I was out this morning to work in the yard and garden. It was warm and felt humid; I should have gone out earlier than I did. But despite my discomfort, I got some things accomplished. I trimmed the yarrow and other plants that were once again blocking the sidewalk. I trimmed the bushes that were blocking our garage door entrance (not the big garage door, but the side door). I cut off some of the long, gangly rose branches. Then I set to weeding the vegetables. I began with the pumpkin patch and worked my way over to the zucchini. The pumpkins have blossoms, and we have a zucchini that is pretty much ready to eat whenever we want to. The cucumbers and corn were particularly weedy so I spent awhile on them. The corn in this part of the garden is not yet very tall because it's in partial shade from roses, but it is trying valiantly. I was thrilled to discover teeny little cucumbers growing, about 2 inches long. Yay! I weeded around some peppers and eggplant that are along the front edge of that garden area. That was about all I could do; I was dripping in sweat and it was so hot.
We have noticed that our yard is attracting a lot of honeybees and swallowtail butterflies. How wonderful it is to be outside and see these buzzing bees and magnificent butterflies!
We now have lots of green tomatoes, and all the squash is blooming and/or has tiny little ones growing. We have one beautiful purple eggplant that we've been watching every day. It's going to be so delicious!
My herb garden is a bit weedy right now, but things are going nuts. The lemon balm is huge, the dill is tall, and all the others are doing well. I've used some chives as well as tarragon. Having fresh herbs is one of the wonderful pleasures of life.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment