Garden Update

Our garden looked really good for about a week after we planted it, then I was certain things were going to begin dying off. The squash in particular looked really bad for a few days. But, I'm happy to report that everything has survived so far. Well, not exactly everything. The herbs that I planted from seed never really materialized. Oh well.

Here are our tomatoes. They are flowering and growing visibly almost daily. We have 12 tomato plants.

And here are our squash plants. Although I'm not an expert, I think we will have squash to eat in the next couple of weeks. We will soon see. We have six squash plants.

I planted the okra from seed and we will have several okra plants, enough to get a side from several times. They're also growing visibly. I can see changes all the time. The pepper plants are doing okay. They're the only thing I planted that hasn't really been "thriving." But, they're not doing too bad. I'm optimistic that we will get at least one pepper from them.

When I go outside to garden, Gus stands guard at the back door and yowls. He tries to scratch on the door (I keep his front claws trimmed) and meows in hopes that I will come back for him. I think he's jealous that the garden gets more attention than he does sometimes. I would let him out with us, but I'm afraid he would disappear into the woods behind our house and become a tasty treat for a stray dog or a fox or some other critter.

And, since I've posted a picture of him acting up, here's a picture of him looking a little more refined.

Gardening and Gus

These are the latest photos from our garden. Our tomatoes are growing and growing, but refuse to turn red. I'm hoping we have ripe tomatoes by the 4th of July, but am not sure what to expect since I'm not really a gardner.

Our okra is doing okay. Our watermelon has been growing a lot. And, the peper plant I recently transplanted to a pot is thriving in its new location. Something has been eating on my watermelon leaves. I don't know what it is. I put some Seven Dust on everything last night in the hopes that it will resolve my problem. We'll see.

Gus is learning some new tricks. He freaks out when a bug enters his territory (also known as the house) and does everything within his power to catch it, regardless of where he has to jump to or what might be in the way. This is a picture of him on the cabinets in the bathroom the other morning. This morning I heard a large thump and went into the kitchen to discover a Lenox photo frame on the floor after being knocked off the top of our kitchen cabinets. Not cool, Gus. Not cool. Chad had to track down the bug which was taunting him and kill it to prevent further damage. I hate to punish him for catching bugs, but I also don't want him on counters, cabinets, tables, etc. Poor Gus.

Green Thumb?

Tomatoes from the store never taste the same as they do when you grow them. With that in mind (and because we have a yard!), Chad and I decided to plant tomatoes. I wanted to buy five different kinds at Lowe's and see what survived. Chad asked a student who works at a farm store to bring him some tomatoes. So, instead, we have about 30 plants of the same thing. If we do not kill them first, we will have a LOT of tomatoes! And, I have a solitary red pepper plant that I purchased at Lowe's. Wish us luck!