Plants Are Going In

 

I've been working really hard to get these plants in the ground before leaving for vacation.  It has been storming and then it turns around to be so humid you can't hardly breathe.  So I have done the best that I can do.  The basil has been joined with tomato plants.

Cucumbers are looking pretty good.

Both kinds are doing well.

okra and eggpalnt

Murph's hot peppers

More calm red, yellow, and orange bell peppers.

zucchini and yellow squash

There are three 'big' tomato plants on the posts, and I have also planted flower seeds that I harvested from last year's flowers to attract pollinators.

I also 'planted' the bike that my dad rode from building to building when he worked at INCO.  I am so excited about it!  I can hardly wait to see what it looks like when the flowers begin to grow and then bloom.

Strawberry Fields Forever And Ever And Ever

 

In my book, there is nothing better than a warm strawberry picked early in the morning and eaten while on a garden tour.

Avery is becoming the best strawberry farmer!

We don't have many days left, and I am so sad.

Perennials, Veggies, And Questionable Self-Control

 

I've been working my way around the yard, cleaning out one bed at a time.  One a day is my goal, though I may have already botched that plan.

Our schedules finally fell into place.  Our annual trip to get plants and lots of other stuff.   

It was so hot and even hotter in the greenhouses. We found jsut about everything we wanted at Grant's (the big one).

Then, of course, we had lunch, and then headed to Lowe's for the good stuff.

We stopped by the Tomato Tree guy and ended up with a few more tomato plants and some canna and elephant ears.

Yesterday, in between the raindrops, I laid out all the plants, and we actually need more.  But don't tell Murph!

I've been out this morning planting flower seeds in between the raindrops, which is nice.  God is watering for me today.  Maybe this evening I can get some in the ground.

Morning Wonders In The Berry Patch

 

Two of these don't look like the others.

This is what strawberries look like before they turn red.

I wonder what creature ate that one.  Drat!

Now that's a beauty!

I see blackberries in my future if I can beat the birds to them.

There are a ton of raspberries.

This strawberry is almost as big as one of the eggs in the basket!

A Garden Report From Avery

I'm excited about the blackberries.

Strawberries are going crazy.  And so early!

potatoes

Avery's favorite garden.

Ollie is keeping a close eye on the picking process.

All Creatures Great and Small

 

Carolina Wren nest
 

She likes marshmallows.

He was a big one.

Another nest of wren eggs.

One of our many seed snatchers.

Mason bee is doing his thing.

Happy to see a goldfinch.

Ladybug eggs and I am so excited about them.  Aphids will be running for their lives.

Our little squirrel with no tail.

A midnight seed snatcher.

Sleeping soundly until I picked up the cage, and then he growled at me and scared the life out of me.

He's a big one, alright!

bluebird pair