Catnip Enamoured

So like I said, I wanted to pick some cat-nip.  And I did.  But guess what? instead of drying it, what do I do? I grab a bunch of it, and put it in a vase of water.  I know!  But.. But..

It was so wild and crazy looking I couldn't let it go yet!

   Insanely twisting, flowering stems of crazy...


   In a day or so, I will pick it apart and dry the leaves and such... to give the girls... Just not now, not yet!!!





   I pulled some basil, the whole plant, Yes, I did.. I have it hanging to dry, I am not sure if that is the way to do it.. If not I have "like" 10 more plants to try methods on... 

 

Carrot Brigade!!!

   As I mentioned, I pulled some carrots on this workable morning,    but again, a few of them seem confused! Or could I be the one that is confused? hmmm... 

   Well, some of them look like little men trying to run, or  with great pause... have an extra appendage that is um questionable!  (ha ha ha!) (Blushing)...
   For the most part, they came up easy enough, digging in the soil, it seems soft and loamy, so why the mystery?

Crazy Carrots!

Mystery to solve...




 *** Heat warnings***

 None... but it will be a bit muggy, and partly sunny. Some weather masters say it will be 110° - others say 113°  Whatever it will be... Can I say, down right Yuck!  A 20% chance of rain later tonight, which would be nice for my garden but, we can't be to greedy right!




The menagerie of pots are doing well enough... Now! I put happy Habanero in the sun along with the Thai..

     The flowers like the lantanas and salvia are doing well! 

And the ever loving portulaca.......















    My Bird house Gourds are looking happy to be planted... and look like they will bring some wonderful projects...

   I have some, Yes! You guess it...Catnip planted there, they came because they wanted too... so I left them. I am not sure if they will do well there but... what the heck right? The gourds might like the company...

 I know I would!!!

Garden of Life and Death!!!

Elephant ear update...

  As of yet, I am not seeing anything I might be crazier than... well you get the idea.  I am making sure the soil is wet, it does drain well. I'm not sure but should it be in the sun at any point or stay in the shade?


   Everything else looks great! I have great looking pumpkins coming and the green beans other than being nibbled on look strong. This weekend I think I will fooderlize everything.. I do know that fertilizing anything in the summer heat is not advisable, but being that everything that I'm growing needs the extra help, plus the extra water it needs afterwards...

    Still on the look out for Mr. Meanie...  no hide nor hair (well feather of him) as of yet! No sign of any stink bugs...

   Searching through my garden Look what I found...

   Yes! Life and death, in this picture. You'll find a spider sitting on a basil stem that snatched up a bee or hover bee of some sort. As I was trying to focus in on this scene, the spider had a really good  grip on it's prey... They prey was still trying to fly away.. "awwe!" I wanted to help! But didn't... I kept having rerun images of the old movie from the 50's, "The Fly" with Vincent Price, the voice in my head of the fly or bee screaming "Help me-e-e! help me-e-ee!"
   My daughter kept saying, "Mom it's trying to get away, it's trying to fly away." I wanted to help, but loosing two bugs instead of one was not an option... so the buddy system commenced and I let life happen the way it must.

Spider vs Hover Bee (?)

  

    Catnip- I have a great abundance of catnip- Isn't there a saying, about it, of some sort?,
Something like, if planted cats play not, and it comes astray cat come play???

cat nip that just appeared!

   I can't really remember.

   But I have to say it has some truth because the neighbor cats keep visiting. I really don't like that they do, they scare and eat the birds that visit! THAT really bothers me!

   I should find and employ Mr. Meanie to fend off the cats of this area! (Just kidding, but I would like to come up with a way to have them not visit my yard!)
  Could you imagine,
   In this corner, In the brown feathery gleam you have Golden eye.... Mr. Meanie.... The crowd is roaring, And in this corner, The opponent, in fur and wearing a cat collar.... you have THE Neighborhood CAT!!!  The bell rings  (ding)  and round 1 starts...
   But Really I can just picture it, I think Mr. Meanie could and would take him... Mr. Meanie would Peck the poor kitty to oblivion, after seeing what he has done to my plants and tomatoes...

  
    Okay, again on a rant! 

   But with cat nip I think I will pluck and dry some and make some catnip toys for my girls... they will like that!   

   Well, will be going through the  area and grabbing up some of that catnip so
harvesting to beginnnn....