Here they are, climbing my tomato cages.  And I love them!!!!

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

Here is another early fall color change for you.  It is the burning bush, Euonymus alatus.  This one is on our walking path, but they are planted all over.  There are a few great huge ones in the Home Depot parking lot in Blairsville, and lots of towns plant them in the median strips on their main roads.  

 

Locate them now, and watch as they change color into fall.  Fabulous bushes!!!

 

 

HAPPY ALMOST FALL!!!

 

I love seeing the Black Gums this time of year.  They are some of the first trees to show fall color.  

 

Notice them now, and watch them for the next few weeks.  You will see them go from sprinkled with red leaves to full blown bright red.  Great trees.

 

 

HAPPY SUMMER!!!

 

When I took out the dead dill last month, I sprinkled lots of dill seeds on the ground.  I figured they would hang out until next spring, then come up.  Well, look how lucky I am.  They came up already, and we may have another crop of dill before winter sets in.  Yay!!!  More pickles!!!

 

 

HAPPY SUMMER STILL!!!

 

Today is another special day in our world:  it is Jon's birthday.  

 

And yes, he gets flowers too.  Fireweed!!!  

 

 

HAHAHA!!!!

 

While I was looking for flowers for Julie, I took this picture of the eggplants.  There are tons of new blossoms on every bush.  The leaves are a bit weary, but they are still working to keep the plants producing fruits.  

 

Don't you just love this color?  Me too;  it sorta glows.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

I went out to check on my cucumbers yesterday, and when I reached for a dead leaf, I noticed this praying mantis.  I love them!!!  This one was in camo mode:  looking more brown than green.  So I spoke gently, took its picture and moved on around the corner to the other side of the trellis.  THERE!!!  I saw another one!!!

 

If you look closely you can see its buddy on the other side.  That one is upside down.  

 

I can hardly wait to go out this morning, and see if they are still there.  Doubt it, but I can hope, can't I?

 

 

HAPPY SUMMER!!!

 

If you look closely, you can see several cucumbers growing up.  The cucumber vine has grown UP the sunflower stalk!!!  No, really!!!  There are more cucumbers growing up there, out of our reach.  

Jon was able to reach that big one, but he's going to have to take the ladder out there to get the others.  

This is what we commonly refer to as a "first world problem:"  over abundance.  

 

I love my garden.

 

 

HAPPY SUMMER!!!

 

 

This isn't the prettiest picture, but it is interesting.  

 

You can see that the old kale at the bottom is completely chewed up by the Cabbage White worms, but the pretty blue part above it is NEW growth.  And the new growth hasn't been touched.  

 

I guess I better harvest it soon, if we are going to have any kale this year.  

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

Oh yeah, here's the basil.  I have to go out there really early, before the sun gets on it.  And I take a container of water with me, because if I don't put it in water immediately, it is wilty by the time I get back to the house.  

 

And, I needed it to stay fresh all day;  which it did.  Yay!!!

 

 

HAPPY SUMMER!!!