Figs are flourishing. They'll be ready by the Fourth of July.
The canning pears are making an valuable effort to show they support the "green" environment.
In the abundance of our tomato crop...
One plant is dying (luckily only one) and its small green tomatoes are shriveling...
So we have plucked its surplus and plan for green fried tomatoes.
The June sun beams down on the thirsty earth. Where once potatoes and onions stood, okra and peppers now try to soak up the evaporating moisture.
June is here!
So we are installing a watering system. My husband and sons will laugh to see the pronoun "we."
The trick, we are told, is to flood the drenches between each row. The roots will absorb just what they need to grow.
It will be a long summer. The mimosa tree breathes it's last sigh of surrender to the summer sun.
While Mr. Sunflower basks in the heat of the noonday sun.
When not growing crops and orchards and grass,
we grow...
children!
Soccer season in the summer. Really! Who in their right mind would...?!?!
I would. We will. Because it's summertime. And summer only comes once a year!
I think that I expressed appreciation for all those things yesterday minus the soccer goal of which I did take note and which I do admire. Perhaps T could practice there, too!
Posted by: Lorena | June 07, 2009 at 08:10 AM
Wow! You have all of these veggies and fruits ALREADY?
God bless,
Donna-Marie
Posted by: Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle | June 07, 2009 at 09:51 PM
Donna-Marie,
Louisiana does have its good points. :-)
Lorena,
Michael and the girls (a couple of cousins too) played none stop w/ that soccer goal all day. Did he tell you? :-) I'm gloating in a day that was full of sunshine, fresh air, and exercise...for all of us. :-)
Posted by: Cay | June 07, 2009 at 09:54 PM