My container garden for this season.

Here is my container garden for 2011. It is filled with hostas, peppers, tomatoes and one strawberry plant. I even have my favorite, a Gerbra Daisy. I allow myself one Gerbra Daisy plant a year which I will killed before it's time. This year I am trying yellow squash. Not sure how the squash will do in a container. In the beginning I put cayenne pepper on top to keep the squirrels from digging up the seeds. My hostas are doing great this year. By the looks of them, I will have to separate them this season which = more hostas! 

Vegetables for me

It is wonderful to have great friends who have vegetable gardens. And it's extra nice that they give me the opportunity to go out in the garden and pick fresh vegetables.

White eggplant and purple peppers.

But I must say that these vegetables made me do a double-take and wonder.... did I picked them at the right time, are they ripe or too ripe.......one like me who does not garden, white eggplant and purple peppers just don't seem right. But once battered and fried, they were delicious. (I know, frying takes away some of the "nutritional" value, but they were oh so good.)

Cucumbers

The cucumbers were monsters. I wasn't sure if I would survive picking them (many spiders live in the cucumber plants and you all know I feel about spiders) but with all those cucumbers, it did leave me with a question... can you freeze cucumbers?

Bowl full of cherry tomatoes.

Along with the bounty of peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, I also picked many cherry tomatoes. I like to keep a bowl of them in the refrigerator and grab a couple at a time for a healthy snack... do you think I could dip them in chocolate? hey there is such a thing as a tomato chocolate cake, wonder how many cherry tomatoes it would take to make such a cake? and who could I get to make me one?

A Friend's Garden

This past weekend I was able to enjoy some time in my friend's garden and wanted to share some of the beautiful images of her garden.

This is the watch cat, his is protector of all growing vegetables.

One Lone Tomato

As Rick called it, "The Charlie Brown Christmas Tree of Tomatoes"

So I guess that means I'm not doing so good with my tomato plants this year

And to be fair, I'm not doing a good job with the peppers either.

Back Porch Visitor

This adorable raccoon came visiting earlier this evening. He enjoyed a romp on my back deck that lead him to tear up my vegetable plants and the hanging petunia plant. But he did pose just long enough for one photo, one that I took from behind the glass.

Cherry Tomato?

How about mini cherry tomato. I might have don't something wrong in growing it, maybe too small of a container.

A Gardener, I am not.

This is what happens to tomato and pepper plants when left in 95+ degree weather and with no water. On the third day I did water. I am hoping they will make it.

I was lucky to get two tomatoes and a handful of jalapeño peppers. Now I need to think of something I can cook that will use them. Any suggestions? (Keep it on the easy side, a cook I am not)

Gardening by container…

I wanted to share my little garden…in containers. I purchased my first tomato plant at Wal-Mart. The packaging said it was good for patios, so I got it. Then a few weeks later I found a cherry tomato plant that was good for containers, so I got that one too. Then I also brought one green pepper plant and one jalapeño plant. I am excited that all four plants are alive and producing fruit and vegetables. And for those of you who know me, I tend to kill any plant that I have. This year I have done well, so for only one casualty.

This one is called “Better Bush Hybrid Tomato” by Bonnie Plants

Here are my baby tomatoes, they look much bigger here than in actual life.

This plant is called “Sweet 100 Hybrid Tomato” by Bonnie Plants

I should have many cherry tomatoes from this one.

 This is my green pepper plant by Bonnie Plants

 This is the jalapeño plant also by Bonnie Plants.

 And here is the casualty; it was a pretty purple violet plant.