A walk through my gardens

I took a walk around the yard today.

It was that wonderful time of day when everything looks lovely and fresh.

The heat of the day had started to wane and the sun's light had a wonderful golden glow.

I'm so glad that I decided to bring my camera outside with me

because I got bitten by the photo bug real quick.

What was fun for me might be....

Shall we say...

Overboard for anyone deciding to wade through them all.

So, I promise (cross my heart and hope to eat cauliflower) that I

will not hold it against you if you decide there is something

more pressing that needs to be done...

Like bathing the dog...

Picking burrs out of your kids socks...

cleaning the oven...

or...

shaving your legs.

This beauty is the oleander next to our gate.

I just love this color.

It doesn't seem to be affected by the heat.

It always look cool even under the suns intense glare.

I love the way the sun shines through the trees.

(See - Short and sweet. Don't get too used to it though.)

One of my fragile four-o-clocks.
I love this plant. It is hardy as all get out.
No matter what, it comes back every year without fail.
If you don't have one, I highly suggest getting one.
To prove how hardy it is, I'll let you know how I got it.
I dug it up from the yard in Marble Falls.
I even broke the long tapered root. It didn't seem to mind.
At least it hasn't had it's lawyer contact me for assault and battery.



Mandevilla is another favorite of mine.
Keep this guy watered and it will grow and bloom all summer long.

I'm so excited about this!

The wildflower seeds have not only grown, but are starting to bloom!

First the cosmos, then ?. There are tons of plants out there.

Cosmos is the only one I can identify.

On to the vegetable garden.....

This is a picture of a tomato plant I thought I killed.

I had accidentally broken the top of the plant when I carried it and several other veggies out to the garden to be transplanted. All that was left was a stem. Just a stick in the ground...

I decided to go ahead and plant anyway. Nothing like being optimistic...

It is now a regular looking tomato plant. I had to pull the leaves back in order to find where it had broken. Pretty cool. Huh?

Well, hold onto your hats....

This is the top of that broken tomato plant.

I just hate throwing parts of plants away. I figure they should at least get a chance to live.

(That's probably why I have so many aloe vera plants and can't help buying plants off of the clearance rack.)

So, since I had some ice plant cuttings in water, I wished it luck and stuck it in with them.

I figured I would throw it's shriveled little dead self into the trash in the morning.
Well, I life intervened and I forgot about it.

Two weeks later, I remembered.

Not only was it un-shriveled and definitely not dead, it had big ol' roots!

It was going gang busters!
Can you believe it?

This sweet thing is the fig tree that Julie so graciously let me steal.

It is doing pretty good.

It is even starting to grow news leaves.

And....

I'm pretty sure that is a baby fig!

What do you think?

Do you see this monster bell pepper?

My little heart beats a little faster every time I see it.

Yep, it does. Maybe I can enter it into some county fair or something.

Well, Maybe not...

It is hard to tell from this picture, but it is only one to one and a half inches wide.

Weird, huh?

Is there anything cuter than baby tomatoes?

My onions are a bit sad.

Maybe I need to water more than the rest of the garden?

Any suggestions?

The black eye peas are looking OK.

The beans are starting to climb.

And the corn is standing tall.

I'm so proud.

Everything seems to be fine.

Except for my sweet peas.

They seem to have a problem.

I can see that something is eating it,

but do you think anything else could be a problem?

I'm stumped.

Any ideas?



Stay tuned for my next entry.

I'm thinking of letting Molly tell everyone what she was doing

while I was watering and taking tons of pictures.

Here's a hint: It's not pretty.