i still have a garden

and pictures to prove it!

the runner beans are flowering:


something munched down the peas and sunflowers, though, so i planted new seed today.

i have tomatoes!



this is the better bush, which is not much taller than you can see in the picture - so i'm impressed.  i still have about 3 healthy cherry tomato plants in the strawberry pot, but they aren't flowering yet.

starting from seed is always entertaining.  i planted both sides of this pot the same day:

as you can see - slight difference in how well they sprouted.  i planted some new lettuce seeds today too - we will see if those do any better.  the okra has all disappeared - so put in new seeds there, too.  and i found some watermelon radish seeds, so added those to the radish pot.  now if i can just discourage whatever keeps eating things.  home depot had praying mantis eggs last year, but i haven't seen any this year.  i think it's bugs that are eating things - don't know if the mantises would keep them in control, but they would be entertaining.

this pic is a little older, but i wanted to post it.  this is one of the begonias i got a while back - it's called kit kat, i think - but i was entertained to see that the spots on the leaves extended to stems, as well.

still knitting, too.

i've made a diversion into mosaic knitting (which is knitting things in two colors, using slip stitches, so you are only knitting with one color at a time).  i finally found a one-liter water bottle, so made some covers so it would be easier to carry (the straps are long enough to sling over my shoulder):


and the plan for this thing is to use it to cover the piano keys (it doesn't have a built-in cover, so the keys get rather dusty).  i've forced myself to set it aside for the moment, though, so i can finish the jacket, and the socks (which i want to get finished so i can start on another pair of socks...some days i despair of ever getting everything i want to done).
anyway - pic!