Leaving for weeklong vacation in Wisconsin tomorrow. Can’t wait to see family and friends. But I’m a little anxious about leaving the garden untended. It finally has stopped raining here in central Texas, and with sunny skies and 90s forecast for the next week, I sure hope the automatic sprinkler system works. Continue reading
I’m hoping the sunshine that’s in the forecast for the next 7-10 days means the cucumbers will be producing soon. I had hoped to have one by the time we went on vacation, but that’s not going to happen. Continue reading
While I don’t really expect to see any actual beans growing from the decimated bean plants in my garden, it’s nice to see a few green leaves and flowers rise up out of the brown stalks. Continue reading
You’d think that since I’m in my backyard every day I would notice all the significant changes taking place with the raised beds. Continue reading
While I’m not sure how the onions are taking all the wet weather, the cucumbers appear to be liking it. I wrote earlier that I was worried they were starting to acquire a bit of cucumber jaundice, but they seem to be okay so far. Continue reading
After a decent day on Sunday (read: no rain), Memorial Day saw a return to the rain of late. This time, Georgetown was hit a little harder. Continue reading
While many parts of Texas were cleaning up from historic flooding and tornado damage on this Memorial Day weekend Sunday, we were fortunate to mostly get missed by the bad weather. We just got rain-another 2 1/2 inches-and some wind. Continue reading
Despite the lots and lots of rain and wind we’ve been getting, the cosmos are pretty – and pretty rain-soaked. hopefully they will make it through the night. Tornado warning as I write this – lots of lightning, thunder, rain and strong winds. Continue reading
No matter what my day is like, I can always count on the flowers in my backyard to make me smile. They make a good day even better and a crappy day more than bearable. Continue reading
I may be a little paranoid, but I think my cucumber leaves are turning yellow. Or at least the tops of them. We’ve had a lot of rain lately, so I’m wondering if that’s the culprit. Or maybe it’s just that the younger leaves are yellow and will turn darker green as they mature. Continue reading
Chocolate Chips and Chaos 