Diggin it.

Can you guess what I have been doing?


Thats right. Diggin.

And look what I dug up. Mmmmmmmm...


This season I grew an heirloom variety called Russian Banana Fingerling. Its description says, "The best known fingerling" Small banana shaped tubers with buff yellow skin and light yellow flesh thought to have originated in Russia. Medium sized, lavender flowered plants are resistant to scab and somewhat resistant to late blight. Late maturity, good yield, and stores well.

And as you can see from my tater beds I have plenty more where that came from.


So, Im sure you know what Ill being doing tomorrow.

Ill leave you to visit with my little seal/manatee family while I dig away.

Garden Update

It has been hot. Really hot. Today we topped out at a sultry 93 degrees. Right now as I write this it is 903 pm and we have dropped to a pleasant 84 degrees.

To combat the heat we do fun things. This is one of G's sprinklers.



It has little misters(I totally just made that word up right now) on the side and then every minute or so it blows its top. This part makes G laugh every time.


He likes the idea of a sprinkler, but insists that he doesnt want to get wet in the sprinkler. So, he goes in with his shield to keep himself dry.


But wait, its also a rain barrel. What? You cant tell the difference?


And this is a wet Darby. She likes to get wet in the sprinkler.

Alright, on to the garden. Please note my interim garden shoes.


I am growing, what I hope will turn out to be a sunflower house, for G. Look past all the weeds, please.

And these little sunflowers are in a delicate phase right now. That means that the "big" weed eater is not allowed near them. So, I must resort to special tools.


But look how pretty it looks when Im all done!


On to the tomatoes.

Yay! Little maters.


And little basils.

Taters and red peppers.


Onions.


Green beans, edamame, and cukes.



Baby cukes.


Flowering green beans.

And great big pumpkins.

With little bitty pumpkins.

Garden Update

This past weekend we have been super busy outside. See? This is what we got done.

The neighborly side.


And our side.


I got to use this fantastically, fun tool to put all those pickets up.


Very sharp nails that go into said fantastically, fun tool.


The gate still needs to be hung.


S is working on it as I type.


While we were busy doing all that....the garden was busy, too.

My heirloom zucchini.


Cantaloupe.


Watermelon.


Pumpkins.


Green beans, edamame, and cukes. (pickling and slicing).


Notice that empty spot? Yeah. That one. Right there. Uh huh. It used to have a cuke plant in it.


Till this little firecracker thought it would be fun to run thru all my beds. Not only did she run thru them, but she had a cuke for a snack.


Fingerling potatoes.


Red peppers.


Tomatoes.


Tomatoes.


You just never know when you may need a snack out here.


Oh, and wait. Tomatoes.


Little, tiny basil sprouts.


So, thats all the beds.


And before the day is over what is in these packages will be made into lovely row covers for my melons, pumpkins, and squash. To keep all the pesky bugs out.


Yummy peas.


Carrots. I am really thinking that I need to thin them. I am SO bad at thinning. Do I need to thin them right now? Did I need to thin them yesterday?


And a few colorful things as well.

Knock Out Rosebush.


Shasta daisy.


One of my many daylilies starting to bud out.


And little violas...These make me smile every time I see them. Do you see a little mustached face when you look at these, too?