What's Up in the Mid-June Garden?

My daughter gave me two tomato plants,

one she grew herself from seed.

It's called Pink Boar and 

is supposed to be very juicy.

The bigger one in the back is from

Natureworks but without a tag.

It will be a surprise!

That nifty new raised planter is

self-watering with rolling casters

and a black mesh mulch cover

made by Emsco Group.

The smaller plants are basil,

one of which my daughter

raised from seed also. 

After we assembled the patio garden bed,

we turned to the old self-watering planters

nearby.  The leaves of the Mandevilla vine

have turned yellow. I read that happens when

the roots are too wet.  I noticed that the bottom 

of the planter was still full of water from heavy

rains two weeks ago. So Larry got a plastic

tube and siphoned some of that water out.

Maybe this will take care of the

standing water and the yellow leaves--

or not!  We'll see in a few days.

I've never had this problem before

and I've used the white pots for

several years successfully.

"It's always something!"  ~Rosannadanna