The saguaro cactus in our back yard looks a lot like one of the Veggietales characters...long, skinny, green with two bulging eyes...thus I have given him the name Larry the Cucumber.
Recently my husband came home one evening with potting soil and a single Roma tomato plant.
I am now in charge of making sure Bob the Tomato plant gets watered regularly.
Bob, Larry, and I have been spending some quality time together the last few days. This weekend we are hosting a gathering to celebrate Yom Kippur (the day of atonement) and we hope to be able to have the onge (banquet feast that will break fasting) outdoors. It appears the weather will be cooperative (cooler temperatures are expected with high of 85 and a few clouds) and we have plans to light our yard with tiki torches.
In order for this to happen I have spent several hours preparing the yard.
Before...
"Lawn care" in Arizona is quite different that what I grew up with in Michigan. Every so often you will see someone with green grass they water and mow but for most a manicured lawn involves gravel that has been made free of any weeds.
Our yard had become quite weedy the past two months as I had concentrated my efforts on getting the house put together.After...
Although I had to remove some pickers from my fingers and have the tell tale sore leg muscles from so much bending I'm pleased to announce that Bob, Larry and the yard are all looking quite good today.
4 comments:
You know, if Bob is a Roma tomato he will have more of the shape of Larry than of round Bob. But hey, if Larry is a cactus, then Bob can be a Roma tomato.
That is some impressive work you did on the lawn! What kinds of food are in the growing season right now?
I'm still trying to figure out the growing seasons. I know I've been able to buy fresh strawberries from California for only 99 cents. Last week Jay visited a fig farm and brought home some figs just harvested off the trees. I've never had fresh figs before and wanted to eat them just like candy-yum! I found a website for a local tropical nursery. They have mango, banana, avocado and even fig tress. I'd like to go there and see what we might add to our cactus crop. We do have a 2 foot tall orange tree. Haven't named it yet but I'm pretty sure it's a girl cause she smelled really pretty not too long ago when she had blooms....and boys don't typically smell pretty.
o larry boy!
I thought that cactus should be named Larry from the first picture I saw!
I haven't visted your blog for a few days (thus the late comment), b/c Mac is at the computer doctor... we're hoping he'll be well soon.
tootles,
~J
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