Im so excited!

Got three Crape Myrtle trees today. They were on sale at Home Depot for 10 bucks a piece for the 5 gallon size. I got the ones called Tuscarora. I will take pics when they bloom. Also got a beautiful blue plumbago. I have never had one of those and actually dont have any blue flowers in the garden so will have to be careful where I put it. Most of my stuff is in the shades of reds and pinks with some yellows.

Zuccs grow so fast! Couple of them got way too big but we are going to be eating alot of them. I am open for your favorite recipes if you want to share!!

Harvested all the onions

All the tops layed down and I read that means they are done growing. I left them in the ground for a couple weeks that way and then we picked them all yesterday. I dont have a very good place to dry them. Im just hoping for the best and hope they can cure in the window sil. I think I might end up moving them to another place because they are supposed to be cool and the morning sun comes in there. Sigh. I read too late that you can braid the greens and hang them to dry that way. I already cut the greens and was going to freeze them for potato topping. I will just have to see how it turns out.

Basket full of goodies. Couple of our onions, tomato, banana pepper and some peas. So far it has been a nice slow harvest but I have a feeling its about to be larger amounts at a time. At least at this rate we can eat what we are getting so it doesnt go bad or get too old before we get to it.

Got some beautiful zucchini out of the garden today. Got a little big but we were gone for couple days. man they can grow fast! Also got another early girl tomato and banana pepper and first cucumber. I think maybe I too early for the cucumber as it didnt have any flavor at all. I might let the others get a little bigger before I harvest them. I have tiny little bell peppers on one plant. Everything is so cute when its little. Today I put in more seeds. Steven tilled up some rows that weren't producing anything and I put in some yellow neck squash(since they didnt survive the freeze), more bell peppers, several herbs and maybe will go back out after lunch and put some more in.

Here is a couple of onions we have grown this year. I think they turned out a nice size and they are very sweet and easy to eat raw. They almost turn to butter when you steam or cook with them. Very pleased with how they turned out. Now to see if I can be successful at drying them.

Decided to harvest all the radishes today. We dont care for them as much as we thought so I am going to try my hand at pickling them. Found a few recipes online and going to try the simplest one. Funny thing.. I tossed a bunch of the ones that were split or otherwise not worthy over the fence to the goat pasture. They were all interested and grabbed a bite or two and then they all hauled ass to the water trough. I know it sounds cruel but I thought it was hilarious. Alot of these are too big to be any good so hopeful the pickling will tame them down a bit. Isnt it fun learning new things. Thank goodness seeds are cheap!