Leela's Garden & Kitchen

Chinese lantern plant bellpepper angel trumpet or Datura  I am excited because Figs are ready to pick them.  I have been picking them.  The birds are eating them but we have enough to enjoy.  My husband thinks that I should let the birds eat them.  By the time I pick them in the morning, some are already eaten by birds. I know a lot of people who like figs and I love to share them. One day, I was pulling some weeds and I got scared by a frog.  First, I thought it was a snake but this frog was cute and stayed there until I got a picture.  The ground is wet and it is so easy to pull the weeds and transfer the plants.

Sunflower that bloomed from last year's seed Some type of Hibiscus which is perennial  cosmos  Flowers from the garden Sunflower still looks pretty! Today, I picked some tomatoes, beans, figs and sorrel leaves. I added some more stakes and rope for the vines to grow.  I always find something to do in the garden. It's raining so much that the grass needs to be cut almost every week.  Rains here in Alabama are like thunderstorms so you don't know when they will come.  Sometimes it rains heavily but the ground does not get soft and it is still hard to dig. The Cosmos flowers are blooming and new plants are coming in the ground everywhere.  I love to share the extra plants.  Some plants are easy to grow and some like Sedum and purple heart plant needs only a branch to get rooted.