Fall obedient plant is thinking about blooming! I think over the winter I’ll move it to closer to the bird bath to get more water.One of the two leaf sennas has buds!!The fluttermill primrose in the rock garden just keeps blooming!!This “live forever” from Judy is budding.I thought this was a plant hopper.It’s insect poop. Technically this is called frass. 😏This fuzzy plant came with some wild onions I got at Mom and Dad’s. I am hoping it might be snow on the prairie!Paula said the mysterious pumpkin was ready.While we were outside, we checked out the cushaw squash. Already longer than Paula’s arm to the elbow!!Shackleton was neutral about the pumpkin.Tuqu was interested in the pumpkin and smelled it carefully.Shackleton was repelled by the fragrant Madhu ras cantaloupe. Tuqu tried to touch it.Today’s two harvests plus the watermelon from the farm share.
Good thing I’ve planted the borer resistant cushaw squash! It is a native moth and it sure is pretty.A Madhu ras cantaloupe melon slipped its vine so we figured it was ready.The only red yucca that’s sprouted from Judy’s seeds is doing good in its new spot. It has a third leaf now.Briar found Shackleton. He was not as happy as she was about this.The dog corner of the prairie
I think the latest glass gem popcorn (right) was harvested at a better time. The colors are brighter and the kernels are looser. The plant stalk was completely dry as well as the ear husk.Tuqu wanted to rub her face on it.Gram was only mildly intrigued.Shackleton went under the bed to avoid responding to our survey.Briar only had eyes for Shackleton.
Shackleton pants in the plant window. It’s 103 F outside. I’m going to put a thermometer in there with him. He has an entire air conditioned house and he chooses here. Update: it’s only 90F in the window, not as bad as I thought. However, the sun has also moved far enough west that it may be shadier. Anyways, still a goofy decision for a fluffy polar explorer.
Couscous, roasted chicken, and roasted okra from farm share.Noodles with sauce, I forget what kind, but it has garden onions and garden purple bell peppers in it.Cheesy grits with farm share tomatoes, roast chicken, and roast okra.Briar knows about the roast chicken. Mostly farm share veggies here, I can’t remember if garden onions involved?Not sure if Shackleton is here for the chair or the chicken smells.A veggie and chicken omelet with couscous and cilantro. Veggies included garden onions and garden purple bell peppers.
Five Coryphantha sulcata from Montana!!!Eleven in this tray.You can see the roots!!Another one with roots.“What are you doing to my favorite window perch?”Five in the last tray.A few here were somehow upside down. We’ll see if they make it!One upside down in a pot with plastic wrap. I think the food containers with clear lids are the way to go. Seven days from planting to sprouting. About 50 seeds, 23 up so far.
Shackleton asking to go out. It’s too hot for him though.A single bloom of ironweed has opened.An American Snout was interested in the water spray as I watered the potted plants.
Baby cushaw squash!Recovering from removal of benign sebaceous cysts is more complicated than either of us expected.Purple hulled pinkeye cowpea.I really like the little signs Paula got me for Christmas. They stand out well.A gray hairstreak on a Madhu ras canteloupe flower.Paula’s Coryphantha sulcata is blooming!In fact, it has two. She says it had six earlier this year too.New tiny moth – a spotted thyris!Bee butt in loofah gourd.Paula made Thai green curry for dinner. It contains last year’s garden white currant tomatoes (from frozen, so that works well), garden onions, and garden walking onions.The Texas buckeye is very angry. I put a hose out to soak there. Jeanne has let me know the wild ones do this too, so maybe it will recover.Possibly purple prairie clover from free packet from prairiemoon.com?A second round of standing cypress flowers on a different plant.A volunteer Carolina snailseed in the front yard.Will Rogers Zinnias are looking good in the rainbow garden.Briar loves escorting Shackleton for a walk.Shackleton doesn’t know why we have to ruin a good thing by bringing the dog.We were about to go back inside, but she got up and scooted closer. He turned to glare while she got a treat for laying down.Shackleton says no eye contact.Here you can pretend there is no dog, only lush, succulent grass and corn.
Sweet million variety tomato, that is.I was going to pose Shackleton with tomatoes but apparently they were alarming. He went from dozing to high alert.