Nothing Witty Today

Super Chili #1, Week 5: Taller and taller, this fella is really becoming the star of the show.


The Spartans lined up for battle, spears in hand... Okay, actually, it's the pepper plants.


Here's the largest pepper in the garden right now. It's about 3" long.


And here's a little guy, just getting his start.


The parsley finally looks like it's grown, though it's still not very impressive.


The dill is started to bud.


The view of the best looking squash plant from above.


We might have lost the onions entirely. Disturbed by not seeing much growth, we dug up the row and discovered that we planted them far too deep. There were probably ten onion bulbs that had tried growing and then gave up because they were too far below ground, so we replanted them all only an inch or two below the surface with the growth sticking out above ground. I don't know if we got to them in time, but this guy was completely white two days ago and now the sun has given him some green so maybe there's hope yet.


The cucumbers are flowering!


We cut this cherry tomato in half and split it. It tasted so sweet. There are another dozen green ones still on the plant, so we've got some good tasting salads in store.


The Roma tomatoes are about 3-4" long, about the same size as the largest pepper.


The peas are still growing. We separated some of the ones that were real close and filled in some dead spots in the rows. I had thought that they were going to be bushy enough to support each other (and planted them in two rows 4" apart to accomodate that), but the plants are falling over. We'll probably need to rig up something with a few stakes and some twine to give them a chance to climb a little and get up off the ground.


The cucumbers continue to make their way up the trellises. I'm pretty psyched.


View from the front left corner, with squash in the foreground.


View from the from right corner, with tomatoes on the right and the pepper soldiers lined up on the left.


Added Bonus Update: Blueberries. We ate about a dozen blueberries off the bushes the other night. So sweet.


Flowers in the Yard Tangent #5: There are tons of these purple flowers scattered about, intertwined with blue ones. No idea what they are, as usual.


Rainbows in the Neighborhood Tangent #1: After a quick storm the other night, this was the view from the driveway, looking out over the neighborhood.


Cats in the Yard Tangent #1: Coming up to the house from the garden this morning, this guy was staring me down. He didn't stick around for a close-up.


Dragonflies in the Yard Tangent #1: Sitting on a Lilly, wastin' time.