May Grey/June Gloom has arrived

 It actually might even sprinkle a little today, at least according to the weather app. It's been cloudy all day yesterday and today so staying relatively cool not good for accelerated growth on plants but a respite for watering. Which I should have done today but maybe later. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only things blooming in the gardens other than the Star Jasmine and one yellow iris. Of course the ever present stalwart geraniums wherever they are. The Easter Lilies are in full bloom, all flowers open and the first opener is now wilting. 

 The cucumbers are growing well and the one on the left has curled the first tendril around a tomato branch. Oopsie.... I managed to see another tendril and jostled the vine close enough to hopefully get it to grab onto the trellis All male flower so far unfortunately, will see what happens as they grow.

 

After watering the other day I do believe the peppers are responding to the tip pruning. That stick in the back is supporting the smallest of the plants. It fell over, then I tried to prop it up and then it tried to grow so it has a pronounced curvature in the stem. I have to decide what I want to plant in place of those two if I want to pull them. Going to give them all another week after I just fertilized again.

Not quite ripe tomato but I picked it anyway and it's sitting in the vicinity of some apples and onions on the counter to finish ripening. Wish I had the room to store the tomatoes out of the fridge, the flavor is much better.

 

The first cluster of Terra Cotta tomatoes is growing nicely. I culled a few small ones so the others have a chance to get full size on my half grown plant. The zinnia surprisingly seems to be showing a bud, rather pathetic compared to the first crop I planted that gave me huge bushes. That were promptly pillaged by a gopher. Might have to buy some actual plants next month to fill in around the garden.

 Sad nes. When I went out to check the garden and maybe water I noticed something grey that looked like plastic. Things are constantly blowing into the area so I reacted out to pick it up, it was a dead lizard. Not any lizard, but Stumpy poor thing. Not sure what happened to it, no sign of  teeth marks and it was in the middle of the bed and rather flat. So it had been there for at least a day or two, I rather unceremoniously picked the carcass up and tossed it behind the Jade bush. Ah well such is garden and nature. That very shortened tail obviously was a sign it almost got caught by something, hope it wasn't Rocky. 

So that's all for the garden, Jacarandas are still in bloom, the natural tree barrier on the back neighbor fence is still growing. Not sure how long that will be around but the guy with the chainsaw didn't cut them down so here's hoping the green wall stays.