The Garden Update
The herbs are getting a little burned - its so hot outside right now. I did harvest a bunch of Rosemary, Chives and Parsley to dry.
My Cilantro didn't do so hot, I need to replace it. I think I cut too much off too soon after I planted it, but there is nothing better then cilantro on pretty much everything.
Check out my Tomatilos that I grew from seeds. I went outside to take these pictures today and actually found that I have real tomatilos growing. Yeah for me!!
Michael says that these onions are beginning to look like aliens. I need to dig some of them out and use them before they goto seed.
Ok, here is the picture that gets me. Just over a month in the ground and look at this corn. We are just a few days away from being ready to pick the corn and eat it. I checked some of the ears last night when I was watering and they are almost there. I'm so excited, I've never been able to grow corn before.
I started these beans from seeds as well and am pleasantly surprised that they grew. I probably won't eat them, I'll save them for Michael, but still I can grow things from seeds. Pretty amazing - my thumb isn't even green. Just a month ago these things were in a tiny pot and I didn't think they would grow.
The peppers are here too. I tried growing these last year in the container and they didn't do so well . . . maybe lack of water who knows. But this year there are peppers on top of peppers in these plants.
Zuchinni looks a little sad, but I have gotten 8 huge ones off of this plant and have two more to pick. I think I'm going to pluck some of the dead leaves off and see if new ones replace them. I'm so tired of making zuchinni bread, but its always soooo good.
I moved the strawberries over to where they would get a little shade in the afternoon and it has seemed to work on sweeting up the strawberries. They are still small and I would like to grow the giant ones, but maybe this plant isn't the right kind. I was hoping to be able to have alot of strawberries to make freezer jam, but I just might have to buy them and make it.
Here are the topsey turvey things that I bought. I finally got a bigger, stronger shepherds hook for them to hang from. The tomato plant didn't seem to get as big growing upside down, but at least there are some tomato's. I didn't think I was going to get any.
Here is the final product of my drying the herbs. I still have a bunch of sage and oregano to dry, but I've been lazy with school starting. I'm off to make some homemade Koren egg rolls. I'll take pictures.
I'm glad we don't live closer to this fire with its massive amount of smoke.
It looks like the fire is headed to Mount Wilson. It's weird how it looks like thunder clouds but it is really smoke.
The difference that a long lens makes on your camera . . . see we aren't really that close.
A friend of mine sent these pictures to me. This is a view from Glendale Dodge.
This is a view from Hwy 134 and Glendale Blvd.
The herbs are getting a little burned - its so hot outside right now. I did harvest a bunch of Rosemary, Chives and Parsley to dry.
My Cilantro didn't do so hot, I need to replace it. I think I cut too much off too soon after I planted it, but there is nothing better then cilantro on pretty much everything.
Check out my Tomatilos that I grew from seeds. I went outside to take these pictures today and actually found that I have real tomatilos growing. Yeah for me!!
Michael says that these onions are beginning to look like aliens. I need to dig some of them out and use them before they goto seed.
Ok, here is the picture that gets me. Just over a month in the ground and look at this corn. We are just a few days away from being ready to pick the corn and eat it. I checked some of the ears last night when I was watering and they are almost there. I'm so excited, I've never been able to grow corn before.
I started these beans from seeds as well and am pleasantly surprised that they grew. I probably won't eat them, I'll save them for Michael, but still I can grow things from seeds. Pretty amazing - my thumb isn't even green. Just a month ago these things were in a tiny pot and I didn't think they would grow.
The peppers are here too. I tried growing these last year in the container and they didn't do so well . . . maybe lack of water who knows. But this year there are peppers on top of peppers in these plants.
Zuchinni looks a little sad, but I have gotten 8 huge ones off of this plant and have two more to pick. I think I'm going to pluck some of the dead leaves off and see if new ones replace them. I'm so tired of making zuchinni bread, but its always soooo good.
I moved the strawberries over to where they would get a little shade in the afternoon and it has seemed to work on sweeting up the strawberries. They are still small and I would like to grow the giant ones, but maybe this plant isn't the right kind. I was hoping to be able to have alot of strawberries to make freezer jam, but I just might have to buy them and make it.
Here are the topsey turvey things that I bought. I finally got a bigger, stronger shepherds hook for them to hang from. The tomato plant didn't seem to get as big growing upside down, but at least there are some tomato's. I didn't think I was going to get any.
Here is the final product of my drying the herbs. I still have a bunch of sage and oregano to dry, but I've been lazy with school starting. I'm off to make some homemade Koren egg rolls. I'll take pictures.
I knew that Thalea, Byron, the boys, and Mom and Dad were all in Jackson Hole last week. I got on the site that has the web cams of the town square and thought I would watch to see if they called and said they were shopping or something fun. I forgot about it and went and did some stuff. Later on in the afternoon I was at the computer and clicked on the web cam again. I got to looking and I saw these people that looked sorta familiar. I called Thalea on the phone and the person I was watching was grabbing for her phone..jpg)
Pretty scary if you don't know there are web cams around. Now you have to be conscious about picking your nose or your butt because anybody in the world could be watching you!!! Even Little Sisters in California!!!.jpg)
