one weekend's worth of growth

Before going away for a long weekend


After we came home. Summer has really kicked growth into high gear. We haven't had any rain for a while and that combined with 90 degree weather make the plants either grow or keel over and die. I have been doing a lot of watering, which makes me mad at the sky. Taking water from a well only to spray it all over the ground is dumb, but I have used up all of the rain water that we had caught in buckets from the roof.

Miss Critterpants has a naturally green thumb and everything she plants grows. She's like my Mom.

Pig Roast

Thursday Knitting

too much eating

What we did with our afternoon

peonies

I love peonies and I am going to plant at least four of them once we replace the roof. The perfect part of our yard to plant them is right along our house, and they would get stomped on and covered with roofing detritus.

Too Much Monkey Bread for 2.5 people

Glass

Garden Geek Chic

It looks ridiculous, but it keeps the bugs out of my ears while gardening. Other than the silliness factor, there is only one other complaint.

That's Mrs. Appleseed to you

This is an apple seedling from a supermarket gala apple. The seed had already sprouted inside the apple. It was trying so hard to grow it seemed to be a shame to let it go to waste. Apples don't grow true from seed, so there is no telling what kind of fruit might come off of this tree.