Holy Marigolds!! I guess I should have heeded the instructions and actually thinned these bad boys out. They are taking over!! I also mixed varieties, so we have a few very tall large flowers and some shorter, smaller. They are pretty, but I can't see my green beans!! ;)
We are out picking tomatoes nearly every night. Not many actually make it into the house. Green beans either. The girls just eat them right off the vine. And that's ok with me. I wouldn't personally eat raw green beans, but the girls do love them. Most of my early girl tomatoes get half eaten before they make it in too. We've got plenty though, so I'm not too worried. My carrots are also still growing surprisingly well after the rabbit attack. I put a pinwheel up and that seemed to work great. They are still tiny, but, again, I should have spaced them after they started growing. Audrey has eaten quite a few of those already even though they are tiny. They still taste just like a carrot is supposed to taste.
We also got one green bell pepper off each plant (I hear now that they don't do so well next to tomatoes...better luck next year.) I also got a few jalapenos, which helped make some delicious guacamole and a small batch of salsa.
I really thought I would use my basil a lot more often than I have so far. I think next year, I'm going to plant a separate herb garden and grow some mint and cilantro as well. (I recently discovered I like a good mojito!)
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It's Friday night and Jason is grilling hamburgers and building a campfire. Sounds like a great night to me!
