Blog Envy and Cute Chicks

In the course of some internet research on zinnias, I came across a blog title much better than mine: "I Wet my Plants." Sigh. I just checked it out, and I do think mine is more succinct, for whatever that's worth. But such a good title!

But as consolation, in our absence this weekend, it seems lots of things grew.

Most excitingly, a whole bunch of strawberries ripened!





The beans are getting big and leafy, and the soybeans are taller.






And the cantaloupes, though still small, are growing.



The hen-and-chick succulents have mostly been sitting around being succulents. I'm not even sure what that means, except that I can't eat them. Which seems unfair, given that they're called succulents. But today I saw that a bunch of them are sprouting new little "chicks"! Very cute, albeit inedible.



Since none of the flowers we planted ever germinated, we planted a bunch more. The tithonia (Mexican sunflower) and mallows. and some poppies. Which, by the way, grow from poppy seeds. That shouldn't be too surprising, but it's funny because it feels like you're scattering what's left at the bottom of the bagel bag. Also, we tried some zinnias. We'll see if any are successful. I think that the earlier ones may have been sown too early - there hasn't been a frost since then, but there were definitely some very cold nights.


We headed home with 7 strawberries. I was a very proud mom (who ate several of her young).