Garden update...

The top of a Texas Sweet Onion. I have pulled a few (because I am extremely inpatient) and cooked with them. They are the sweetest tasting onions I have ever had!

A baby acorn squash. I planted acorn squash last year and only got two. This year there are over ten baby squash plants out there and they just keep on growing!

Foxy tries to help me weed. She eats the tops of the plants. She would get lost in the squash. Some of the leaves are bigger then she is!

These are baby vine cherry tomatoes. They are going to be tasty when they are done. I have to give these away I can't eat them fast enough. Last year I grew yellow pear tomatoes and had over 150 tomatoes!

This is a garden salsa pepper. They are pretty spicy but they make the best salsa! Just make sure and seed them really well and you won't have to spicy of salsa!

This is an anheim pepper. They are really good stuffed or made into chille rellonos. Yumm!

I like to grow pickling cucumbers. They are small and are ready quickly. They also have the sweetest flavor when they are fresh. I put them on everything. They are good on tacos, in pesto pasta, on salad, in slaw, and of course to make pickles out of!

The sweet peas are growing so tall! They have out grown the stakes I put in for them. They are right next to the corn, which they tower over! I'm so excited to have fresh corn this year!

This is a head of romaine lettuce. I have been periodically picking lettuce off of it, so at this point it is about 3 feet tall. This lettuce is so vibrantly green, crisp, and buttery tasting. I almost can't go back to eating store bought lettuce, it basically has no flavor compared to this home grown version. (I chopped this off and made salad out of it right after I took this picture with some teriyaki chicken, strawberries, and slivered almonds, Yummm)!!

My squash is taking over!! We have had so much rain here this year my garden has exploded! I have three different squash plants (butternut, acorn, and pumpkin) in there but it looks like one big jumbled mess of plants. My pumpkin plant is over 15 feet long from one pumpkin to another (so probably longer if I measured end to end)! You can barely tell, but there is cilantro and onions barried under there somewhere.

I went golfing for the first time with my husband yesterday. After being married for almost 4 years you would think that I would have gone before. I actually played way better than I thought I would. I didn't realize how sore I would be the next day! My hands hurt and so does my lower back! I told Luke we have to go the driving range so I can build up those muscles. It's amazing how stress relieving it is to wack a ball! I had so much fun. I have gone with Luke several times to the course, but usually I just drive the cart. It is so much fun watching him tee off. He always wiggles his butt to get into position which is my favorite part! It was a lot more fun to actually play though!!

The joy of my life (right now)...

I absolutely love gardening. It's so exciting to be able to go out into my yard, pick some veggies, and cook them up. The flavor of fresh fruit and veggies is so amazing. Pictured here I have purple eggplant flowers, baby snap pea flowers, baby zuchini, baby tomatoes, and the garden itself. Right now the weeds are taking over. I swear I weed everyday and they grow faster than I can pull them! I love playing in the dirt, and now I have an excuse!