The status of the garden, with King

[ksmith]

Things proceed on the tomato front. A few of the plants are 5-6" tall, and I planted them in the patio garden.


Some tomato plants:


Some more tomato plants:


The patio garden. You can see the tomato plants hanging out the bottom of the planter. They will grow upside-down, which will prevent the sorts of diseases and injuries that result from contact with the ground:


The oregano plant, which has exploded:



King livened up the evening by eating something--by all indications, a major wad of tissue--then walking around the rooms making gulping motions like he was having trouble swallowing. Ran outside as soon as I opened the door and started chomping grass, I assumed to make himself throw up. Phoned the emergency vet office--the woman who answered the phone wouldn't tell me how to make a dog throw up, but advised me to bring him in for a shot. I considered this, but King didn't seem too distressed, so I imposed upon Mickey's vet instead. She confirmed my thought that a piece of tissue had likely gotten caught in his throat, and to just let him eat and drink water to force it down. This worked. All seems well, though I was concerned that the big idiot would hork grass all over the floor.

I was disappointed to learn from Mickey's vet that she has left the local practice. She had a long commute, and there were other reasons, apparently. I thanked her for the way she looked after Mickey, and told her that I would let her know how things worked out.

I am very disappointed. I like the other vets in the practice, but she was very compassionate and helpful during a very rough time.

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[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I'm in Zone 5:

Average dates the last frost - 30 March to 30 April
Average dates the first frost - 30 September to 30 October

It occurs to me that it would be fairly simple to wrap the planter with an electric blanket in case of threat of frost. I wouldn't need to keep it too warm.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, that's good then! You get lots more frost free days than we do. I can almost count on a killing frost mid September. But then it gets warm here afterward, so if I cover the tomatoes, I can get another month of them.

Adrianne