No rain! No heat! A perfect day to trim the garden. We like to keep the garden in shape by removing dead things. We filled up an entire wheelbarrow with dead leaves and questionable tomatoes.
“Come on, guys, we have work to do!”
The Home Depot grow leaf product is effective. The hibiscus is coming back and looking beautiful. Applying it to other plants today is a great idea. Hopefully, they will also thrive and look great.
The red was brilliant today!
We cleared out the dead plants and spotted Bachelor Buttons growing near the tower.
Did You Know? Bachelor’s Button flowers are native to Europe and Western Asia and have grown wild since ancient times. The flowers were spread in the Early Ages to Northern Africa, where they were extensively used in Ancient Egypt and were introduced to the British Isles sometime in the Iron Age.
Reportedly, a wreath made from its blooms was found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun. It is an edible flower with a sweet and spicy taste that can be used in salads.
Cornflowers are sometimes called “bachelor’s button” due to an old practice when men wore a cornflower in a buttonhole of their suit, indicating they were in love or were ready for courting.
Bachelor Buttons are blooming, finally.
The grapefruit tree is doing well in its new location, and we’re expecting a good harvest this year. We might even transplant it to the South 40 if it thrives.
Our grapefruit is coming on strong.
The Scarlet Runner Beans caused the support to lean northward. I’ll create a new support today.
The Leaning Tower of Beans!
Indeterminate tomatoes are a favorite among gardeners because they produce fruit throughout the season. Enjoying the fruits of your labor for an extended period is always satisfying.
The garden is still going strong.
The cucumbers have been growing for four months in various locations. This little guy wants to be a climber. We should have cucumbers for another month!
More cucumbers are on the way!
Next week, when it heats up again, we’ll bring this little guy inside to join us for dinner. The watermelon looks fantastic!
Watermelon anyone?
It is 9:00 am, and it is time to go inside and continue working in the office. Today, we will be organizing the office. Our yard is quite spacious, and instead of spending our time in front of the TV, we prefer to be active and exercise all day long. When we work in the yard, we quickly reach our goal of taking 7,000 steps a day, which helps us stay healthy.
9:00 am, and all is well
We went indoors for a bit and watched an episode of Suits. Mary felt under the weather, so I went to Subway and picked up dinner. Once we were done eating, we returned to the garden and worked for another 45 minutes before deciding to call it a day.
We went back outside after it cooled down and walked into a restaurant. Mr. Spidy was having his afternoon meal. We jumped back and let him finish!
Oh my goodness, you won’t believe what just happened! We almost stumbled upon Mr. Spidy during his afternoon feast!
The garden is getting thinned out because as plants stop producing or dying, we trim them and toss them into the wheelbarrow for a trip to the trash can. The overheads look bare, but we will leave them until next year.
We are thinning things out little by little.
Mary makes the old man work and me wear gloves to protect my hands. I’m getting sequined gloves to look like Michael Jackson!
She has me working hard.
Once the wheelbarrows are filled, it’s off to the 90-gallon trash cans for a dump!
With sweat on our brows, we rallied to fill two additional wheelbarrows with the trimmings.
What do you get when you cross a four-leaf clover with poison ivy? A rash of good luck.
As it got dark, we returned inside and went to work in the office! We crashed about 9:30 pm, as tomorrow is a new day!
Mary, if I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.
