I was hoping all my lilies would be in blossom at the same time, and it happened! Barely, though. So I had five different colored lilies blooming together for about two days and they were beautiful.
My garden has grown quite a bit in the last month. We've been getting lots of sun and not very much rain, so I've been having to water pretty consistently. My cocoa mulch is holding up well against the weeds, but I try to get in there every day and do some maintenance weeding - my coworker calls it drive-by weeding. The middle row of plants directly in front of the gnome are all my jalapeños - about 18 plants in all.
My cayenne pepper plant has been producing steadily, but I've been plucking them off before they turn red. I have no patience! The mushroom is a new addition; I spent this past weekend in New Ulm for Bavarian Blast and picked it up at the Schell's Gift Store.
My garden has grown quite a bit in the last month. We've been getting lots of sun and not very much rain, so I've been having to water pretty consistently. My cocoa mulch is holding up well against the weeds, but I try to get in there every day and do some maintenance weeding - my coworker calls it drive-by weeding. The middle row of plants directly in front of the gnome are all my jalapeños - about 18 plants in all.
My cayenne pepper plant has been producing steadily, but I've been plucking them off before they turn red. I have no patience! The mushroom is a new addition; I spent this past weekend in New Ulm for Bavarian Blast and picked it up at the Schell's Gift Store.
I have a ton of green tomatoes on the vine, I'm hoping they'll be ripe for the picking in another couple of weeks. I plan on canning a ton of salsa if I can get the tomatoes and hot peppers out of the garden at the same time. I've plucked a handful of ripe cherry tomatoes already and heard they taste delicious. I love growing tomatoes, but don't like eating them. I'm just that way ya see?
And.........a real German gnome!
