Archive for June, 2010:

Mother Nature Slapped The Squash!!

My last post featured this photo of the squash I was so proud of: Two days after I published that photo, the plant looked wilted. I had been watering every other day because of our high temperatures, so I thought it must be needing more water. So I gave it more water. Didn’t help. So [...]

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Garden Update

The lone yellow squash plant is the winner of the ‘first to harvest’ competition in our garden. We have picked three nice-sized squash from it so far, and there are a few more that look like they will be ready soon. Because some of the blossoms/fruit had turned brown and shriveled and died, I once [...]

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Caught On Camera!

The sunset tonight was one of the prettiest we’ve seen, so I attempted to capture it in a photo. Sadly, the photo below doesn’t come near doing it justice, but is still beautiful. I was out checking the progress on the tomatoes and peppers in the garden, and I had my camera along so I [...]

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Strange Bugs? Or Maybe Nocturnal Hummingbirds?

I don’t have photos, so I have nothing to compare online or to show anyone to try to find out what ARE these tiny (if they are hummingbirds) or large (if they are bugs) things are that are getting nectar from the (also unidentified) flowers in the planter by the pool. Wow! That is a [...]

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