waiting is so hard...
everything is growing...
but
just
not
fast
enough.
there are so many tomatoes,
but none of them are red!
there are oodles of cucumber flowers
and quite a few pickle sized cucumbers
but not big enough to eat yet...
the corn is officially taller than me.
there are strawberries
that haven't turned red yet...
teeny tiny green peppers...
i know i shouldn't complain...
i've had string beans at least 4 times
(enough for one person each time)
BUT I WANT THE DAMN TOMATOES.
i did get a handful of raspberries though
and that was pretty sweet
well
except the ones that were sour...
:)
backyard gardening
a favorite next door neighbor stopped me on the street
on my way to the parade
and said
oh! your garden! it's gotten so big!
it's like a little rainforest in your backyard!
:)
she said she checks it anytime she walks her dogs
which makes me smile
because
i check it 4...5...10 times a day.
i water it...i pull some weeds...
i move a sprawling cucumber vine
hoping it will catch and hold the branches
i put in for support...
i count the strawberries
and look for baby string beans...
and, of course, i take pictures of it.
i feel like the closest neighbors
must think i am a bit of an obsessive nut.
but it draws me back again and again.
and already i am thinking about next year
and what i will add and what i will do different...
so yeah...maybe the obsessive nut thing
isn't that far off.. :)