Taming The Garden

I was going to tell you about the recipe I found in the bread book last night, but the weather was unexpectedly nice (at least, non-rainy) for a bit after work, so I went out to see how the plot was doing. Oooh boy, am I glad I went. Here's what I saw as I walked in:



My pumpkins, as I feared, were trying to cross the walkway and invade the neighbor's plot. I trimmed them back and tried to organize them—somewhat, they are sprawling vines, after all.

But even before I saw the spread, I noticed the yellowing and dying leaves. Perhaps because of all the rain? So I trimmed back some of the dead tendrils too.



And I think I might have mentioned earlier that one of our tomatoes is really intended for container gardening. It's a very stubby, short plant, and it can't quite get the support it needs from the tomato cage.



So I lifted it up and tried to tie it up to the cage. We'll see how well it does.

I was going to stay longer, and report on the peppers and the strawberry (which seemed at a quick glance to be doing well), but I kind of noticed it was getting cooler and breezier. Then I looked up and saw that the sky looked like this



and like this



so I headed for the car as fast as I could, just in case. (Actually, it looks like the storm cell headed for us split up and went around to the north and the south. But I didn't know that from seeing the sky.)

I'll make bread tomorrow, or biscuits or something (maybe not biscuits; I made brownies this evening and we're low on butter). Till then, God speed, and remember: All sorrows are less with bread.