It’s a beautiful day. No new gopher kickouts in the rose garden or surrounding areas. Maybe there was just one. Doubtful, but hey, maybe the God of Rodents has decided I’ve been plagued enough and just let there be one rogue gopher to deal with this time.
Second, it’s a beautiful day. The garden is quiet this morning, except for the song of hundreds of birds. There are 3 giant Monarch butterflies sharing the zinnias with two adorable humming birds. The Mama and Baby quail were there too…the babies now big enough to fly over the fence and into the rocks when they feel threatened. And a myriad of big and baby lizards run and hop through the rocks and gardens at will, while Guayo is nowhere in site to chase them.
The pumpkins are ripening (although a few have squirrel chompings on them), there are many eggplants that just need another week to be of ample size to harvest (again, IF the squirrels don’t annihilate them first), I harvested another handful of Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes (a daily occurrence now), and harvested half of the red onion crop and they are beautiful. Only two yellow onions…they just aren’t doing as well I’m afraid. And the garlic…none existent this year. I also harvested a basket full of basil and made almond basil pesto and put it in the freezer…14 cups of it. I’m so happy….I love pesto, and when we used the last bag from last year out of the freezer in April, and a few of the plants weren’t looking so good now, I thought I would not be able to get enough put away for the winter. But the 4 plants that are doing great, and more than completing my 30 bag goal.
The sorrel still needs to be harvested along with the parsley, and then I will put more Sorrel Pesto in the freezer…a wonderful alternative from basil pesto that tastes fabulous on fish due to the citrusy flavor of the sorrel.
So while I watered, harvested, listened to the birds, watched the birds, hummers, and butterflies in my lovely garden, I felt a peace and contentment that is always short-lived in my life. But it was definitely there for at least 30 minutes today.
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