It's been a while, so I'll run through a brief recap of the past few weeks ...
Next, we started harvesting some cherry and heirloom tomatoes in the back. Umm, I love those little bite size morsels of goodness. This was my first go at heirlooms and they aren't too bad. We definitely have lots of fruit on the plants, but I might prefer to go back to the small (less mushy) varieties next year. Unfortunately, the tomato plants ended up overwhelming the poor bell pepper plants so I will need to rethink the garden layout next year. The jalapeno plant, on the other hand, is getting more than enough sun and we have way too many of those to eat or give away this year.
First off, we found the most precious baby bunny in the front yard (actually, the family across the street saw it first, but we didn't believe them :) ). He managed to tear through the hollyhock in the first week and every single one of my marigold seedlings mysteriously disappeared one day. Not even a stem left behind as evidence. I've started supplementing his diet with some carrots in hopes of protecting the surviving plants. It's also fun to watch him scarf down a carrot in less than a minute flat. Yes, yes, I know I'm probably breaking all the rules of real gardening, but he's just so darn cute!
Next, we started harvesting some cherry and heirloom tomatoes in the back. Umm, I love those little bite size morsels of goodness. This was my first go at heirlooms and they aren't too bad. We definitely have lots of fruit on the plants, but I might prefer to go back to the small (less mushy) varieties next year. Unfortunately, the tomato plants ended up overwhelming the poor bell pepper plants so I will need to rethink the garden layout next year. The jalapeno plant, on the other hand, is getting more than enough sun and we have way too many of those to eat or give away this year.
Last, but not least, a gentleman in our neighborhood was nice enough to take some pictures of our flowers and pass them along. I definitely need to get a digital SLR at some point!
