far behind compared to all of these, but I did finally stake them today.
The first Calendula is in bloom with a few more blooms to follow. They take forever to open... almost a week from this stage:
To this stage:
With those and all the zinnias in bloom, the tomato planters look very cheerful.
One of the eggplants is also putting out blooms. So they're doing better than any of the eggplants I tried last year, haha!
Meanwhile, there are more and more critters appearing in the garden. So far, most are beneficial (or harmless anyway), like several ladybugs. This Fir Tussock Moth (Orgyia detrita) must have fallen from the oak tree above the potato plant.
And this crane fly was resting on one of the tomato plants. The crane fly larvae feed on decaying-organic matter, so are beneficial to the garden. The adults don't eat or do anything but mate.
And it looks like a female hummingbird has returned to the yard.
She flew from the feeder bottle over to the tomato blooms today but was pretty confused by them, I think. I'm not sure tomato blooms have much to offer a hummingbird. Hopefully she'll find the pentas or try the coral honeysuckle on another visit.
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