Garden Friends

Bubba Jr

Eddie

Eddie & Tongo

Kiki (well, not exactly a garden "friend")

ACORN SQUASH FLOWER AND BLOSSOM

Thought you might enjoy these pics of flowers from the garden! Who knew that vegetables could be so pretty???

CUCUMBER FLOWERS

Check out the little bug inside this squash blossom!

I'm not sure what these are...but aren't they beautiful??? I thought they were a weed originally!

Happy Fourth of July!

Hope that today finds everyone happy, healthy, and appreciative of all that we have in life! The garden is starting to thrive (FINALLY!) after a really nice rain last weekend, and for that I am VERY thankful :) I think some of the blooms are just as beautiful as the fruit/veggies that come after them. I've been taking a lot of pictures today...here are a few that I hope you enjoy!

Full Garden View - Here's a look at the whole thing from a distance. Yesterday was the day of weeding...I had neglected it for over a week and I'm amazed at how fast the weeds multiply when I have to sit and wait patiently for everything else to grow.

Dad's canteloupe are just starting to flower!

The cucumbers are flowering nicely, although they are not really excited about growing up their trellis like the ad implied they would be! I'm learning that I still obviously have a lot to learn about gardening. Here's a pic of my first little cucumber.

The watermelons, spaghetti squash, and acorn squash are going to town! Their vines are growing so quick and so long, pretty soon they're going to cross over into the horse pasture next door! Next year I need to do a better job of placement for the melons and squash.

Watermelon

Acorn Squash

Peppers - Well, the bell peppers have not started growing yet, but the banana peppers are really coming along nicely. I picked one the other day and tried to eat it (looked ready to me!) but it really didn't have a flavor yet. Pam said to wait until they get nice and yellow first, so I've been restraining myself from picking the others ;)

And last but not least, the tomatoes finally are all growing! In fact, they're kind of out of control! I had to prune a few of them down because they were sprouting shoots all over the place and I couldn't walk between the rows. I wouldn't get the little red tomato ladders again. I don't think the red color was all that helpful (Pam's didn't have red ladders and are doing better than mine!). Also, I think I will adopt Pam's "fence them in" method and surround them with a circle of fence and a stake to grow on so they don't get so out of control.