More fruits of the labor!!

Well, my garden runneth o'er! I am loving this! I am so excited to show you the joys of the season! Everything is growing at an amazing rate right now I can barely keep up. New little pumpkins, cucumbers, watermelons and corn keep popping up out of nowhere! It's so fun!
Here are a few shots of the spoils!
It's entertaining to see the varying colors of my pumpkins....1 2 3...orange, speckled, green!

It's so fascinating to watch a plant grow from a seed to a plant, to bearing fruit...sounds familiar. Crazy that everything in this life can be applied to the miracle of the plan! The greatest joy is our families...watching a little  baby grow into a adult and starting raising their own babies. 

Here is the beauty that is my corn! As high as an elephant's...belly.

Pretty sweet!! And sweet is what it's going to be when I eat em! I still just can't take it in that these little hummers grew in my tiny back yard garden! I'll never doubt mother nature again.

I'm going to eat this little cucumber soon...just a little longer and he'll be perfect! 

And I just loved this little big brother-little brother watermelon pair! I can just see them talking,"Come on Jeffy, just catch the ball!" "Well I'm trying. But you're throwing it too fast!" Splat!

My peach tree is also "fruiting" so I will definitely get some pictures of that magic when the time comes! Peaches and cream! Hurray! Reminds me of afternoons with Marmy. Can't forget those days!

ahhh, fruits of the labor

This was a lovely cool morning to be out in the garden, but I was a bit unhappy to hear the weatherman talk of fall like temperatures. I'm certainly not ready for fall and my garden isn't either. We got such a late start that my tomatoes, corn, pumpkins, and squash are going to have a hard time producing much. There were however, happy moments as I hunted for the first new potatoes, two cucumbers, a few stragglers in the pea patch and some asparagus. I had to call Tony, a professional roguer, and find out if my sick looking potato plants were going to make everything sick. Turns out I have black leg, which will stunt the two plants but not affect anything else. It's good to have some expert advice.

Little Friends

Well hello! So much for posting every other day...where does the summer go when it flies this fast? Does it have some kid of pressing appointment to get to? Wait...oh yeah...WE are the ones with all those "pressing" appointments! Rats.
Summer brings out in me a youthful feeling. You all experience it, I know it! The urges to jump rope, run around, roll in the grass, get muddy, climb a tree, eat peas off the vine with dirt on them, not wipe your face or hands off all day, and laugh at everything you possibly can! Love it. The last few weeks have brought on some new little friends. My snail friends are still around...its too bad i have to displace them when I see them. but these friends are much cuter...well, almost.
Friend #1: My little neighbor friend (she is about 7 years old), came up to me yesterday and with all her cute sassiness asked me if she could help me garden so she could get exercise and learn about plants! She is SO adorable. I couldn't help but say yes. So, beginning a week from Monday, I will have an apprentice! She talks my head off whenever I see her...so I am excited to learn all about the family down stairs, and in the meantime have another pair of hands.
Friend #2: It makes me happy to tell you that my very first pumpkin of the season has popped his bald green head right out of the vine! He is adorable! Just look at those chubby cheeks!
Friend #3: Does anyone remember when I caught those Praying Mantis' back at Tony's car lot and the nasty green one ate Shakes? Well...I swear that green Mantis flew down here and it's posterity is now living in my flowerbed! I found these two little guys while weeding. I couldn't help but laugh at how small they are! Like little blades of grass! meet Frank and Ethel: