Today is May 5th and so far it's rain, rain, rain. The ground is saturated and ponding in some areas. It stormed last night. The peas growing in containers were laying on the ground this morning, and the ceramic pot was broken into pieces. Some of the tomatoes plants looks really sad from too much water. I don't think they'll recover. I'll remember not to grow tomatoes there again!
The Phoebes fledged two days ago (the 3rd) from the nest at the back porch. I suspect they might be back for round two.
Nasturtiums in bloom
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Today, May 10th, went through the garden after the rains. Everything looks happy, including me for not needing to water. Many of the tomatoes are starting to form. It's hard waiting for that first one to ripen! This one, Dwarf Awesome looks like it's in the running to be the first. (Although there's quite a few little Matt's Wild Tomatoes coming on so it may be the winner.)
Aspabroc is about ready for the first harvest.
I'm loving the Dragon's Tongue mustard greens!! They're delicious raw or cooked but I'm especially fond of the spicy bite of the raw leaves; great addition to salads. Yesterday I added chopped leaves to our beef brisket and Swiss sandwich on sourdough bread! Man was that GOOD! I cooked some and left some raw and had hubby taste test which way he wanted the sandwich prepared. We ended up with both ways on the sandwich. Delicious! lol It's starting to bolt and will need to harvest soon. I'm thinking of trying a mustard green pesto... that way we can enjoy some now and freeze the rest. I'll have to surf around for some recipe ideas.
But most of all, my heart is happy since my 12 year old GSD who was showing signs of Degenerative Myelopathy has made a wonderful recovery! She's had issues on and off in the past but the last two times have been really bad. This last time I though we were going to lose her. She could barely walk and wouldn't even eat the canned food. So I began preparing meals of rice and veggies with homemade bone broth. A couple days later, she started feeling better. Now she's totally alert and running again. I have a feeling it was something toxic in the treats I was giving the dogs. Although the other GSD's were eating them too, all the males are twice her size and weight.
Dianthus Scent First, Passion putting on a show!
Lots' of other things are growing fast, eggplants, squash, peppers, peas, beans, herbs, lettuce...
Wood ducks
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Male
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