Another small loss, the weather goes on

 It may have sprinkled overnight, the air certainly smelled like damp earth and wild brown grasses. I had a poor night sleeping and wanted to take a walk around the complex so took Rocky with me (on a leash of course). It was kind of misty in a few spots but judging from the lack of rain divots in dry soil, not much else fell in our location.

Partly cloudy most of today but that picture is from day before yesterday. Breeze is almost constant with a few blustery moments so weather is being variable. The cactus are at the East end of the property and I believe are San Pedro cactus and primarily bloom at night. It also looks like whoever broke off some branches that were sticking out over the saw horses. Oh well. It's flowering like crazy and gets absolutely no care whatsoever.

So apparently according to other gardeners they sometimes end up with cherry tomatoes when they hadn't grown them either. This may be a spontaneous seedling from the Roma but reverted to a cherry. Oh well, was hoping for a bounty of Roma but here's hoping the Terra Cotta fills that void. The cucumbers are still climbing and flowering but no sign of fruit yet. I didn't have luck last time so will see if that trend continues. I teased another branch with a tendril onto the trellis  so it wouldn't grab itself or the tomatoes. The peppers are surviving, some of the larger ones are developing side growth and the smaller ones are just...growing. The cherry tomatoes are being harvested as they turn red and when I posted that picture in the group someone said they look like Sungold. I told them most emphatically they are not, they turn bright red when ripe, as I said originally. Honestly.

I watered thoroughly yesterday and the little zinnia was flopping around in the swamp water. I put in a stick to help prop it up but I think I may have broken it off. It was definitely wilted today and either I broke it or something ate the root. Poor thing, oh well so much for flowers in the garden this year other than oregano and the veggies.

 

I pulled the larger of the onions and planted five more that where from the last of the store bought onions. I have a container of chopped scallions in the fridge now for whatever I want to put them on. Maybe we'll have teriyaki chicken thighs tomorrow and will toss some of those into the mix.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So I guess Rocky wasn't as traumatized as much as I thought, he did his usual route around the lawn area and I held back as usual since he gets cranky if I follow too close when he decides to go into the garden. He sniffed and snuffled and looked around and then I decided to get a bit closer to see what he was looking at and he hissed and decided he was done looking around. I noticed on the way out that the lemon bush is loaded with fruit now. Must be at least six or eight lemons on this side and maybe a few more on the other. Whatever we're doing it's responding well to it. I do wish we could angle it a bit more to the wall but you can see how it grows more where there's more sun. Once again, whoever planted it there had no clue how plants grow. Judging from the size, even if it was started from a 5 gallon it's been there for at least a decade or two.

That's all for this week, new month in a few days and will see about either some flower starts or fertilizer.