Hello to everyone from beautiful Israel! I can't even start to tell you what a wonderful adventure (and I use this term for a reason) this has been. Tomorrow hopefully I will post pictures but tonight it is late and Dan had a hard day at the office. I have much to tell everyone and will be back tomorrow as soon as I can! Love you all and miss you so much! Ohhhh, miss my nice bed, too, LOL!

More Tomatoes....

These are some Roma tomatoes I planted from seed. My favorite seed company is Seed Savers. What can I say, they just come up!

Check out these babies! We have blooms and a few babies! I harvested my first squash today. There seem to be hundreds of tiny cucumbers on the vines, too. Yesterday I made some plum jam - my first time to ever do that. It was so simple that I can not believe I've never done it before.

Chocolate mint

This plant is as tasty and fragrant as it is lovely. The rich chocolate stems and veins embrace the eye and add to the overall texture of this invasive herb. Are you asking yourself, "Did she plant it in a container like we all know one should?" Well, the answer is no, I did not. This stuff is coming up all over the place. After last years drought I didn't know if any of it would survive. It is as hardy as it is beautiful!

Okra!

What a nice, healthy plant! I started these little fellows from seed and have ever so carefully nursed them. I transplanted them way too early. Every evening I would place pots over them then every morning I would take them off and hope for the temperatures to rise. Finally, they did. I don't suspect it will be long before I get my first blooms!

Beet update

I planted these little beauties on the top (I transplanted the tommy toe tomatoes on the far right and basil that's in the middle to trays - the dill hasn't came up yet).
here, after taking out the kale and radishes.
They are really there,
Just look!

Latest project

This is one of my many projects for the summer. The pole used to house one of those big satellite dishes from many years ago. We sanded it down, painted it with a 97 cent can of paint and added the bird house I received for Mothers Day. I have to admit this is one of the fastest projects I have completed in a long time. The flowers are bachelor buttons (a member of the cornflower family) that I planted from seed. Amazing! 3 flats plus a few or about 36 bucks give or take if purchased from the nursery. I really enjoyed the process of growing from seed and will make it a point to do it every chance I get.