Quick Juant Through the Garden

Vacation ends in a week. I am sad, but glad too. I will miss being home. 

Today I grabbed some pictures of the of the angel garden. 

I am making sourdough rolls for dinner and trying something new.  If it turns out I will share pictures. 

I have seen a lot of people add inclusions to their dough. One idea was grating frozen bimutter and folding it in before forming rolls or bread loaf. So that sounded yummy to me. Butter is always yummy right?😋

I will let you know how yummy it actually is. 

The veggie garden is producing wheelbarrow of stuff. 40 pound watermelons and enough cantaloupe to supply the oncology staff. It has been a great gardening year. 

I hope you enjoy your Sunday.

Sunflower Update

You can get a better idea how big the sunflower is now. 😁 

Summer Poem

Sunflower Progress

 

It is giant.  So fun to watch grow.

New Plant

 I was at Home Depot on Monday and saw these Black Mamba Begonias.

I have wanted one for a year. I have not seen any for sale. Last year when I was getting my car smogged they had a hue one in the waiting room I was at. It was gorgeous.  I hope mine will do well and get big some day. 

House plants are fun and I enjoy trying new ones. Some are harder then others, but they keep me busy.  If you like begonias then I recommend this one. It doubles as a Halloween plant. 😁🎃  I know it is July, but I am already dreaming of Fall. 

Staying Cool

 It is that time of year again, when working outside past 11 am is no fun. I try to get out early and get things done. Then after lunch I do indoor things. Saturday we tried a new cinnamon roll bakery in town. Their rolls start at 7.50 a piece. I thought that was extreme, but I wanted to see what the hype was. Apparently they sell 600 a day! I have been wondering what makes them so special. My daughter has too. We both bake from scratch, so you can understand the reason we were interested.  Anyhow, we were dropping off veggies to friends and family that day, so we stopped and bought a roll. I took it over to my daughter's so we could have a taste. 😀 We decided our homemade rolls were much better and in fact I went home and made some maple cinnamon rolls. 😁

There is just something about homemade rolls. The yeast dough rising, the cinnamon, maple etc. It is just a yummy smell. Anyhow, everyone gobbled them up and enjoyed. 

It is easy to make them and you can make a whole dozen for less then one roll at the bakery costs, much less in fact. 

Also on Saturday, I went back to the vintage shop I was at the week before to buy a cute little bread board.  It was not stained, so I stained it and waxed it. I won't be using it for cutting on, just to display things on. 

I love bread boards. 

Heck, I love bread. 😆

I love baking bread. 

I hope you have a wonderful week!

Dilly Dallying Through The Garden

 Today's Pictures. 

The cannabis lilies are blooming and really I like them mostly for their leaves. They are big and tropical and in the summer it feels like I am on an island somewhere.  😁 I can pretend anyhow.🤣

I have red and yellow ones too. They are not blooming at the moment. I deadheaded them all yesterday.

I had a pink one, but I have not seen it bloom for a while.

Next up is a blackeyed Susan.

 

Next is a pretty clematis.

It blooms all summer. I have no idea what it is called. I have had it for 20 plus years. 

Next is a disco belle hibiscus. Also have had for years. 

 That's all for today, unless something exciting happens. 

Back to dilly dallying now.