Tuesday, June 16, 2015

06-16-2015 101°F or 38°C

It is hot out there for those poor plants, especially the young tomatoes and cucumbers I just transplanted.

Right now, I work the garden only early morning till about 10:30 when the heat takes away the fun.

To spare you, here are a few pictures so that you don't have to go sweat it out to see what goes out there this time of year.

Does anybody have an "in" with Texas; I need some of their excess rain. Between the heat and lack of rain, I have to spend a lot of perfectly good drinking water just to keep things alive.











Self-seeded dill.

My favorite cherry tomatoes:"Cherry Roma". Very few of them make it to the house; they are the perfect snack!







Cleomes! Bees love them.



Blooming lettuce

Tasseling!

Small sunflower.

White on white! I see quite a few of those in the early morning.




Monday, June 1, 2015

06-01-2015 Dry!




Unlike last year, we have not seen much rain this spring. I know that some places have received important thunder storms but we seem to have avoided most. This afternoon is no exception; I hear the thunder all around us but nothing here.

Last week, we ate our last snow peas and our first bush beans. The beans, "Jade" were a gift from my neighbor David who grew some last year and saved me some seeds. Blackberries and raspberries are slowly showing up, one here and there. With them, you have to be both hunter and gatherer!

Most of the pictures will still be of lilies since they're now blooming in force. One of my favorite right now is the "Turk's cap" named for reasons you'll understand when you see the pictures:










No I-phone here!




                These are Ingrid's favoritesCleomes












Raspberries