6.12.2009

Garden Roll Call ...


Strawberries:  Present ... just barely. We sort of had a set-back ... see next photo.

Snake to keep the bunnies from eating my strawberry plants:  Present.
[Trick I learned from my mom.]

Sweet little helper:  Present.
*Extra credit for getting the job done so early in the morning he's still in PJ's.

Tomatoes:  Present ... some more than others.

Jalapeno Peppers:  Present ... there's signs of life.

Zucchini:  Present ... but we're still waiting on the growth spurt.

OMG.  It's like watching paint dry.

Soon I hope to have enough zucchinis that I can take part in Sneak Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day.  Mom, did you know about this holiday?  I found out about it when I was doing research to find out WHY all my blossoms were falling OFF & not producing zucchini.  By the way, there are a couple different reasons, one of which could be that it's a MALE.  Supposedly only females produce.  Surprisingly, I would've never guessed that.  I must've been writing in my Slam Book during Biology.  Luckily, now I've got GOOGLE.

7 comments:

kathy barnes said...

OMG, Rachel where did you get that so real looking snake; that is creepy! Hope it does the trick! Yikes!. Precious pic of Davis watering the berries!

Kathy Barnes said...

oops, re-read your comment, don't tell me that is a real snake!?

hear.t. and hue said...

OMG NOOOO! are you crazy? think i'd get that close to a real snake? this is a girl who would use a pencil to turn the page of a ranger rick if there was a snake on it. :) no it's totally fake. the boys have a plethora of toy snakes ... i just grabbed one of theirs! :) ha

Jaclyn Morgan said...

LOL over the snake and I'm guessing Aug. 8 is leave a zuke at the neighbors house.

Dana said...

i am laughing so hard right now from your snake comment! that is hilarious! i had ranger rick too!! i hate spiders...big ones. so i would feel like they would come out of the page and bite me! love all the plants!! they will grow..you'll have veggies and fruits coming out your ears before you know it! :)

Leah Warren said...

What's a SLAM book? Or is that something you cREaTed?

Linnea said...

Oh dear! I only have one squash plant and now fear for certain that it is male!!! What are the other possible reasons for dropping flowers?