A teacher's life can be quite hectic between Monday and Friday and some days i get a little guilty as I enjoy one more day off or my usual afternoon at home before I go in for my night shift. Layne spent a good part of Saturday afternoon napping, her precious iPhone never too far away..
She is counting down the days to summer vacation which starts in mid June in Monroe County, and then there will be weeks of free time, time to allow kids to be at home to bring in the harvest(!). Very 19th century, I'm sure. Cheyenne joined in the favorite family pastime.
It takes a fair amount of time to keep watering the plants this drought season. It's hot (95 degrees) and dry out there.
Our tomatoes are still producing a fair bit of fruit and I have had mixed success keeping the iguana away. They have torn up my eggplants and bell peppers most annoyingly despite my best efforts with Neem oil and garlic powder repellent.
The plants Therese bought, on her visit from Paris, are flourishing. The jasmine flowered and faded but the vines are strong.
Heavy rain drowned the bougainvillea but I am notorious for killing off those hardy plants. I could never grow them in California where habitually they flourish.
The iguanas seem to have made a bed out of the flowers. I am patrolling with my pellet gun but they are the very devil to catch napping. This lot are doing quite nicely. I have fresh head of lettuce growing in the Earthbox and so far I have kept it iguana-free.
I hope Therese comes back next year for some more plantings.
She is counting down the days to summer vacation which starts in mid June in Monroe County, and then there will be weeks of free time, time to allow kids to be at home to bring in the harvest(!). Very 19th century, I'm sure. Cheyenne joined in the favorite family pastime.It takes a fair amount of time to keep watering the plants this drought season. It's hot (95 degrees) and dry out there.
Our tomatoes are still producing a fair bit of fruit and I have had mixed success keeping the iguana away. They have torn up my eggplants and bell peppers most annoyingly despite my best efforts with Neem oil and garlic powder repellent. 
The plants Therese bought, on her visit from Paris, are flourishing. The jasmine flowered and faded but the vines are strong.Heavy rain drowned the bougainvillea but I am notorious for killing off those hardy plants. I could never grow them in California where habitually they flourish.
The iguanas seem to have made a bed out of the flowers. I am patrolling with my pellet gun but they are the very devil to catch napping. This lot are doing quite nicely. I have fresh head of lettuce growing in the Earthbox and so far I have kept it iguana-free.
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