Phew!! Thank goodness for a little bit cooler temps. The past couple of days have been incredibly humid - but then, this is Texas - what was I expecting? Woke up this morning to a balmy 70 degrees with light cloud cover and soft breezes ... best get busy and finish my new walkway through the arbor. I replanted the stones and tucked in bunches of creeping thyme. Gives off a fresh scent when you walk under the arbor. Plus the ceiling fans on the covered porch will keep that lovely aroma moving around the dining area :)
Pulled a few more weeds (trust me - there are MORE and MORE to be rid of), planted my new Mexican Mint Marigolds and trimmed a few dwindling rose hips. Refilled the coffee cup and then Lucy and I took a stroll out to the vegetable garden.
Then what to my wondering eyes should appear .. tomatoes and cucumbers, peppers and onions!
The warmer weather and humidity really set everything into action! Woah, this is really cool! Just a few short months ago the "garden" was really just a fenced in area filled with weeds and scraps and remnants of what was once a lovely, flourishing garden. I really had my doubts about whether we'd be able to bring back the beauty and bounty of the garden. But, persistance and hard work do pay off!
(OK - so it was really more of my husband's hard work and my persistance :)
the first of the bell peppers :) we planted the standard green (of course) as well as red and yellow!
the green peppers are really taking off. the red and yellow have just started to flower, so will probably be another week or so before I have any "evidence" to share.
Cucumbers!! YUM!
I have this vision that one of two things is going to happen ... either we'll only end up with 1 or 2 of each vegetable and four people will be fighting over who got the bigger piece ... the pleasure of enjoying the "fruits of our labor" will be over in a mere 5 mintues!
OR
we'll have a HUGE harvest (which is a great thing), but it'll ALL come at once - and because we're so "new" at this ... we'll bungle the whole thing and miss our opportunity at canning, storing and sharing good food!
We have tomatoes! We have about 8 large plants now and lots of little green tomatoes - but, A-HA!!
I spy two red tomatoes!
(see comment above ... how do you divide 2 tiny tomatoes between four adults)
OK ... so these little guys are not the most attractive thing in the garden, but man-oh-man are they gonna be tasty!
You might not be familiar with Noonday Onions ...
think Vidalia from Georgia and Texas 1015 mixed together, in a smaller, more flavorfull package :)
Mmmm - mmmm - mmm. And there's certainly
enough to go around!
enough to go around!
...and there's the spinach, carrots, beans (climbing up the fence) and yellow squash and zuchini
working on making a grand appearance soon!
Whew ... this is a long post ... but I just have to add a couple more pics (sorry - everything came at once!) ...
My cannas are blooming!!
and Lucy just loves it here
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