Grow little plants grow!

 Zucchini! I can smell the bread already...

The prickly pear cactus is blooming. I noticed the flowers while I was cutting the grass on Friday.

Frog or Toad

I'm going with toad because I think frogs need more water. In any case this little guy is living in the backyard. I discovered him while I was cutting the grass. He dodged for shelter under a huge dandelion, good thing I have so many in the yard. And it looks like he is making his home under a leftover chunk of cement from the patio I took out last year. I left the grass a little longer in that area to give him a little privacy.

Miscellaneous happenings

June 7, 2010
The Memorial garden has filled in nicely






The roses have started blooming
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Mushrooms! I have a variety of mushrooms popping up all over the yard.

First Planting of the Vegetables

May 31, 2010

The veggies are planted! YAY

Hot peppers, bell peppers and zucchini are in the first box, tomatoes and onions in the second more bell peppers and watermelon in the third box.

The box on the left has potatoes, brussel sprouts, collard greens and cabbage.

The Prickly Pear cactus is alive once again this year. I'm anxious to see the flowers and plan to try to eat some this year.

Slacker

Yep, that'd be me. I've been seriously slacking on my posts. The backyard is busy growing and I'm trying to keep up. The weather has been perfect for plants but not perfect for the gardener. It rains then it heats up. Rain + sunshine + rain + sunshine + rain + sunshine = a whole lotta growing and not much time to control it. I'm either cutting the grass or pulling weeds during the sunshiny days.

May 31, 2010

Jake standing guard over the yard