Hey Gardeners!

Mimi, pumpkins take a while. Hope yours can stand the heat.

Sometiems you've just got to get out the hose and water stuff yourself or it'll dry up.

That would be a good job for David.

Glad you got to enjoy some home grown tomatoes. They taste so much better than from the store.

Ffuts, I dug and dug for that garlic. It's trying to go to seed, so it's harder to find. Can't just pull it up now like I would've been able to do sooner. Stem just comes loose.

Husband and Son have pulled up the squash. It was starting to dye anyway. Don't know what he's planning on planting next. Probably some greens.

Last night we got a little rain. I looked at the side of the house and on a panel was a line of 3 butterflies. It was dry where they were at and I guess they decided to spend the night there.

Well, got to hurry up and move along so I can get stuff up for Church.\

Have a pretty Sunday!

Roll Tide Roll!!!!!!!

Hi Ladies and Gentlemen,  Mostly ladies of course

I know I don't get here often enough any more.

Its about the same here,, a little relief this week from the heat,, last two day I think we were in the 80s,  was not able to get out and enjoy it, Been under the weather for about 5 days.  Just old age puny I think .

Most everything I had growing as far as vegetables has burned up,,, I do have some peppers trying to come one. Maybe I will get some before the winter. LOL

I hope all my gardening and Park friends are doing well.

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Good morning..

OH man this heat does drain your energy!

so take care inside or outside.

Well got home a while ago from walking at the lake w/jr

and I stopped tocheck out the tomato plant I have on the porch.

and I seen somthing that did not look like the rest so upon

closer inspection I realized it was a caterpillar. a huge one!

it is about as think as a finger and about 3-4 inches long.

no kidding.. it is real cute and has a thorn on it's rear..

I did take some pictures w/camera but have no way to load them

on here. and my cell is off so can't do that. but .maybe just maybe..

ok let me see about somthing... and I'll try to make it back on here

today.

oh and my pumkins are not doing so good.

none have started to grow yet but leaves are still going.

ok hope ya are doing well.. let me go try my idea... : )

HI.. yea I got it off of it..

was wondering it would be a heck of a butterfly... : O

ok  I used jr's cell. so complicated tech...lol

but I got these and put them together.. david said

it looks creepy..lol

David was looking at the last tomate on the vine

and says he wonders if its ready and when he toutched it it fell off

so he says. guess so...lol

he said he was going to investigate and do a disection

on it...lol

now lets see if this will work cause it's taken a long time

on this old slow poke comp.. and I have things I need to get done..

been a rough morning.. but Here I am so all will be good. : )

have a great day.. hugs..

Yep just what I thought. 

EEEUUUUUU  Disect that critter.  What a wonderfuly inquisitive child you have.  I see CSI in the future.

Hey Gardeners!

Lol, Ffuts! Sounds like early morning coffee on the porch for you for a few days.

Well, we are just dragging on the garden. Letting the peppers and okra play out. It is so hot out there everything is drooping.

Yes, Mimi, that's one of those tomato worms. Will eat a plant up.

Lol, David's gonna have a mess. Put it in a jar and put a cotton swab with rubbing alcohol on it in there with it and close the lid shut and it'll die faster and won't be squirming when he decides to dissect. That's what we did in Science class if I remember right.

O.k. got to move along.

Have a nice Saturday!

Roll Tide Roll!!!!!!!

Good afternoon...

All this rain we got the other day sure made our front yard GREEN again : )

lol no, he wasn't talking about cutting the worm..lol he wanted to cut open the tomatoe and see the seeds and gooy stuff inside..he wanted to know why the tomatoe wasn't as big as the ones we usualy eat..lol but thanks for the info. maybe one day we'll try somthing. : )

Hope you all have a great day, hugs

Hey Roger,, I did see ya back there ,  we finally got a nice rain the other day,, we need much, much more,, farmers can sure use it.

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Hello fellow gardeners.     My garden is still holding on.  I do mostly container gardening for my veggies.  My flower beds change time to time, but are pretty much set where they're at.  And then there's my nature trail    Great on a hot summer's day - much cooler.

We've had some regular size tomatoes, as well as 2 different types of cherry tomatoes.  Then  there's the weird peppers.  They're supposed to be hot peppers but they're not.  And the small hot chilli peppers that are hot, and the yellow peppers that are hottest of all, but weren't supposed to be. 

Have a great holiday. 

Just a note... I've been receiving "friends" invites recently. I've turned them all down. To those folks I say thank you, but at this time I don't think it would be in my best interest, nor theirs.

Hello "ipick", Cathy and all my otherj gardening friends,,,

I don't get  back over here often enough,, been playing way to much on Facebook,,, More poker and "Words" than any thing else...  Please forgive me for not keeping up here.

Cathy, got a few small sweet banana peppers and picked about 4 peppers today and not sure what they are, I hope they are thes Jalapeno,,, but they may be Annehim...I am happy to get anything I can now...LOL   I doubt I will be doing so much next spring, not able to take care of it all,,, I don't think I will able to plant anything out in yard in the tire garden,, happens to me all the time,, get something going and then unable to use it, it happened with my gardens out back and was unable to do anything with them all this year or last.  I may just try to plant a few peppers and such up on deck next spring.  I am just glad I can still do that much and thank God daily for that.

I don't get to do much cooking at all any more, caregivers been doing most of that now for me,, I eat pretty good now,, they have me spoiled...

Hope life you going well down your way Cathy,,, miss visiting with you folks.

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Hi Cathy,, hope your sales are going well.

Its that time of year to bring in plants,  caregiver has been bringing some in this week, should probably get the one in that are coming in tomorrow.  Could get frost tomorrow night. I have to cut way back on a lot of plants, unable to care  for them any more.  Since my last bit of progression on this disease it has really put a cramp in my style.  Rely on caregiver much more now.

Went into Hospice at my request starting this week, doesn't mean I plan on kicking the bucket this year,, but I do have all the requirements for Hospice.  I plan to outlive this first year for starters, LOL  I went into it for some extra benefits I get.  Was  a hard decision.

Have a great weekend and I hope all your gardens are growing well.

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Hey Gardners!

Ipick, sounds like your temps. are about like mine here, except this week the mornings have been in the 50's. Gets up to the 80's during the day.

Husband planted some greens a little while back and they are coming up pretty good.

Ffuts, I was sorry to read that the copd has gotten worse. I hope your caregiver is good company and a lot of help.

Mama is still doing o.k. All her vital signs are regular and holding, catheter is doing great, still doing o.k. with the peg tube--no weight loss, so I guess things are as good as you can expect for her situation.

I did manage to get a nice nap yesterday in between her feedings and laundry.lol

Hope everyone has a nice day and you manage to have some time on the porch, Harvey.

Have a pretty day!

Roll Tide Roll!!!!!!!