house plants

succulent

carnage after last night's storm

squash was thrashed. all of it

everything is now in the ground!!

flowering cholla cactus on a hike two days ago

landscape

more rain. hopefully some more tomorrow also

watermelon plants finally picking up the pace

blog, blog, blog

rain, rain, rain!




yesterday's storm sky

Some interesting wildflowers on the walk down to the mailbox.

knee high by when?

corn knee high by the fourth of July. not sure who coined this one, but I've heard a lot of people reference this phrase. Either way I don't see any way this will be ,but it is progress as usual.

working weekends

More experimenting with trellises and tee-pees have brought me to decide to build about twelve to fourteen tee=pees and just three pieces of cattle fencing will make a good trellis between the organic bush beans and pole beans and the organic lemon cucumbers. It will be interesting to see how it holds up with wet foliage. Maybe I'll put a support stake in the middles. So far I accomplished my goal of a zero dollar budget on supports.

Some New Growth

Yesterday we BBQ-d all day and got plenty of sun hanging out with Jeff and Amy and later on with Julius and Reanna. Good times. Then we went to canyon road at the Alterman Gallery to organize their collection of almost two hundred paintings. Extra cash. Got bird feed and we (Becke mostly) filled the feeders seen below) also got a few mouse traps for our friends outside.

mammoth sunflowers are growing tall and holding up well to the wind. getting nice thick stalks. should support themselves and hopefully hold up to these monsoons coming up.

a perpetual work in progress

Today was a pretty good day. Rained for a minute, but still pretty damn hot. Plants all look like they are loving all the intense sun and heat, lots of new budding growth. Pinched off most of it to promote larger growth instead of early fruiting. Mulching the top-soil will be necessary later on.

Hops new growth, lookin strong and green, wrapping itself around the twine for a strong bond.

what's happening today

moon lit night last night, i think tonight is the actual full-moon

sunflowers!

Here are the mammoth sunflower seedlings that are supposed to grow to seven to ten feet tall. They will have large heads the size of a steering wheel that produce many seeds good for roasting or birdseed. Single flower per plant and from what I hear the stalks are supposed to be self supporting. I thought for sure I would need to stake them, but am trying desperately to not buy anymore t-posts or anything for that matter.