The Big Benford Show

More pictures of the garden!!! We’re in week 3 and the plants have really taken off this past week.

The whole garden box is filling in nicely!

This is what it looked like when I first planted it:

I think arugula is on the menu for tonight’s dinner.

New cilantro leaves are coming in.

I’ll have a Japanese eggplant to cook up before I know it. The eggplants are getting really tall!

And here are all the peppers. First, a jalapeno.

Next, a bighorn pepper. I’m not sure what it’ll taste like but living in Texas, you’ve gotta plant anything called “bighorn”!

I have a feeling I’ll have more cayenne peppers than I know what to do with. If you use cayenne peppers when you cook, let me know. You can easily have fresh ones! I have SIX of these plants….

This one will grow up to be nice and red. May I present to you, the red bell pepper!!

The tomatoes are getting pretty big, too. These will grow to be full sized. The cherry tomatoes are just starting to show flowering.

The garlic is really taking off, too. Here, in its big pot with the green onions.

The peppermint is doing okay, too. I need to remember to keep that pot really damp all the time.

So, that’s it. I think I’ll have some more than just arugula to harvest about the time that UIL is over. That’ll be a nice dinner.

I don’t find myself always defering to looking everything up on the iPhone since the browser uses up more battery life and can have REALLY slow days. This article says I have a risk of being more annoying than I already am, though! I hope it’s not true….

Has it already been a year?

In Memory of Katie Ewing
June 25th, 1987- March 26th, 2007

I love the commercial for the Cadillac CTS that Kate Walsh says, “When you turn your car on, does it return the favor?”

Great line.

We are about to reach the two week mark of my garden. Yesterday was the first day of Spring so I decided to take a good look to see how it’s progressing. Earlier this week, I snagged a piece of arugula and man, was it full of spicy flavor!! So, here is my garden at two weeks:

The peppers are flowering.

Here come tomatoes.

New fronds in the fennel.

The garlic & green onions are getting some height.

The Japanese eggplant is blooming as well.

My spicy, yummy arugula.

I’ve got new growth in the peppermint as well.

Pfema decides to be the protector of the garden.

And Stanley watches from afar.

Some pretty purple flowers decide to join the party as well.

Can’t wait to eat it when it’s all ready!!

This would be the BEST version of Guitar Hero, EVER!!!!