Fall Garden

After a very hot summer my remaining plants are rewarding us with some yummy post summer results!
I had to transplant that one BACK into the ground because of excessive summer heat. The mini pepper plant is thriving as well after being transplanted from a pot AND being 79% eaten by horn worms last month. They ate all the leaves in a 12 hour period! I should have lots of tomatoes next week! Peppers in 10 days!

Very Cool Picture of Lightning At a Very Famous Venue

This has got to be one of the best pictures ever captured. Th... on Twitpic

I'm a Winner!

Your FREE Breakfast Entrée Reservation Confirmation.

Dear John,   I'm excited that you reserved your FREE Chick-fil-A Breakfast entrée. We have you down for Thursday, September 8, 2011 from 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM. My team and I are looking forward to serving you.   Click here to open and print your personal invitation. Please bring your printed invitation along with a photo ID to my Restaurant.   Thanks,   Deirdre York, Owner/Operator Chick-fil-A at Wesley Chapel Road

New Dessert Success

My first attempt at chocolate souffle met with rave reviews! I also made homemade peach frozen yogurt to contrast the rich chocolate.

Battling the Heat to Save Our Garden

Death Valley aka HotLanta, is taking it's toll on my precious vegetable/herb garden. Here are some updated photos of my little plants and my "thinking outside the box" efforts to combat triple digit temps this August.

covering wilting pepper and eggplant....works!

shade for squash and cucumber

gotta do what I gotta do!

1 or 6 hummingbird feeders

4 ripe tomatoes for a salad tonight

cherry tomatoes are thriving

heat affected this mini golden pepper

yellow peppers

yellow peppers

my prized eggplant....fingers crossed!

basil

my squash are coming in

cucumbers

hanging on trellis gives perfect fruit

creeping cucumber vines

transplanted mint

just below A/C runoff...lot's of moisture

oregano

thyme

dailydelicious: Home Made Pistachio Paste

dailydelicious: Home Made Pistachio Paste: "When I started to bake I got this problem 'Where on earth that I can buy find this, that, those? (a lot of things in baking world that no on..."

My Vegetables In The Back Yard are Thriving!

New Growth on Tomato Plant!

 I am having a blast with the back yard. I struggled initially to grow my tomatoes out of pots.  I have since removed one and put it back in the ground. The poor little fella was struggling. The other (right) is making a dramatic comeback....new flora and tomatoes! I literally had put this plant into the compost area, but tried one last time to revive it and it's become one of the healthiest I have!

My pepper and cherry tomatoes are doing really well while only one of three eggplants are doing well.

My Original Potted Tomato is Thriving Again!!!

2nd Transplant of My Only Struggling Tomato

Shawn Posing In Front of Mini Hummingbird Feeder

Thyme is Beautiful

Adding Mounding/Squash Borer Protection

Building Soil Mounds Around Squash

Squash

Basil Is Aromatic

My Two Cherry Tomato Plants

Perfect For Mommy Marlene!

Cherry Tomato

My Other Potted Pepper Plant...mini orange peppers!

Healthy Eggplant

My potted pepper plant has large peppers now!

crushed eggshells protect pepper plant from slugs!