Oh so close!

We should be eating mangoes from our tree very soon! 

Gardening...

 

My lettuce is looking good!  It was touch and go there for a while when it was so hot outside.  I didn't know if it would survive.  Thankfully, in this cooler weather it has really perked up.  I'm looking forward to being able to step outside and pick lettuce for a salad!

Mangoes and bluggos and plums...oh my!

Mangoes

Bluggos (tastes like a cross between a banana and a plantain)

Plums

All the fruit bearing trees in the yard have green fruit right now...

and we are not so patiently waiting!

what makes your garden grow...

I'm trying my hand at gardening...these are watermelon plants.  I've planted cilantro and onions and I would love to get some tomatoes planted as well. 

One of my favorite memories from childhood is being at my grandparents house and helping out in their garden. The first thing my Paw Paw let me plant was a pumpkin.  I started off okay with watering but then as kids do I got bored.  But thankfully my pumpkin was planted near a well so even though I was derelict in my watering duties from time to time it was still taken care of. 



The best part of that first gardening experience was the beautiful pumpkin pie my Big Mama baked utilizing my pumpkin. Hopefully, I'll have the joy of cooking with produce from my own garden soon!

What's in my garden?!

I wish I knew all the names of the plants and flowers in the yard.  We are seeing things now that were not in bloom when we first moved in to the house.   We lived in an apartment building on the 4th floor in Russia and have not had a yard since we left California six years ago.  It's all so beautiful!

I am hoping to make some contributions to the landscape here... but need to decide what to do.  I would love a vegetable garden.  Any suggestions for a beginner?!