365 ~ 121 ~ Cuke Twins

No, I didn't mean "cute"... I meant "cuke".... :)  In my friend Kim's garden...

365 ~ 120 ~ Just Peachy

My dearest friend, Kim forced me to take a bag full of Florida Peaches from her tree!!! :)  I will be making peach cake this week!  Woo-Hoo! :)  YUM.

365 ~ 119 ~ Coulda Fooled Me...

As much as I love gardening, I am also guilty of using silk flowers.  I do not grow plants inside my house or on my back porch.  Why, you ask?  Because they die.  Simple as that.  :) 

I made this happy arrangement for my back porch, and as the sun was coming up, they almost looked like they were blooming... What do you think?

365 ~ 118 ~ Beans N' Bokeh

Where is Jack when you need him? 

365 ~ 117 ~ Egg rolls anyone?

My first cabbage of spring...this one was shredded for Baked Egg Rolls - one of my families favorite dishes.  The second harvested cabbage was "bartered" with my best friend for green onions and cucumbers from her garden.  :)

365 ~ 116 ~ Pretty Weed

Butterfly weed is so pretty, I almost hate to call it a weed. 

It freely seeds itself throught the garden and when I find a plant growing where I don't want it, I simply dig it up and move it to the butterfly "area".  It grows tall, over 2 feet and looks pretty in a flower garden.

Caterpillars LOVE it and will eat it to a stub, but it always comes back...God has created it to do exactly what it should.

365 ~ 115 ~ Muncher

I try to keep a lot of plants in the garden for the caterpillars to munc on.  This little guy will become a gorgeous Florida Swallowtail Butterfly with a radiant blue coloring.  Here he is munching on some butterfly weed which has a pretty orange flower...see tomorrows post.