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A home, a yard, a never-ending adventure

Undercover Tomatillos in the Keyhole Garden

By Published On: May 4th, 20260.6 min readCategories: Photos
A pair of tomatillo fruits on a tomatilllo plant

A surprise volunteer in the keyhole garden

Mid-spring and what’s left of the late winter herbs and veggies are pretty much played out. Spinach, cilantro, peas, and lettuce have either all died out or bolted into their final stages.

Clearing out the spent plants I was pleased to find several tomatillos in there quietly doing their thing. Now that they have some extra sun they’re really starting to fruit and flower.

I’m not sure which variety (or varieties) these are. I haven’t actually planted any in years, so these are volunteers from previous seasons. I know I’ve planted both purple and green varieties so it’s a toss up which type these will be.

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About the Author: Sage Osterfeld

I’m just a guy with nearly an acre of dirt, a nice little mid-century ranch house and a near-perfect climate. But in my mind I’m a landscaper survivalist craftsman chef naturalist with a barbeque the size of a VW and my own cable TV show. I like to write about the stuff I build, grow and see here at Sage's Acre.

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