What Does A Little Rain Bring?

It's Amazing what the hand of God can do. I can water every day from the hose and see a little growth at a time, but when God sends forth rain, everything seems to double in size. Just take a look at God's "Handiwork"

Today's harvest of mixed beans for dinner

Cleaned mixed beans for dinner

Cleaned red & green Leaf Lettuce for dinner

First signs of fruit on the Summer Squash

Tomatoes across back of house

Sidewalk Garden

Patio Garden growing abundantly

Green Beans

Corn & Cucumbers behind

Tomatoes

Purple & Russet Potatoes

Banana Tree

Strawberries end of season with many new runners

Harvesting Beans Daily for Dinner

What a nice surprise to see that we are having just the right amount of Beans for dinner. If I have a few too many, they keep nicely in the refrigerator for a day or two. When they begin to come too fast I will be getting out the Food Dehydrator and saving them for another time. But for the two of us, so far, its the perfect daily harvest.

Beans for Two:

Green & Yellow Beans for dinner
Corning dish, about 3 tablespoons
of water, cover & micro on high for
approximately 4-5 minutes 
Serve hot with a little butter

Potatoes

As you may recall a couple weeks ago I wrote about the potato seeds that I had ordered. Well ~ I planted them and they are thriving. I have already started mounding the soil up around them. I started with about 3 inches of soil when I planted them. Now there is about 5 inches. I will continue to mound up the soil around the base of the plants as they grow.  Take a look:

New RULES for Outdoor Gardening

After a nasty run-in with pesky insects and various critters native to South Carolina, I have been forced to create RULES for my outdoor gardening. Therefore, I will not be outside unless fully equipped for battle with nature! 

So, yesterday I went online shopping at my favorite store:  Amazon  and this is what I ordered: Tingley Men's 15" Economy PVC Knee Boot

For only $20.82 & free shipping, I can be safe and secure from those pesky varmints of the South!  The boots are now a necessary protection along with my hat and gloves that I already wear.  I have decided to be faithful about wearing them all!

 So feast your eyes on the spectacle in her back yard, gardening with her protection on, following the New RULES for Outdoor Gardening!

She will be well equipped with BOOTS, STRAW HAT & GLOVES!

And by all means.....Be Safe & Happy Gardening!

Surprised by Early Harvest

Take a look at what we harvested today:

picking beans

our bean yield for today

beans ready to steam
We enjoyed the beans for dinner tonight.
It was just the right amount for 2.
The Red Beans were delicious!
I steamed them in a corning pot with
a small amount of water, covered, in 
the microwave for 4 minutes!  YUMMY!

Tomatoes

watering grapes, raspberries & blueberries

Go Away Mr Copperhead!
snake found by neighbor near fence

Broccoli

Summer Squash, Onions,Carrots

Lima Beans & Red Beets

more Broccoli

hanging basket of summer squash

more baskets of summer squash

Don't Neglect the Flowers

Yellow Lillies, Glads, Hosta & mixed Lillies

Orange Lillies

Varigated Lilies

Orange Lilies

Red Roses

A Few More Plants

Hanging Basket of Summer Squash

Seedlings of Corn in the Greenhouse

Cucumbers Ready to Climb on the Bean Pole

Two Varieties of Leaf Lettuce

More Summer Squash