Three Days of Summer

Finally, after almost 2 weeks of rain, we got some sun. And even had time to enjoy it. 🙂

It was actually sunny last Saturday, but we had to take Frank to the vet in the morning, then we went to a BBQ at Karl & Trisha’s that night so it was a busy day. That Sunday started out Sunny, but by afternoon it  started raining again. It’s been pretty dreary.

Friday was finally a beautiful sunny day. Cory & I both worked from home, and  while the weather was not the reason for that, I was certainly glad I was home to enjoy it rather than freezing in the  air conditioned office all day.

After I finished working I  went out to the garden for the first time in almost two weeks. I did some tidying up around the yard Friday evening. Yesterday Cory and I went out to brunch and actually were able to sit out on the patio at Britt’s Pub. After brunch we did grocery shopping and then I did some things around the house in the afternoon. Today I spent mostly in the garden.

I took a ton of pictures, but I’m feeling pretty tired (may have had a bit too much sun) so I will try to keep this short.

First thing I saw on Friday when I went out? My first ripe tomatoes of the season!

Orange Cherry Tomatoes

They got picked pretty much right away.

All of my ‘intentional’ tomato plants, except for the last two hanging tomatoes, have green tomatoes on them now. And the ‘unintentional’ ones that grew from cuttings or broken pieces of the two downed hanging tomatoes all have blossoms.

Speaking of which, this is the planter that I put the broken stems from the hanging tomatoes that didn’t make it.

Very determined plants.

My poor little pepper plants are also determined, doing their best to produce peppers.

And I will have a least a few carrots – not as many as I’ve had the past couple of years I think, but we will at least have some.

Today when I went out there was another handful of ripe tomatoes to be picked.

I did a bunch of weeding, starting from the other end of the garden where most of my herbs are growing. While I was weeding I could smell garlic and mint. It was very pleasant. While I was at it, it decided I should dig up a bunch of garlic to check on it as well.

Last week I returned the set of Solar lights that had broken and got a new set. Finally installed them this morning.

A lot of my flowers are done now, though I do have some still to come, but the heather I planted back in May has flowers now.

So pretty!

Somehow I never got around to eating the first batch of tomatoes that I picked on Friday, which is pretty surprising; normally the first few handfuls of tomatoes get gobbled up right away. What can I  say? It’s been a busy weekend, I feel like I’ve hardly stopped.

So, all together, here is my first tiny harvest of the summer:

I found 3 tiny pea pods,  which I ate. The cherry tomatoes did indeed get polished off after this picture was taken. I think Cory had two. I ate the rest. 🙂

My garlic is not as impressive looking as Dad’s but it smells really good!

I have a whole bunch more that I need to get dug up, and I think I need to dig out my potato tubs too. Plus more weeding.

So far the forecast for the coming week looks like a mix of sun and rain. Hopefully we will get at least one sunny day next weekend. Lots to do out in the garden!