Bill's Garden

Bill is out of town and I am watering the garden, which I do not mind one bit. I love playing with the hose. I enjoy watching the evolution of the garden. Bill has been giving me ripe tomatoes and encouraging me to harvest anything I would like to eat. I figured I would make a marinara sauce. I went to get some zucchini and I could not believe how big this one was. It is the size of my shoe. I couldn't pick that one till Bill comes back.

This shot has the smaller one, which was a normal size like you would see in the market.

The zucchini flowers are awfully pretty, at least for the ten seconds they are perfect!

There are a ton of these little tiny strawberries on the way. The ones I have tasted were rather sour. I am wondering if they are better later in the season, we shall see.

There are tomatoes of several varieties. This is the best cherry size plant.

These are growing in a big trash can and yield nice medium sized tomatoes. I picked the two ripe ones for the sauce, they were just lovely.

I took a bunch of the tiny ones, kind of like a champagne grape size, or a pea. None of the photos came out very good, but I include this one as my favorite of the blunders.

I did not realize sunflowers had so many flowers on one plant. I thought one stalk, one flower, I am not sure why, but this sunflower has been such a source of wonder and delight for me. I want to plant some next year, and I will not let the flowers die on the plant, they will fill the vases in my rooms!

In one of the pots surrounding the main garden area, I found another type of squash. I have seen this before, but I don't know the name of it, a job for Google very soon.

I am not sure when Bill is coming back. Ironically, he is down in Venice visiting a friend. He will water my side of the yard while I am in LA very soon. Marinara details in a blog to follow.

Have a great day!