Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Tomatoes and Dragon Flies

The other day I decided I needed to get on top of the seed collecting for the tomatoes. So, I started bagging blossoms on each plant.
After bagging I will wait until the fruit appears and take the bag off and mark the branch. When those tomatoes are ripe I will collect the seeds from them and they should be 100% true to type. I just love collecting seeds. :D

It's been really cool the last few days. The dragon flies have been flying around like crazy. Tons of them. They are really neat to watch.

Corn and Flowers

Corn, yummy corn. That top one had a couple little ones growing on it. We've been eating corn all week long.
My favorite flowers of all time. Rudbeckia (a.k.a. black eyed susans). They are so pretty.

All the flowers that I picked. Sunflowers, bells of ireland, several colors of cosmos, snapdragons, and zinnia's. I love having fresh cut flowers around.

My Job Next Door

This is the first picture I took on June 6th.
This is the second one I took on June 25th. I need to take another. The garden is definately a lot fuller than that now.

Friday, June 19, 2009

The Garden as of 6/18/2009 ;-)

It's growing. LOL! Now that the corn is so high you can't see anything else. Oh well.
Grapes are coming on.

Corn, looks like it will start ripening next week.

Tomato plants. Really need to get them staked. LOL! I just don't know if I can swing the 50lb post driver myself for very long.

The Garden as of 6/18/2009

The first cosmo.
Marquee de Provence pumpkin plants growing big.

Lots and lots of carrots. I think they needed to be harvested last week. Oh well, whatcha gonna do. Life happens. LOL!

This is What Happens Sometimes. LOL!

When life gets busy. You get the massive zucchini. LOL!

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Shearing Marley Boy

Before. Shag monster.
Half way done.

All done. Yeah! It wasn't so bad. LOL!

And a lick on the cheek. LOL!

Saturday, June 06, 2009

Lettuce Wraps Recipe

Link is in title. Could not get it to paste. Looks yummy though. So excited!

My Other Job. LOL!

So, this is my other project. Putting in the garden for the neighbors. It won't be too bad once I get the watering on timers. Then I will only be planting every two weeks and weeding every week. Going to get irrigation in on Monday. I'm just glad Dale (the ranch manager) tilled, rowed and put a 1/3rd of the compost in. Whew! Atleast I have the little john deere to help me bring in the compost. Bringing my dad's tractor over there and hooking up the auger and put in holes for the tomato amenities like I did for mine. Won't be so bad after everything is put in. ;-) Oh, and kept myself entertained by listening to car talk and wait, wait, don't tell me on NPR. :-D

Friday, June 05, 2009

Beet Chips

Just found a recipe for beet chips. Oh man that sounds good. Going to go fire up the dehydrator. Yum!