Container Garden To Commence "Eventually..."

   I'm beginning my container garden, in the front yard...  I went to my local hardware store and bought my pots. I needed a second opinion so I had my husband go with me.  The pots that I thought about were okay, I just kept hee-hawing with it...  You know couldn't make up my mind. I like them because they were nice and big.
   But my husband as usual made a point.. Remember, plastic pots ahhhh!!, everything I had in those plastic pots died.        I murdered my chili peppers.   Remember !!!!!

   So husband said, ickk... I don't like plastic!!, Anything but plastic!... Well, okay, that means a shift in price and a different path of thinking...

   I walked around the store, trying to rethink... All the pots I liked were $50.00 and above... a big jump from what I was going to pay..

   So I found  two pots that were just a bit smaller, not by much you see, but just enough.

   The magic of it wasn't that they weren't made of plastic...
   It was, that they were only $13.00 a piece. What? AND They were made of clay?

   That means the pot I want for the third area can pretty much be anything, any price... Hooray!  

   Here they are... Now, they are not symmetrical and I find that a bit of a head scratcher. But, that's okay. My husband said it wasn't a big deal to change up the drips...
   Next, I will be yanking out that bush... I probably won't be doing that until it cools down some... 110 degree weather is not my ideal working atmosphere..



 Sunflower Experiment!

   So I am very excited to see that these sunflowers are taking off to be wonderfully bright  happy flowers...

I did go out to check on my experiment and they were thirsty.. so I watered...



Why Does This Happen?

We have not had a decent cucumber out of this plant yet! First they kind of curl weirdly, then as they grow, they take on this color that is almost like albino...  Then when I pick one or the "one" they are so bitter...

Here is a picture of one that has died, or I'm not sure what you call it....

    Now most of them end up like this... I am so disappointed... but I guess that this is a learning moment, but I'm not sure what I'm learning though...




Zucchini trying to do something...

    I'm not sure "what" this zucchini is trying to do... but it is trying something. It has a bunch of flowers and I really don't think it is zucchini, I still think it is yellow squash.. I just figured it wasn't going to do anything and I was just going to yank it out.. but look

The color of it is so neat... so I'll just see what it'll do..



I have Parsley...

Isn't it cool lookin'? I'm so excited.. I  usually can't keep it growing or around long enough to have any to use... I'm going in and sniping as soon as I can... Hooray!

I know, a bit messy.... but I will get in there and clean things up some too...

But a huge bonus for me!!!

My poor Sage plant!

It was so hot outside, That my poor sage plant looked like it was melting!

I did have a regular work day, I couldn't get outside to do any watering. Sage was drooping so much, that I will be surprised if it perks back up....


I guess we will see in the morning if all will be okay!

Plastic Containers ahhh!

Well I thought my plant menagerie were doing fine! But well silly me! I thought to soon, I found that my Thai chili plant is sagging and wilting and just sick and hot...
 

   I made an executive decision, I took it out of the pot and put it in the ground next to my jalapeno plant... It does seem a little happier, so I think I did good... (Lets hope... lets hope!)





Okay maybe not to happy, but I have to try! Right?

Before suffering

After (sigh!) Hope!

     I have the worst luck with plastic pots, I swear,  (not really)!  But, they really don't work for me... I have two other pots that are plastic and have my new menagerie of plants in them, and come to thing of it, The Salvia, isn't working well in it's pot.. Maybe I should put it in the ground too...


    Thanks to a comment made on yesterdays blog, It made me think about a couple solutions!!

First...  I will most likely have to spray an herbicide, but first I will have to do something about the rock to take the habitat away from the weeds... then, spray... Oh! It will be a lot of work... but at least it will be handled...

Next... The bird scenario, to save my green beans from the marauding, mutilation the birds instill on them, I will come up with another source of water, so maybe it will squelch the problem, maybe not altogether but for the most part... 

Thank you Justin (arizonavictorygarden.blogspot.com)... You put the push in my thinking...

Elephant Ear experiment-

    So, I planted the bulb on or close to the date of the 6 of July. It is said that it takes up to Three Weeks to sprout... So irritating... I am really impatient huh? Oh well! I should see it emerge, like next week towards the end of it... As it was said, I'm crazier than well...You know, maybe, I am...  This is definitely not an area for such tropical plants but, alas I have to try....

**Heat advisory** 


All I can say is Drink Water and lots of it, because with this heat you will loose more than half of your water weight before you know it... 

   Today it will get to a High of 110, with 28% humidity, and a 62 degrees dew point!




I will be soaking more beans tonight, to plant them this weekend. I hope that it will work.. so off I go to what maybe will work... wish me luckkkkk!!!!