A Reviving Rain

The garden has been at a standstill for most of June and July due to little rainfall this summer. I haven't done the best job keeping up with watering the garden, very hit and miss. My cistern has gone dry and I hate using city water and running up the bill. With the help of the kids and my husband this year, I thankfully had everything mulched right off the bat and that has made a big difference. Yesterday's continuous rains finally managed to saturate the ground and the garden (and weeds) seem to have doubled in size today. 

Here are a few of the peaceful scenes I got to soak in last evening. 😊

My luffa gourds and pole beans are beginning to climb. These all were planted during the first week of June. I only put in 5 bean varieties this year as I needed the room to work with renewing several of my tomato varieties. Also, we are low on tomato sauce and salsa, so I plan to do a lot of canning with them.

These are WV-63, an heirloom canning tomato with high yields of uniform red fruit on a very disease resistant plant. They are an indeterminate, but put most of their energy into bearing. I sucker prune my indeterminate tomatoes and these stayed short and bushy after that. I put in half a row of them and they are all just loaded.

My Feher Ozon peppers are doing great. These will turn fiery red and then will be smoked and dried for paprika. It is a sweet and slightly spicy pepper. This is the second time I have grown them. I will have seed available of these later as well. 

Now, I'll share with you a moment of peace as happy frogs sing tranquilly in the little pond over the hill. Monroe, our one-eyed barn kitty who has adopted us, photo bombs at the end. She is very demanding of affection! 💗