My Backyard Garden

I wanted to show you my little backyard garden. I am so glad that this house has some space at the backyard for me to plant some herbs. Not like in PA that I have to plant everything in a flower pot of containers. The backyard is quite bit but I still need some time to get it organize. So for the time being I just plant some flowers and herbs at a corner. The next season I will get Carlos to boil some planter boxes so I can plant vegetables. Here are some pictures on the progress of my little garden.

The little garden looks pretty bare when I first stared.

I planted some herbs.

Cilantro

Rosemary

Mint

Parsley

Thyme

Daun Kesum

Thai Basil

Lemongrass

Sage

Sweet Basil

Curry Plant - I have to plant this in a pot so I can bring it into the house during winter.

Strawberries

Meyer Lemon

After 3 months it bear some fruits

Some flowers to add colors to the little garden.

Flock of Birds

I captured this scene early one morning from our deck. They were looking for insects and worms. Early bird catches the worm.

Tomato Plants I (2008)

I started planting my tomato only 3 weeks ago. I bought 4 plants from Home Depot and they were about 6" tall. This time I planted some Cherry Tomato, Early Gurl, Beefsteak and I can't remember what the other one is. With the warm and humid weather they have been growing really fast. I took these pictures last Saturday and today they grow another 4" tall. I can't wait to bite into the sweet juicy tomatoes but I am so not looking forward to the Hornworms.

Beside tomato I also plated two pots of Strawberry but it's not growing well. All the fruits are so small and look weird.

Green Tomatoes

The temperature here can get to as low as 28 degree F during the night. My poor tomato plants didn't survived the cold. I picked lots of them last night and they are mostly green. Now, with all this green tomatoes I don't know what to do with it. Should I make some fried green tomatoes or some salsa.
I picked these last week

This was the first time I plant tomato and I am glad that it turn out really well . The 5 tomatoes plant has given me lots of tomatoes. I harvested some really huge ones and some small sweet ones too. I've given away quite a bit to my neighbor too. The only down side of all this was the tomato 'Hornworms' Is giving me the goose bums just thinking about it. Other than that it was pretty easy to plant them. Rita, any plan to plant some next year?



Back to the green tomatoes. Any suggestions what I can do with it?

Fall Is Finally Here!!!

After a crazy warm Summer I really look forward to fall. Is finally here. What is the sign :

I took long hot shower
I didn't sweat when I blow my hair
The A/C in the house were turned off
Wonderful breeze in the air
Colors of fall everywhere
I am wearing long sleeves and jeans
I sleep with my clothes on
My mood change
My bones start aching :(
I drive around without having a long sleeve shirt over my arms
Holiday and clearance sale
Beautiful colors of leaves on the trees
The leaves are falling
My tomato plants start getting yellow

I just love fall. I love the holidays, the pumpkins, the apples, the red and yellow leaves. Has fall arrived at your place yet? What are your favourite things about fall?