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Late to the par-tay, as usual!

(Y’all feel free to stop reading when your eyes glaze over from boredom.) ;)

Great advice on the tomato ripening process, BTW! I have some green ones on the vine and lots of blossoms. My Striped Roman are producing first, even beating the cherry-types if you can believe it! Golden Girl is coming up next.

I just finished watering and weeding and I have some very nice (if I do say so myself) summer squash on the vine nearly ready to pick (4 kinds; yes, I’m nuts!) and some of the basil is filling out, but some of it still looks sickly. I don’t know why.

My Green Beans (Jung’s ‘Top Crop’) are looking good since I weeded them, and are full of blossoms but no beans yet. I’m a little behind...

I picked my first green pepper last night and gave it to my Dad (I was giving him ‘The Fifty Cent Garden Tour’ after our weekly Sunday Night Supper) and he said, “What the heck should I do with THIS? Eat it?” LOL! Yes, Dad. Just EAT IT! He’s SUCH a City Boy, but he does love the eggs I give him each week from his ‘GrandChickens.’ :)

Brussels Sprouts have tiny sprouts on them, and my onions (Red Candy) are lookin’ good.

My ‘Will Rogers’ zinnia are nearly ready to bloom (dark red; an excellent, big cutting zinnia) and I added a few dozen sunflowers in-between the tomato cages in case I need to stake them up later and I added a row of ‘Mammoth’ sunflowers to produce seed for eating...if Ic an get them before the birds!

My cherry tree is just about ready to pick; the plums have dropped some fruit because it’s been so dang DRY, and I harvested more Red Lake Currant that are simmering on the stove and will be juiced for jelly at a later date.

As Gabz knows, I STILL ahve hot peppers in the freezer from LAST season, awaiting Hot Pepper Jelly conversion, LOL! How about Hot Pepper Currant Jelly? It would be a very pretty color, that’s for sure! Cream Cheese on a Ritz, a dollop of hot pepper jelly on top...HEAVEN! :)

I have a pretty boring garden this year compared to when I grew a large majority of our food when I was home and the boys were young.

*SIGH* I miss those days. Oh, not because of the kids mind you; I’m glad to have them out of the nest, LOL! :)