Back in the garden

It's just been to wonderful outside to let some head/chest cold get in the way of gardening.  So a lot of things that I've been procrastinating about managed to get done.

The lovely postcard that Ribbit send was planted in a nice sunny location near the patio table, I can't wait to see what grows.

Before

Now you see it

Now you don't!

So far I have been extremely happy with my Smart Pots.  I planted some red potatoes in two pots and a Green Zebra tomato in the last one and they seem to be loving it.  For some reason Blogger isn't letting me post a picture of pot 1, but it looks a lot like pot2...  Healthy and happy.

Smart Pot 2 - Red Potato

Smart Pot 3 - Green Zebra

Squint and you can see my baby GZ


I'm experimenting with Chayote right now,  I have never eaten the squash or the greens, so I can't wait to try it this summer!  I was planning on planting 2, but I did a little reading and it said to plant the vines 10 feet apart.... and frankly I don't have that kind of space right now for 2 plants, so 1 plant it is!  I will place a trellis behind it when it gets tall enough to start climbing.

My Chayote finally broke ground

The cucumbers and squash are finally in the ground. Its the area I cleared of onions et al a few days ago. I've been lusting after every one's harvests, but it was due to my inactivity, so we attempted to change that!


Bottle garden is back

  I purchased a plant last year that was supposed to be a Green Zebra tomato, but it ended up not being green at all.  I'm not sure what type of tomato it was, but it was delicious.  So we grew it again this year.  So far so good on the fruiting stage.

My mystery tomatoes

 We ate the first of our Cherokee Purples, and it was yummy.  We have a few smaller ones starting to change color, but a few of the larger ones are just hanging around getting bigger.... I can't wait!

Lots of CP Toms

And apparently the little one can't wait either.  I know he liked it when we all snacked on the CP, but come on guy... patience!  He also ravages the strawberries before they are red, so I shouldn't be surprised.

Hey! Hands off little man!!!!

Yeah, that's his "who me" face....

Doesn't he look innocent?

Well, that's all for now!  Happy Gardening!

If only I had known!

The weather here in sunny SoCal is HOT. Not blistering, but nice walking weather. Last night after a rushed dinner he boys, hubby and I decided to walk to Target to get our plehora of Mother's day cards and upcoming birthday cards.  I've decided to buy stock in Hallmark. Having kids greatly increases the number of cards that are now necessary for any occassion.  I can't believe how many cards we have to buy!!!! Mission accomplished, mostly. One of our goals was to have both kids fall asleep dutring the walk. Gray fell asleep on the way, then woke up on the  way back. We managed to bore Ryle enough that he konked out for the night on the way home. Yay!

Well, I also decided to finally purchase my smartpots. We ordered them and they arrived yesterday.  Our mail carrier has the strangest way of deliverying packages (and the Fedex guy too). We will occassionally find packages on our second story balcony next to the sliding glass door. This balcony is above the garage and is attached to our seldom used office (ok, it's really a box storage area at this point in time.). But it's the SECOND STORY! Why is our postal dude and fedex dude leaving packages up there? How do they get them up there? Are they throwing them? Climbing on their trucks? What gives? The first couple of times we would find packages on the ledge, which was odd, but now next to the door? A good 5 feet in from the ledge? Stuff will sit there for days before we go in that room.

But anyway... I have my smartpots!!!!  And after they arrived, I checked where they were shipped from (becuase they made great time...) and they are from Paso Robles..... I'm going to be there Saturday. I could have saved the shipping and picked them up direct! D'oh!

Finally here!

D'oh!

And now we need to build some toddler proof barriers for the strawberry patch. My little guy likes to wander around the back yard foraging for food. He's in the peas, radishes and strawberries. He does bring them by for me to inspect before he pops them in his mouth (most of the time). But the majority of the strawberries he's claiming aren't ready. I guess he likes them a bit tart.

Well, happy gardening all! (I have to go save the strawberries).