July 21, 2018 A busy morning and no sign of rabbits in the backyard but

......a very stubborn one in the front.

This morning I did a lot of cooking and baking.  Here is the picture. 

Paleo zucchini soup, cocoa, walnut, less sugar zucchini bread, dill pickles and roasted tomatoes for marinara.  I did not grow those tomatoes--they were 50cents at Sprouts. I have 4 more lbs in the refrigerator but will likely not roast those until I get back from Tennessee.

July 20, 2018 a too-big summer squash and what happens in a week

We left on the 13th. Debbie watered every night.  The grass is hurting in the over 100-degree heat but the zucchini, cucumbers, and tomatoes love it.

The experiment-beans in the bucket looked really bad when I got home. I gave them water the night of the 19th and they really perked up.  The summer squash that is in the corner looks pretty bad but that soil was bad.  The beans along the fence are looking okay, the bad soil there too and the rabbit had eaten the young sprouts so I am just happy I have anything.

Weird thing is that the zinnias I planted in pots all died.  Not sure why.

The dahlia near the back fence looked bad when we got back from Asia but I took away some of the lamb's ear smothering it and it is blooming today.

I've harvested  16 zucchini and 15 cucumbers.  Tomatoes coming,  Two crops of basil to make pesto.  Surprisingly, I am still eating the lettuce!  I think that is because the sugar snap peas have shaded the lettuce from the sun.  The kale is still there. It is getting old but I make it like my grandmother made dandelion greens, olive oil, garlic, salt, sauteed a little and it is really good.

The Italian cucumbers cannot be seen in this picture. They have a different color of leaf.

I pulled out spinach and it was funny, but the Italian cucumbers just scurried on back there in the space! See the lettuce and I still had some peas

Here are the fence green beans. No sign of that awful beetle, thankfully

And here is the spaghetti squash

A spaghetti squash got in the middle of that pot of beans.

The little dahlia back there. Nice to see those pink flowers as they are perennials

Next year I might just plant sweet potato vine in the back.  Grows so well.  Note some in the front too

Is this a butternut squash?  I did plant some seeds from one I bought this past winter

The gigantic summer squash will likely be a stuffed Italian meal

Some of the tomatoes are getting blossom end rot.  I am taking those off the vine when it starts and letting them ripen in a brown bag

Happy about the red impatiens and that grown cover that is growing like crazy

July 9, 2018, wish I had taken a picture before I left for Asia!

The change in 18 days was AMAZING.  Our flight to Denver was delayed so when we got home near 11pm, I was tempted to go outside with a flashlight to check things out.  Debbie and Paula and the Griffiths were such a help.  Rob and Joan changed the sprinkler to every day as it was 104 degrees a few days we were gone. Today it is 98. It rained last night so that was good.

Sugar snap peas, even after some of the sprouts eaten, came in very well.

Lettuce and Kale almost dead but I am still eating salads.

The zucchini and cukes are going nuts

As of today, harvested 7 and have made 8 loaves of yogurt zucchini bread!

Yay, still colorful. But have been trying to clean up the pine cones and the little brown things.

 Glad I got to see a little of this lily

Love the sweet potato vine.  The dahlia bulbs are sprouting green but no buds yet.

 The tomatoes love to be over at Paula's!