It has been about a month since I took these pictures so I could write this post. What took so long? In that time we had to little field mice get into our house. I have spent a lot of time cleaning floors, toys, and really everything that a mouse could have touched. This week I tackled the kitchen, which initially had no evidence of mice, and found a bit in those cupboards that don't hold food. Then I went to my baking stuff, which I haven't used lately and threw away more powdered sugar and other items that I want to think about. It has been a tiring and stress filled few weeks. So blogging has been on the back burner of my mind, while I tried to keep completely OCD Marissa from coming out again.
However, this was my relaxing break during the mess. Pictured above is my tomato plant, next week I will show you how much it has grown. Pretty amazing. You may also notice the drip line running by. We put in a complete drip system the beginning of April, which is fairly awesome and allowed us to be gone for a weekend without worrying about the garden.
I have four strawberry plants right now and they are starting to put on berries. Yum!
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| I had to add a little flowering color to the yard too, otherwise it just wouldn't be me. |
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| This rosemary plant had outgrown its pot and looked a bit pitiful, it still looks a little pitiful..... |
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| Tarragon, one of my favorite herbs. |
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| Lemon thyme |
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| This one and the next picture are lemon balm and bee balm, can't remember which is which. |
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| Apples, Apples, and more Apples. Our tree can't support the number of apples it put on, so I have had to pick off quite a bit and may have to come up with some supports for the remaining apples. They look yummy though! |
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| Black beans and I think the kids threw in a sunflower on the side..... |
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| The grapevines we planted last year are growing and this bigger one has soooooo many bunches starting on it. |
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| this is a smaller one that I did not expect to come back, but it did. |
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| This is my biggest grapevine, it has doubled in size since this picture. |
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| This one has also doubled since the picture. |
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| Don't forget about my peaches, they are beginning to ripen. |
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| I have purchased two new petunias that I put in pots on the other side of the yard. This little guy popping up between the tile and raised bed is a self-starter. It is from the plant I have that is at least two years old. I have snapdragons and petunias popping up in lots of strange places because of all the flowers I had everywhere. |
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| My roses are also doing well this year. |
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Overall, I am happy so far this year The only issue we are having is with the cucumber and lettuce. Every time I have some growing up past a half inch it gets eaten by something unknown as of right now. More next week, I hope!
