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    Fish and tomatoes

    July 28, 2010 - By 

    No, it’s not a recipe. It’s what’s been happening around here.

    As requested (and because I’ve got nothing better to show you), here is our new aquarium. There are 9 current residents…6 platy’s, 2 corydora’s and a purple cichlid. We plan to get a few more in about a month.

    And then there’s Bob, our Crowntail Betta. Our daughter named him “Prince (something or other)” but Bob just seemed to roll off the tongue better. He enjoys looking at art and my girl swears that he gets excited when she changes his scenery.

    And finally…my tomatoes are starting to ripen, so the harvest has begun. They are so yummy!

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    Mid-summer garden update

    July 11, 2010 - By 

    So I’ve had great success with growth of our plants….but we’ve also had some pest issues. Such as DEER!!!
    Whitetail deer are beautiful creatures and can be quite yummy when prepared properly. 🙂
    All that aside…they are eating my plants!!! My hostas are down to nubs in the front and the buggers ate over a dozen green tomatoes right off the plants.

    The garden is right outside the backdoor…like 2 steps from the backdoor…with a motion sensor light. Seriously…they are not scared!

    The herbs and lettuce are above their reach with the rock landscaping below…thank goodness. The flat leaf parley is going crazy!!

    Check out my spider plant appendage. It’s different from anything I’ve ever seen a spider plant send out before. The only thing I can figure is that I’ve never had one outside before.

    The plants I’m going to over-winter in the house are going to be in for a bit of a shock!

    I was thinking today that I’m going to have to make quite a bit of room. I have 2 miniature roses, a hydrangea,  3 pots of herbs, a gerbera daisy and the crazy spider plant to bring in.  That would be in addition to the other 7 plants that already reside in our house.

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    Pesky deer

    June 24, 2010 - By 

    Not too long ago I snapped a picture of a deer that had just wandered out of our backyard.
    I had commented on how skinny I thought she was.
    Well, she seems to be working on fattening herself up a bit by eating my flowers!!!

    She ate the top and one whole side of my strawberry jar of petunias as well as half the leaves off my hostas. I saw her bed in the grass yesterday just outside the landscape rocks. She could just lay there and munch away on a hosta.