YIKES!!!

The garden is so overrun right now.  I haven't been to work on it in probably 2 or 3 weeks.  It was either way to hot or it rained everyday.  This is not complaining or excusing, just stating a fact.  This is what was ready today.

July 19th

There is a beet, cucumber, zucchini, and two tomatoes.  Yikes. The old adage 'If you don't use it, you lose it" seems quite appropriate here. Cabbage bugs (or beetles) are everywhere as well.  Some cleaning and weeding is what is going to be going on for the next couple of days.  Hopefully the weather will cooperate.

The herbs are doing well though. Basil aplenty, tarragon galore, and more oregano that I need.

Sign of summer

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Not Kansas

Well, I now have seen something corny :-)

I first noticed this on my corn stalk and had no idea what it was.  Is this what makes the ear of corn?  I thought it was cool. These must be the kernels before they get pollinated or something.

It has been so hot here thought that I have slept late and hadn't been in the garden for a while.  When I finally returned, here is what I saw.

It had turned into that antenna thing that I always see at the top of corn.  I do have an ear of corn forming with the silks and everything. WooHoo!

Here is the other stalk.  As you can tell, it isn't as high as an elephant's eye but hey, I will take what I can get right now.

Two of my loves!!

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Learn something new...

While straightening up the garden, I noticed this.

Looks like toes

This is what the bottom of two of my cornstalks look like. I had never noticed it before.  They look like little toes to me. I am wondering if this is normal or not.  I assume they help stabilize the stalk as it grows.  I just think it is kind of neat.

My favorite is the zucchini blossoms. 

If I did not know any better I would just pick the blossom to have and then I would never have any zucchini.  I wonder why nature made it that way.  I guess it is designed more for the bees than me huh?

Hydrangea

I am so excited that my hydrangea is blooming!!! It got caught in a frost and I SEVERELY pruned it and was worried that it was the death nell for the plants.

Month of Sundays

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