Canned

Look! I turned this:


Into this:


Woo-hoo! I rock!

The Vegetable Patch

Well, we finally have some tomatoes. Unfortunately, they aren't off any of the vines we planted this year. these are cherry tomatoes off of volunteers, cropping up from the seeds of tomatoes that dropped off last year's vines. they are growing up through the cracks in the stone patio. Note that you cannot see that patio.




Oh look! We might get a real tomato off this one! We had one already, but i caught a squirrel eating it for breakfast on my back deck. Oh, well.

Here is the boys' veggie and flower garden. Our pride and joy! Looks like we might get some pumpkins- but I'd be more sure if I saw any fruit actually setting. The vines look better than they have in a while, though- no borers yet this year, and the rain's been consistent.


Here are the boys' sunflowers. The packet was a mix, but this is the only variety that actually came up. They are small, but pretty.



Were getting some cut-and-come-again zinnias, too. I've already cut some, but here's the second flowering. I'll cut these in the morning. These zinnias do better if kept pruned.

This photo is dedicated to Maddy's mother-in-law: what a rose bush looks like if you have no time to dead-head it. "Scraggily" is a good word for it, I think. At least great-grandmother's roses smell lovely as always.
Looks like I'll have good holly for Christmas this year. I can already see the greens arrangements!!!