Ahh, it's good to be home.
I spent the last two weeks on a vacation to the American West. While I was gone, my garden decided to surprise me by roaring to life. I think ignoring it helped.
The wildflowers that I had all but forsaken grew more than a foot and are blooming beautifully!
There are fewer bachelor buttons than I expected, but there are plenty of plains coreopsis, baby's breath, and other lovely, colorful species.
(There's also plenty of thistles, creeping charlie, and other weeds. But that's to be expected in a wildflower garden, right?)
My cucumbers are developing despite all the weeds around them. Eleven of them were even ripe enough to pick. I ate one of them with dinner. Delicious!
I had many green peppers, too. I can't wait for them to ripen!
P.S. Stay tuned for my posts about my trip. I'm calling the series "America the Beautiful".