Garden Update

I looked at the blog the other day & realized that it was time to post a garden update.  I posted pictures on May 15th, one month after I planted things.  It's almost June 15th & you just won't believe how big things have gotten!
(Make sure you look at the last post to see the difference just a few weeks can make!)

The plants closest to the front of this picture (with the enormous leaves) are okra plants.  Can you believe we planted those from tiny little okra seeds?

What looks like a bush on the right side of this picture is actually our jalapeno pepper plants. Oh my goodness, we've picked a ton of them and they are HOT this year.  Tonight I made some bacon-cream-cheese-stuffed-peppers and they are delicious but they certainly light a fire in your mouth...but I still can't stop eating them!  Sorry I don't have a picture of the cooked peppers, but they didn't last very long.
The plant in the middle is our Early Girl Tomato & the one to the left of her is our Better Boy Tomato.

Speaking of tomatoes...I went to Dallas for the weekend and look what I came home to! Shane found this little guy in the garden while I was away. Isn't she a beauty? I haven't tasted it yet-I just hate to-but I think I'll try it tomorrow night. I'll let you know how that goes.

I'm anxiously waiting for these guys to start ripening, as well.

We've picked three small green bell peppers and there are a few more that are getting close to ready.

Our carrots are still small little guys, but they are growing.

Take a look at this lonely pepper.  Well, it just looks lonely, there are about 1,000 more on the plants! (Too bad they aren't tomatoes!)

And last but not least, here's a picture of just some of the things we've already harvested: cucumbers (both regular & pickling), a few jalapenos and I'm very excited about that okra-I can't wait to pick some more.

If you are anywhere near Tulsa, I'm sure we have plenty to share (well, at least plenty of jalapenos!), so stop by and visit.

Gardening

We planted the garden several weeks ago so I thought it was time I posted an update.  First we've got some pics of the whole garden.  We must have had a storm last night because all the peppers plants were leaning over this morning.  We had to stake them upright again-that's what the white ribbon are.

Minnie is checking things out near the garden.

The plants on the left front are okra...the tiny guys on the right are carrots; taller guys in the back are cucumbers and peppers.

Check out the huge cucumber we've got! Actually, we've got more than one...but I'm going to give it another day or two on the vine.

Look at these tiny little okras...aren't they the cutest ever?

Can you see all of the tiny jalapeno peppers growing? We're going to have a gazillion of them!  Shane picked about half a dozen today.

Can you find our largest bell pepper in this picture?

...and look at all of these tiny little bell peppers. They are super cute!

Currently we've got 6 tomatoes! Three Early Girls & three Better Boys. (Thanks for all the advice, Uncle Benny!)

Lastly, it looks like the strawberries and blueberries are going to survive the neighborhood bunny-yay!

I'm sure we'll have plenty of veggies to share with everyone!