Long summer wrapping up

Finally this summer is coming to an end.  And boy is it something that I've been looking foward to. I love the fall even though here in Texas we only have about four hours of it and then there's some more summer then winter just drops in like a water balloon.

It has finally started raining again summer has been dry and nasty but not as nasty as some summers have been. We got a little bit out of the garden this year since we put it where the outdoor shed was. Of course my thoughts on gardening are put it in the ground and if it lives it does and if not then it just doesn't. Our one lone cayenne pepper plant looks like it might be putting off some more peppers pretty soon. It didn't take too well to the heat since the peppers were drying on the plant. I do have one co-worker who will be thrilled to know that he can have some more.

I did find that there are some pear shaped tomatoes that are orange that put off quite a bumper crop. We put the garden in right next to where we park and then picked everyday when we got home. And we took three or four sandwich bags to work, plus I ate some of them and then there were some that went to the chickens just because I'd had too many already. There are still tons out there I just can't get to them or they fall of the plant and end up lost in the weeds. I never pull weeds in the garden once we put it in. In my mind, I think that if there are weeds then maybe the bugs will eat  that instead of my plants and veggies. 

I was excited to find that they strawberries that I planted last year survived under the mint that we also planted with the hopes of keeping the smell down around the chicken pen. It got a severe trim this year and didn't bounce back as well as it did last year. I was out there this afternoon pulling some grass out of the flowerbed and I could smell the mint and saw that there were a few sprigs popping up. My Marcy will be excited but not as excited as when the roses start to bloom again. 

I always just get excited when something that says annual comes back the next year. I'm not even sure if anything survived this summer especially because there was so much damage from winter. Spring well it just is never long enough to make sure that things have a chance to survive and thrive.

Maybe I can get some pictures of my plants and what's left of my garden. 

love ya!