Keep forgetting to post

 Just updated a Saturday post and now for Monday/Tuesday. It's actually overcast right now at 7:30 pm on Tuesday which is good. It was mostly sunny earlier and now definitely not looking like summer weather. I watered anyway because I'm trying to get out there every other day (just realized I left the other hose unhooked on the spigot, oh well).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still waiting on the cucumber to fill out, I have to really have patience with that because it's still very bumpy and prickly. Size is good but needs to put on some girth and smooth out. I made a decision to pull the smallest pepper. No growth and not as many roots as it should have. The other plants are doing fine, the one in the back left corner has bigger flowers and stems than the others so  I'm thinking that's either a bell or poblano. More than one fruit on the front right plant and looking like a jalapeño.  I hope I don't have 'pepper gate' peppers. But honestly any peppers is fine by me.

That terra cotta is going to come out as soon as it finishes up those last fruit. Just not doing as well as I'd hoped and if I remember correctly, the previous plants in that corner didn't do good either. Not sure what the deal is. Definitely going to need about six bags of soil and two bags of fertilizer when I turn over everything. If I have the money of course. Need to see what's on sale for soil right now and plan a trip. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cucumber baby did not get fertilized, sadness and dismay. Oh well, getting one good one is better than none, will see what happens further on. And Rocky on Sunday is sniffing around where he actually caught a baby lizard and ate it! I was about ten feet away because he hates when I get too close going into the garden. So I saw him leap for something on the corner of the wall there and then do the little secondary catch and then dropped to the ground. As I came around to where he was I saw him working his jaw like he's eating something. Well, well.... you got yourself a treat little guy. My only thought was hoping it didn't give him worms or indigestion or something. So far he's been fine as far as I can tell. It must have been a really small baby because I didn't see anything sticking out of his mouth when I came around to see what he was eating. Don't have to worry about his hunting instincts..other than birds... he's learned they are much faster than he is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midday on Sunday, everything kind of slumped in the hot sun but was perked up in the evening. That soil dries out so quickly on the surface every other day is mandatory. 

I saw a little potted seed kit at Walmart today and was tempted to buy it. 'Italian Herbs' so it was Basil, Oregano and Thyme I think. Should have taken a picture of it, but I don't usually use basil unless it's in the Italian herb combination so not worth the $13.00. I also tried drying my own oregano and thyme in the microwave... didn't work as planned because I forgot a crucial step of stripping the leaves off the stems. Microwave smelled like oregano for 2 days. Not a good smell because it's Greek oregano. 

So that's all for now, more watering and whatevers as they happen.