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We were without energy today! We did decide to have steak for breakfast.
The way to start the day!!
We then headed to the garden to do cleanup before the gardener arrived. We started by removing the flowers from around our pet pineapple. They were shading it too much. Now Mr. Pineapple is happy. He should sprout this summer.
The flowers were from bulbs, so we dug them out and transplanted them to the front yard, filling in some blank spaces. We needed some mulch, so that went onto the shopping list!
“Thank you, I can breathe again!”
The baby watermelons are safe in their cages, away from the roaming night monster. What do you call a watermelon that broke the law? A water-felon!
September will be the time to pick these guys!
We cleared out all the dead/dying zucchini, making way for other veggies to be planted shortly.
The underbrush needed to be tossed and readied for more planting.
Did we mention grapes? We have had grapes for the last month, and these guys are perfect for the table. These snacks are much better than M&M’s!
We have more than we can eat, so we send it to our friends and neighbors.
The last of the “big” onions is now gone, but we have over 50 onions growing from eight onion sets we received a few weeks ago.
These may end up pickled and used in salads!
Our vineyard is loaded with grapes this year. We are still looking for the concord grapes, but the table grapes may have overtaken them.
A different type of grape is also ripening.
We checked the berries, and they are producing quite well. Mary and I always visit them and come back with a large handful of berries to enjoy!
Every year, the production improves steadily.
We discovered Japanese yard-long beans last year, and this year we learned how to prepare them best. They are better than string beans because they have no strings, duh!!
We keep picking, and the bushes keep producing!
Corn crop #2 is growing well. We are about 6-8 weeks from getting fresh corn again! We now have several new ways to prepare them!
Thirty plants times two ears per plant means a lot of corn to eat.
We were 90% done when Carlos and crew came to our rescue. They did their usual thing, and then he made a fatal mistake. He asked, “Is there anything you need done?”.
We did NOT hesitate, we pointed to the garden. His crew cleaned up all the trimmings, and Carlos finally got the Baby Tears into the ground out behind the grapes.
Soleirolia soleirolii is a flowering plant in the nettle family. It has several familiar names, including baby’s tears, angel’s tears, peace in the home, bits and pieces, bread and cheese, Corsican creeper, Corsican curse, friendship plant, mind-your-own-business, pollyanna vine, Paddy’s wig, and mother of thousands.
Carlos planted the baby’s breath into the dirt behind the grapes and shade-provided containers. We hope it spreads out to cover the entire area.
Up close, they look pretty good.
They are hearty, love shade and water.
Perfect for the way out south forty!
Grow and spread your wings, little fellers.
After Carlos left, we gave up declaring the morning a success.
We then went to Home Depot, where we filled the trunk of The Silver Fox with supplies for future gardening. We returned with new tarps to cover the workbenches, ant bait, rat poison, a small link chain for storing some keys, a motion-sensitive light to scare away the varmints, some succulents, and some other goodies.
We took some goodies to Jeff and visited for a while. We returned home and watched TV until about 11:00 pm when we hit the sack!
