Tag Archives: Garden

Rain

We’ve discovered that we are pretty well outfitted for the rain that is so common and frequent in Oregon.  What we didn’t expect was the torrential downpour that awaited us when we landed in Sacramento this afternoon.  It rained, hard… all the way from Sacramento Airport until we hit Manteca.  Leroy even reported a couple incidences of hydro-planing.  (I was asleep, fortunately.)

The good news is that the flowers that I planted last week might have a chance at life.  I’m not very good at watering.  Good thing Mother Nature is taking care of that for me.

Tomatoes in October

Hard to believe that it’s possible, but I still have tomatoes (good ones) in October. We’ve been going through a little heat wave and it looks like I’ll still have fruit through next week as well. I guess I better start watering them again. There is nothing better than a homegrown tomato so I’m going to enjoy this for as long as it lasts.

Harvest

I’ve written about my garden a lot this spring/summer.  One of the best parts of having a garden is sharing it with friends and family.  Since we were gone all weekend, I didn’t have a chance to do my daily “harvest” until today.  This is the load I ended up with.  All of this has already been claimed by a friend at work.  No problem.  There is plenty more where this came from.

Jalapeno


Aren’t these the cutest things you’ve ever seen in your whole life?  This is my Jalapeno plant and the fruit is beginning to grow.  I’ve had tremendous success with my garden this year and this is just another example.  I’ve never grown jalapenos before.  Steel asked for the plant.  I just hope they mature before he has to leave for school.  Otherwise, I have a feeling that I’ll be mailing jalapenos to Oregon.

Patience

I learned a long time ago that it’s not a good idea to ask God to teach you patience.  He WILL put you in situations where you have to practice and that is not always the best feeling.  I don’t ask him to teach me, but I do ask him to be patience FOR me.  My tomatoes are really looking good and they’ve been full of fruit for weeks, but they are not turning red fast enough for me.  I picked a couple today that I thought were close enough, but when I cut into them, they were still too green.  Wishful thinking convinced me they were ready and so I wasted them.  Bummer.  I’ve got to learn to let nature take it’s course and let them ripen in their own time. After all, that’s what makes them so much better than the store bought variety.