My Garden in May

Preparing part of the garden for cucumbers, We chose this spot because of the fence so they can climb up the fence.

Cucumbers Planted. There are some Burpless, Lemon, and I think that's all.

This box has a Golden Delicious Apple and we planted tomatoes and some well yes, more cucumbers...

In this box is an Avocado that I started from seed, two tomatoes and two cantaloupe.

In this box in the back are Black Beauty Eggplant, middle are red and yellow Bell Peppers.

At the two front corners are Tomatoes, in the front those are Yellow Crookneck Squash. So these above plants pictured were all planted on May 4th. 

Another spot in the garden. In the back near the fence is Okra, then in front of that is a squash that I can't remember the name of, friend gave it to me. Then in the front are Heirloom Dragon Egg Cucumbers. These are the end of the May 4th pics.

These next pictures were taken on May 19th Same Apple Tree box.

This box has a Bing Cherry Tree in the middle, and 3 watermelon plants.

May 19th pics of the cucumbers on the fence.

Another view of the fence cucumbers

                                 
                                             This is the Apple Box on May 19th.

May 19th, Okra, which are hard to see because of the Squash. Dragon Egg Cucumbers were planted maybe a week after the Squash and Okra. 

Another View.

Today May 29th and the rest of the pics are all from today.

                                                 Look at that baby Crookneck

Can't even see the Avocado anymore. 

Look at this jungle.

Another view

Awe a baby Canteloupe.

Whoo Hoo an Eggplant Blossom

The Watermelons today

Another Crookneck baby

Can you believe this is a Yellow Crookneck Squash Leaf?

Thank you for visiting my garden Tour. More to come.....

WHAT IS THAT!!!!!!!!!!

Notice anything strange about my window on my Jeep? Not very clear you say, well let me show you a closer shot at the nice big smash on my windshield. My son was playing with rocks in the yard and decided that throwing them like a baseball was a good idea. I am not a happy mommy. He was honest with me when he was interrogated by me and dad. LOL..........

Macaroni with Cheese for Dinner

I decided to make some sort of Macaroni and Cheese for dinner but wanted to make it different. I chose this pasta instead of Elbow Macaroni. Must be good right? All the pretty colors and the strange curl to them. I got them on sale at Ross.

Then I made my cheese sauce. I just made a roux (butter and flour) then I started adding cheese, oh I did put a wee bit of Sherry in there. So the cheese, I added some freshly grated Romano, Monterey Jack, then  Chedder and Velveeta. I admit I am a cheese freak. Added about 2 cups of whole milk and cooked til thick. I cut up a pound of bacon, yes bacon and threw it into my cheese sauce.

Once the pasta was cooked I added it to the cheese sauce, added some scallions and put it into a 13x9 baking dish. Added Panko bread crumbs on top. Cooked it at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. It was great, I thought of taking a pic right before I put it in the oven but thought it would be better to show it off when it came out of the oven. Guess what? I forgot to take a pic when it was done. Guess when I remembered? When it looked like this.

This was a must have for me.

I had been wanting to know what the name of this tree is for years. A lady in my town has it growing in her yard. I always admire it's beauty. I was riding my horse with a friend of mine and we were passing her house, low and behold, she was outside watering her beautiful plants and I asked her what it was, so she picked me a cluster of flowers from the tree. Those blossoms smelled amazing. She thought it was called a Chocolate Chip tree. She offered to GIVE me the cutting that had just rooted. So I rode home and got my Jeep and went back to collect my new tree WHOO HOO!!! I gave her some of my prized babies in return. Here is a picture of the flowers, and above is how the leaves appear when in a more shady environment. The leaves will be smaller in full sun. I am never satisfied with just getting a plant without knowing what it is, so as soon as I got it home I was on the computer finding out all about my new addition. This is what I found.

In the dense cloud forests of Mexico and Central America, the competition for sunlight has created plants that grow abnormally huge!  The Giant Tree Daisy - Podachaenium eminens - is a great example of this gigantism.  This wacky daisy relative grows 25 feet tall, with oversized leaves that get almost 2 feet across.  Its flower clusters are equally large, with platter-sized sprays of pretty, white & orange blooms.  You'll almost certainly be the only one in your neighborhood with this plant.  It is very rare in cultivation and rarely seen for sale.

                Next pic is my newest baby tree. I am in love HA!

It all started with a Wedding.

So the best part of my life started with a wedding. Mine. My husband and I were married in August of 2010. We joined two families that were meant to be one. I am a HUGE lover of anything tropical. So of course it had to be a Luau Style Wedding. We had the wedding in our front yard. It was MAGICAL. The Flowers, Tiki Torches, Hawaiian music, and even a Pig roasting in the ground. AMAZING.