Garden of earthly delights
Chris types today.
We are managing to do a little more than just survive this summer, and it's been great. We installed a fence in the backyard to make space for Peter to play. . I feel very cpable now that I have mastered some basic operations with concrete. And we've done some gardening too
Our tomato plants have grown a lot, and have so far provided us with exactly one perfect, delicious tomato. Maybe we will get some more. The zucchinis were looking very promising, but then we learned the hard way that zucchinis need way less water than tomatoes do, so next year we will not be planting them next to each other. The eggplants have made a lot of foliage and a couple of very elegant-looking blossoms but so far no veg. Stay tuned for an update. Peppers are popping and herbs are healthy.
G has planted a lot of stuff for butterflies and hummingbirds, but I will let her blog about that the next time she has time to herself. Should be sometime before 2018.
I would like to post the video I made of "out" hummingbird. G hung the feeders and made homemade bird-juice, and carefully kept them topped up for weeks before we finally saw a hummingbird. But once it showed up, it stayed. Maybe with a partner. We see them every day now, prety much everytime we go outside to watch for a little bit.
I made this video with our handy little Flip camera, attached to the feeder hanging bracket with a visegrip. Anybody know what kind of hummingbird this might be?
It seems like there are two of them in our yard, they look very similar. They like to perch on the twigs above the feeder, so we get to inspect them a lot more that I ever did before.
Somewhere I have great pictures of this amazing caterpillar that appeared on one of G's herbs, I will see if I can find it.
Meanwhile, I better get back to work. Expect to see more blog posts during the second half of the summer when I have schoolwork to do.
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