Snakes and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

That's right Pepper is a boy!

The Stay at Home Life

Ladies, I made a difficult decision to leave my job a few weeks ago.  I've nearly finished another novel, and I'm pretty close to finishing edits on my next publication.  Mr. B made me a vegetable garden in the back, and I've got tomatoes, pumpkins, peas, beans, onions, and Anaheim peppers planted.  I'm using the bricks from our old fireplace to create "mini plots" in my squares, and we take Baby out in his stroller with us while we garden.

The vegetable garden on June 20th:

And (17 days later) the vegetable garden today, July 7th:

So the pumpkins have, erm, taken over.  I'm so used to gardening out of planters on a porch that I underestimated how much space they would need, and I was using old seeds, so I figured some of them might not grow, and then I thought some would die because this part of the lawn is full sun and it gets HOT.
Well, all but 1 seed germinated and survived, and the plants are now trying to bust out of the rabbit fence.  Those leaves measure a littler larger than a foot in diameter.

I forgot that this yard never does anything small!  I may have some pumpkins to share later this year, assuming no early frosts and that the crowding doesn't diminish output too drastically.

Alula