Good news - I did take off of work. This is the first day I've had to actually relax in a long time.
Overdue post - the garden. We've had a lot of problems with things eating our plants lately. Our lima beans and squash are the hardest hit.
Limas with chewed leaves
Stripped lima stems
Zucchini blossom taken over by ants and cucumber beetles
There are good things brewing in the garden though. The same zucchini plant pictured above has a little guy struggling to make it. Can you find him?
Baby zucchini
Lima bean with minimal damage
Amish paste tomatoes growing nicely
Sunflowers with actual tiny little buds on them
We're all about encouraging local life around here. So we've got two bird feeders, two bird baths, and a ton of pollen producing plants for the bees. At one point a lot of bees would have been scary (I'm allergic), but I've grown to accept and actually like them.
*B*'s dad made us this feeder. We've put some really nice seed in there - no shells. Don't worry about fat birds, the squirrels will eat it all.
This is a finch bird feeder that we recently got. *B*'s parents had one and it attracted the most gorgeous birds. I haven't seen one on ours yet though. Side note: the feeder is suspended on our paracord clothesline by a carabiner.
These gorgeous flowers attract a lot of bees. Does anyone know what they are??
This is my state flower. What are they and what state am I in? Side note: Until this very moment, I thought that it was illegal to remove these. My mom always told me so. There is no such law!
Our latest harvest - red beefsteak and roma tomatoes, one unripe amish paste tomato, one carrot, two shallots, two teensy heads of garlic, and four onions.
This one didn't make it to the harvest picture. Nom!
Black Eyed Susan...Maryland...Those are one of my favorite summer flowers
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