Giddy like a school girl

With the showers of free water as of late, the plants are growing right along. It takes forever for me to water and such, there always seems to be another fruit or flower, and sometimes a new plant peeks from the soil and catches my eye.

After the massacre up top I was super upset that little to no broccoli survived. That very day I transplanted the sickly looking plants, and I also planted a few broccoli seeds, and they have just popped up something fierce.

A little late season broccoli? Don't mind if I do.

And the brussel sprouts that were brought down all mangled up are doing quite well too. Their leaves are growing back nicely. My mouth waters thinking about roasted brussel sprout burritos. I am as giddy as a school girl.

leaves on the mend

This is my first year to grow tomatillos, and I have verde puebla tomatillos. The little plants sprang up fast as all can get and are just bursting with yellow flowers. I have a feeling I might learn to whip up a nice green sauce. Mmm.

from yellow to...green...

And the new addition in the land of pups is quite the escape artist. I have had to build a mini fortress around the gating area until I have a tad bit of extra time to build something hopefully secure. It is a sight to be seen, I will have to take a pic and post in the near future.

We accept all kinds of artist, even escape artists. With that face, how could you not?

 Not only is this new addition an escape artist, she has gone into heat as well. This means every meshuggina male dog has entered the property. I had my first ever planted, and about to open, sunflower. I babied that damn flower for so long, and just as it was hopefully going to show its inner beauty within a weeks time, a dog trampled it in half to attempt to take advantage of the new little one. When I found it I had a quick dramatic scene play through my thoughts of me crashing to my knees, hands shaking and head lifted to the skies as I yelled, "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!".  It was so close to blooming.....

mere days before its demise

And what is the most natural subject to talk about after talking of a dog in heat? Yep, you got it, flowers and seeds. Takin' it back to junior high biology class. I picked up a cinnamon basil (great for dry rubs by the way) somewhere early in the season. In a slip of lazy I allowed one of the plants to flower full force, and since it has already flowered in its stalk like fashion, I am about to have a few seeds available. Any takers? Remember it is good in a dry rub.

bringin' it, basil style

And one last before I go. What naturally comes after flowers? Well, if they are pollinated in natural form? Right again, fruits! Someone gave me two tomatoes and I mixed them up and don't know which is which til they are ripe. But a tomato none-the-less and the first this year.

drooling here just thinking about what this will taste like

This garden thing just keeps me entertained.