One always needs to plant enough to share with the birds.
I'm thinking a Mockingbird. The official bird of the State of Texas. But not just any Mockingbird. They are taught by mommy and daddy Mockingbird. BB gun is loaded.One always needs to plant enough to share with the birds.
Our overflow gets dried for winter pizzas, soups, stews and sauces, only a couple of more months weather permitting...
Took apart my old trellis along the fence and am redoing it with new ideas reusing the eight galvanized poles i've had as uprights for almost thirty years, (top rails for chain link fence), scavenged 3/4" black pipe driven into the ground as the support and had a couple 3" pvc pipe caps, drilled through to fit the 3/4" pipe (1 & 1/16" outer diameter) placed at ground level to prevent the galvanized from sinking into the soil when inserted over the support pipe. Passed the proof of concept so needed to go purchase four more pieces of 4' black pipe, six more caps and some 1x2 for the top rail, attach it with heavy zip ties.
Re-edged the bed along the fence as well, two parallel strips of pound in edging about 6" apart, the inner one 2-3" higher and will fill that space, mulch with leaves i saved from he fall. Should prevent the nasty root runners & creeping charlie from invading, now the dandelions - i've offered a couple times to weed that bed along the fence, i've looked after her front lawn for years, shoveled her sidewalk for even longer but she's reluctant for whatever reason, she is going away for a few days this week...
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View attachment 987628 Squash, zucchini, sweet Italian peppers, and sweet banana peppers offered themselves up this evening.
Yes it was darn cool Dave. Also a perfect day to make an example of having to measure the rain that . . . today did not fall but should have. There were supposed to be intermittent showers. All dark and overcast all day . . . zero rain. Had to water the garden and grass I over seeded.
I'm not sure how it can not rain and yet the mosquito are more thick in the air than I can remember in recent memory.
Lots of flowers on the cukes I have in container on the balconies.
Tomorrow night is BLT night and ive got a really ripe brandywine picked out. The big guys still need some ripening time, maybe next friday.That's a monster, BLT or burger?
dave
Dave, your hands look like mine. My dino kale hates our heat but all the tomatoes love it except for the Red Russian. Saber peas look interesting. My peppers have all died except 2. Too much rain. Fun in the garden.