By Georgia Osten
I think I’ve bragged before about my green thumb. My name means gardener after all … Seriously! Before my Spring planting, I asked my husband to make my garden smaller. I was having a problem keeping up with the weeds. Being the nice guy he is, he agreed to cut it in half for me. Wow, what a difference that made! One of my sons-in-law made the comment, “it’s a bit overgrown.” I guess I never considered limiting the number of plants to the new size of the garden. Yes, it is overgrown. My husband has to mow around the tomatoes growing outside the garden. I tried to help by lifting the plants the other day so he could mow underneath, but I feared at having my foot cut off.
I have two okra plants trying to peek out from under the tomatoes. I have a variety of peppers, can’t remember what they are, but they’re prolific! None too hot. What do you do with a plethora of peppers. Sounds poetic doesn’t it?? I have a vine of some sort growing out into the yard, it’s got to be a cucumber, watermelon or maybe even a pumpkin. Wow, wouldn’t Addyson be surprised if I could send her another pumpkin for Halloween? A few summers ago, she planted a pumpkin seed which produced the most beautiful pumpkin. We mailed it to her – a pretty penny for that postage. The family wanted to simply pick up one in North Carolina and tell her it was hers from Texas. I wouldn’t hear of it!
Stay tuned, November I’ll have quite a crop of navel oranges. They’re almost as ugly as my tomatoes – oh but the taste can’t be beat!
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You can send the leftover plethora of peppers my way, yum!
Congratulations, ye fine gardener ye!!!! You are an inspiration. Thank you.
Linda C. Elissalde