Garden Pics

Well, just prepare yourself for a bit of a garden overload. I spent a fair amount of time working out there tonight since I had to water it; I pulled a good bit of weeds and took some quick snapshots of some of the happier plants that I have.

 My first Darkstar zucchini is trying to grow... talk about late!

 My tallest dill plants are about 3.5 ft tall and blooming.

 These jalapenos make me smile; they are beautiful.

 Lavender is still putting out flowers.

 My sunflowers are really close to exploding.

Brandywine tomatoes finally starting to flower.

The potatoes that I was growing are pretty much a bit of a failure; they were very small and just not worth my time. The soil here is just way too poor to grow these potatoes. They should have been planted deeper, probably, too. All of the herbs are doing well (basil, dill, chives, tarragon) especially. Eggplant is probably struggling the most; watermelon vines are slowly growing and starting to have baby blooms. My onion is doing well it would seem, and I recently tried planting green garlic to maybe grow some garlic bulbs. This is a first for me, so I don't know if they will do anything.

We still have eight healthy chicken babies and the two older hens. I bring a lot of free food from my job home for them, especially things with grains and seeds; they are very fond of sesame seeds, meat salads (chicken salad, tuna salad), cooked grains like quinoa and rice, and corn of course. They also are fans of bread because they can pick at it easily and tear off pieces to munch on. I need to go through my pantry and see if there's more in there that we can't eat at this point that I can perhaps feed to them; they are starting to require more food and I don't know if I can keep up with the demand entirely from a "freebie" perspective. I can get a surprisingly large amount of  free things though so I might be able to, especially on days where there are a lot of bulk write offs or plenty of quinoa salads (I brought nine deli containers of salads, three sets of six rolls, and two bags of flax seed meal home today which is enough for a couple of days' worth of food for them).

I did a campaign qualifier recently for BzzAgent for coffee and tea; I hope that I get picked for something super special! I am such a huge coffee and tea fan that I drink it almost as much as (or more than) water. It's a huge reason that I have to buy a whole case of organic whipping cream every month - I can't live without my coffee! I've started drinking more tea too, especially since I've found that I like Earl Grey and Jasmine Green teas. BzzAgent, hook this lady up! I will never let you down when it comes to getting the tasks done and spreading some Bzz around about things that I like!

Keep it freebie folks! Leave me some comments, questions, anything, and I will definitely respond.