There's More Out There Than Gardens

 

This little guy is working so hard to do his job, but the bloom just won't let him in.

I worry about this cardinal.   He has been hanging around for a few days.   He looks horrible.  When I see him on the bird feeder camera, he has no feathers on his head, and you can plainly see the hole in his head that is his ear.  But don't worry, I asked Google, and he is just molting.  Now I feel a whole lot better.

Dog vomit slime mold.  Seriously, that is what it is called.

The goldfinches are living their best lives in our yard.  They have tons of sunflower seeds, and the coneflower seed heads are ripe and ready to be eaten.  I gotta get out there this weekend and get my share of seeds for next year.

I was watering the hanging flowers on the porch and almost squished this little guy.  I love seeing praying mantises.

Canna lilies are new to the yard this year, and the hummingbirds love them!  I wish there was a way to get a good shot with my big girl camera without sitting and waiting for them to come to the flowers.  I was out cutting zinnias, and this guy buzzed right by me.  Best I could do with my phone.

How Does your Garden Grow This Month?

 

From the beginning of the month until the end, this is how our garden grows.

We can never get enough sunsugar tomatoes.  They are the sweetest little cherry tomato.  A little snack while weeding.

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egg plant

One of Murph's favorites!

Seems like all the peppers are progressing ever so slowly.

bush beans

Some Swiss chard mixed in with the red cardinal vine.

Second crop of potatoes going in.

zucchini

Our tomatoes this year haven't done so well.  Scratching our heads on that one.

But our cucumbers have outdone themselves.  We are on the third planting!

blackberries

This one has a little dimple.

My very capable garden helper.

The patch of the unknown.

I've been doing a little weeding.

It looks so pretty, but I'm really not a fan.

Another mystery vine.

black berries

raspberries

reaching over the fence to the neighbor's yard

Wish there were more.

The morning walk around results.

eggplants

We are eating our share of cucumber and onions, that's for sure.

I see a little bit of red.  Why does it take so long?

Could this be a tomato tree?

Bean blossoms!

A new little fancy gourd.

This is a little bit of scaring.  Doesn't hurt the cucumber.  It's telling me it is time for me to pick it.

Blossoms are getting bigger.

I'm b not sure, but I think this might be a big white pumpkin vine.  We shall see.

I found a second fancy gourd.

radish

I would love for this to be a pumpkin!

bush beans

Well hello sunshine!

Ms. Carolyn gave me this mailbox for the garden.

I use them to store gardening things, so I don't have to run all over the yard looking for them.

Look at all those blossoms.  I wonder how many female ones there are.