And every year I learn something new about gardening. I think I might have learned this last year too, but I forgot. A family of six does not need 30 cantaloupe seeds planted. Four would have been more than enough. So, does anyone want any cantaloupe seedlings?
Our fig tree is huge. I like it being big because the chicken coop is right beside it and it provides plenty of shad for the chickens. Its getting a little out of hand though.
Little tiny figs!
Speaking of getting out of hand-this boy is growing just like the weeds in the garden.
The bunnies said Hello this morning!
Not quite blueberries and blackberries. Oh ya'll, how I love to pick berries. Yep, its hot and sticky and the bugs love me, but it is so relaxing to fill our baskets up. Again, I am amazed. To see these little bushes bear berries and grow and flourish, it is mind-boggling sometimes.
At the end of the gardening year I think I will just scream if I see one more tomato. And at the beginning of the season I can't wait for the first one to appear. And of course there is a light-saber in the garden. Because that makes perfect sense.
And a very blurry picture of my very favorite flower. I wish I could send you the smell. When I walk outside and catch the scent all I can think is "I love the South." I start thinking about family and bbqs and my grandparent's front porch and sweet tea and all the things I love about my home.
For some reason I also think about Gone With The Wind and Scarlett and Melanie. I was never a big Scarlett fan though, although I like the book and movie. I always wanted to be Melanie. I mean, who didn't want to be Melanie? To be naturally sweet all the time? Except I would not have wanted to be married to Ashley. Good grief, man-up Ashley! Give me a Rhett anytime, although a nice Rhett. With morals and all that. Oh my goodness, how did I end up here?
So, since I'm here. Who did you like? Scarlett or Melanie? Or are you a little of both :)?
Hi MaMa Hen! Looks like your garden is coming along nicely! All the berries look like where mine are now. My gardenia hasn't opened but it won't be long! I love to plant seeds and watch how the Creator makes everything to grow! It is truly amazing, as you said! I love figs and my fig tree is almost as big as yours! What do you do with all of those figs? I dehydrated a lot last year and made some preserves. About the bunnies, are they for cuteness or meat? Just wondering! Come visit my blog sometime. I'll be posting tomorrow, as I am about to can strawberry pie filling today. I also need to re-plant some squash and cucumbers that didn't come up. Blessings from Bama!
ReplyDeleteYou know I have always been a Scarlett....all about the DRAMA!
ReplyDeleteas far as Scarlett or Melanie, Frankly my dear.......
ReplyDeleteyour better than both.
I don't know who I am...I;ve only seen it once, and that was gulp-27 years ago....remember free movies at UM?
ReplyDeleteGardenia's are my favorite too, and my bushes are doing the best they've done in the 6 years we've lived here.
I am sad to say that of all your garden pics, the blueberries and bunnies are the only things I would have been able to identify without the labels. I'm no farm girl!
Your garden looks great, Mama Hen. I would take canteloupe plants, but don't have the room for them anywhere in our little garden. We have a few berry bushes we still need to plant, but the rest of ours is looking pretty good.
ReplyDeleteAnd, who am I? It's been a lot of years since I've seen GWTW. In fact, I'm not sure there is a fictional character that resembles me. Honestly, I suppose I am one of a kind.
Your garden looks good, girl!
ReplyDeleteAhhhh, GWTW! I'm still hoping that someone will find the lost manuscript of Margaret Mitchell's sequel one day....
I would want to be Scarlett, of course - but Scarlett from the book - not the movie. In the book, you can see more that there is goodness in her. Oh, and NEVER Ashley - Rhett is the MAN!
ReplyDeleteAt the end of the gardening year I think I will just scream if I see one more tomato. And at the beginning of the season I can't wait for the first one to appear. And of course there is a light-saber in the garden. Because that makes perfect sense.
I could've written that! :)
I think I'm a Scarlett ready to graduate into Melaniedom....
Rhett definitely:)
Ya know, your GWTW question really made me think. Twenty years ago, I admired Scarlett so much. Now I do not but would rather be like Melanie. Thankful for new perspectives.
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