Tuesday Tidings

We've gotten tons of rain in the last two months.
In fact, Big K and I were saying
that we've gotten more rain in the last few months
than in all the eight years we've lived in Central Florida.

 

These peanut plants came up on their own this year.
Last year was the first time we had attempted to grow them.





With the leaves looking a bit brown,
I decided to see what we had going on under the ground!

Here's what I found.




Several shoots were popping up underneath the soil.




Peanuts for years to come...




They hang onto the roots and you just pull them off.




Considering that we didn't even plant these,
I'm thrilled that we got anything at all.
After letting them dry out,
we'll roast them and make homemade nut butter.
I may throw some of the delicious concoction into my next smoothie!

Here are a few more lovelies in the garden this week:

sweet potato vine

crape myrtle buds

basil

thryallis

We may get some green beans yet!

morning glory blooms awakening

The zinnias in the garden are attracting so many butterflies.

What a blessing it is each day to look out and see them

fluttering about in carefree fashion.

The passionflower vine has been a great addition to the garden.

It is the host plant for these wonderful gulf fritillaries.

The zinnia is one of the nectar plants that keeps them fed.

They seem to be most active in the mid afternoon.

Usually I am too slow to catch them at work,

but they were all busy and didn't even notice I was there snapping away.

 Yesterday, during my early morning check on the garden,

I spied this critter forming its chrysalis.

A few short hours later,

it was nestled comfortably inside.

Looking forward to seeing this gulf fritillary

spread its wings.

We love our natural pest control company.

Embrace this Tuesday and see what happens!

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