Her canines look like they are about to come in as well, but they don't feel sharp so I don't think they have broken through. She complains a little bit about the pain now and then but it's not too bad. She's not crawling yet, but she hops in a sitting position, pivots, rolls around, and scoots backward on her belly. So she has lots of ways of moving slowly across the floor. Who needs crawling?So, on to the garden. You may recall these plants in the front, which looked like weeds during your spring visit, and may very well be, but I wanted to show you what they look like now. Four foot tall spikes:
With pretty pink flowers at the top, about 1.5 inches wide.
And the butterflies like them!
But, I don't like them. Too long of a wait for too little bloomage. So next year I'm going to pull them as soon as I see them. Unless I'm too busy.
The sedum in the back corner behind the tomatoes is starting to bloom.
Did you notice in the August or September Martha Stewart Living that there was a big article about sedum? Apparently there are 450 varieties and they grow in zones 3-10 and don't need much water or sun. PERFECT!
Here is the current compost situation. I sure hope you're interested in our compost situation.
The front one is for new compost, the middle one has older compost that we hope will be ready by spring, and in the back is a crate we got for free that we are using for leaves. This past weekend, Jason helped some friends of ours build the same type of bins with the moveable levels so they can have leaves in one and compost in the other. It turned out great and they are very happy with it. It feels really good to compost and it felt good to be helping people get started with it.
We harvested 5 beans yesterday and had them for dinner (along with other things of course). They were delicious! The odd thing about them was that they only seem to grow inside the fence, between posts. Any idea why that would be?
Other hydrangea around the neighborhood that is similar to ours with the cone shaped blossoms (as opposed to the round) is also turning pink. So it's probably not something we did.
And the bees like it!
Did you notice in the August or September Martha Stewart Living that there was a big article about sedum? Apparently there are 450 varieties and they grow in zones 3-10 and don't need much water or sun. PERFECT!Here is the current compost situation. I sure hope you're interested in our compost situation.
The front one is for new compost, the middle one has older compost that we hope will be ready by spring, and in the back is a crate we got for free that we are using for leaves. This past weekend, Jason helped some friends of ours build the same type of bins with the moveable levels so they can have leaves in one and compost in the other. It turned out great and they are very happy with it. It feels really good to compost and it felt good to be helping people get started with it.We have string beans!
We harvested 5 beans yesterday and had them for dinner (along with other things of course). They were delicious! The odd thing about them was that they only seem to grow inside the fence, between posts. Any idea why that would be?
I mentioned that one of the hydrangea looked a little pink, and now most of them have at least some pink in them.
Other hydrangea around the neighborhood that is similar to ours with the cone shaped blossoms (as opposed to the round) is also turning pink. So it's probably not something we did.That's all for now. Talk to you soon!
