I ended up returning the Gerber daisies to Lowe’s (thank goodness for their 1-year guarantee). They just couldn’t make it in the heat and so much direct sun. I planted a few more petunias and marigolds, as well as a couple of other perennials (of course, I can’t remember their names).
I also pulled all of [...]
Here are the pictures from our weekend work in the front yard. We cut back the fir tree a bit because it was taking over the crape myrtle.
We also cut back two terribly ugly trees: one was blocking the view from the master bedroom, and the other, at the end of the driveway, always blocked [...]
Daniel’s dad Jack was in town for a long weekend, and he was so kind to lend us a hand in battling the nearly untameable trees and bushes in our yard. Now, you might be wondering how we could have any more overgrown plants in our yard (especially after all we’ve removed), but when the [...]
The hydrangeas are in bloom in the backyard, so I just had to clip a few and bring them inside to cheer up the indoors.
Our four tomato plants are really doing well. The cherry tomato plant is producing the most tomatoes right now, but I think that’s probably because cherry tomatoes are so much smaller.
I just picked the first big tomato this past week, and it was definitely a big one (and the tomato sandwich I made tasted amazing). [...]
We had LOTS of rain today! Hurray! I hope the flowers in the backyard bed will be happier now. Daniel and I also stepped our into the still-damp lawn and picked a few items from our garden: cherry tomatoes, banana peppers, and a jalepeno. In particular the banana peppers and cherry tomatoes have been doing [...]
The other day I picked some of our first cherry tomatoes.
It’s absolutely the best thing ever to able to walk out the back door and pick food which you’ve grown on your own. Bright red and juicy homegrown tomatoes are the epitome of summer, so I started things off with a light summery salad: a [...]
I’ve been a bit of a slacker about getting posts up lately. It seems like this week has flown by, and I’m just now getting up posts from this past weekend. Daniel and I spent a weekend of serious yard work (and the thing about yard work is that it’s never completely finished–there’s always mowing, [...]
The yard is progressing extremely well. We’ve been blessed with a cooler (not scorching) spring and plenty of rain to keeps the plants happy (and our water bill under control). Here’s just a brief update of some of the fruits and blooms that are beginning to appear.
The herb garden continues to flourish. We added pineapple [...]
I can’t believe how much our backyard garden is taking off (the front yard is also coming along nicely, although it still isn’t nearly as far along a sthe backyard). The tomato plants are already growing nicely (my mouth is already watering for a tomato sandwich). So far, we’ve also been very happy with the [...]