Hello to all of you! It has certainly been a busy summer for me here at home and about. We have done a lot of work on the house this summer and not so much on the garden. But now that Fall is here that is about to change.
When we came back from our Florida vacation it was so hot there was not much we could do outside. The peppers, though, kept on producing and are still producing. I have Sweet Banana Peppers and Cayennes coming from everywhere. I've given away quite a bit of it and still have tons more coming on the plants. I'm about to get peppered out.
Our cucumber plant just fizzled but we never got around to pulling it out and now we have one cucumber on it that we need to harvest today. After that we will be pulling it out for sure. Next year we'll find another place for the cucumbers.
We have a ton of bumblebees that are loving the yard. In the front planter we have some obedient plant and a salvia that a friend gave me that they just love. It's fun to watch them make their rounds from flower to flower in the front and then they head to the side planter and from there to the vege garden and then back to the obedient plant to start all over again. Huny and I get a kick out of watching the pollen sacks get bigger and bigger on their hind legs.
I've started a hummingbird and butterfly garden and as I sat in the shade for a bit of a rest, I listened to the leaves of the mulberry tree next door. There is a different sound to the rustle of the leaves at this time of year. It is almost like a lazy rustle with the leaves a little heavier than in the spring. Every now and then you'll hear the fall of a leaf as makes its way to the ground.
It is quite enjoyable to listen to the trees, watching the hummingbirds at the feeders and seeing the butterflies drinking from my garden. Yesterday, a black swallowtail found my parsley and laid some eggs. I rushed to find my camera, but she didn't come back. As soon as I see some babies, I'll take some pictures.
In the front yard by the street is another garden we built around all the city stuff that we all have in our yards. In it is a coral colored salvia and a fuchsia pink phlox. While I was watering the cucumber yesterday, I noticed a hummingbird feeding off of the salvia then he would sit on a bit of fencing I have there as support for the phlox. He did that several times before he flew off.
Well, now that I'm done with vacations and house stuff, it's time to get back to the garden. I'll be harvesting more of the peppers today. I'll be getting some compost for the hummingbird and butterfly garden and for the vege garden where I need to get some seeds in the ground.
OMG! The strawberries are taking over the world! I don't know what I'm going to do about that yet. I moved some under the rose bush, but there are several yet to move. Strawberry Hill?
Well, I'd better get a move on. Day's a wastin'!
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