Garden Blogger's Death Day

My blogger friend Kate, has started hosting a Garden Blogger's Death Day on the last day of the month. It gives all of us gardeners a chance to take pictures and show off our plants that have croaked for various reasons.

So from my garden this month we have:

The Sunflowers which had some sort of rust going on.

My Gold Rush Zucchini, the mildew took them out.

My Golden Nugget Watermelon. Pickleworms and mildew.

And last are my beautiful tomatoes. :(

That wraps up my dead plants for the month.

Don't forget to head over to Kate's if you'd like to join in.

Dim Sum Sunday - Summer Blockbuster

This week's Dim Sum Sunday is, Summer Blockbuster, let Hollywood be your culinary muse. So we take you back to 1984 with the film Ghostbusters.

I ain't afraid of no roast

In honor of this great movie, we present to you, "I ain't afraid of no roast"

No, I did not come up with the catchy title, it's from TBS "Dinner and a Movie".

Yes mom, it is real meat.

(from a cow!)

Head over to the Karmic Kitchen for some more Dim Sum Sunday fun.

Backyard Views

Wordless Wednesday: Garden Critters

Dim Sum Sunday - I Scream for Ice Cream!

For this week's Dim Sum Sunday, I bring you

Fried Ice Cream.

Ice Cream, rolled in crushed corn flakes, and deep fried in 360 degree oil.

Fried Ice Cream, that I didn't really like.

I'm sure it's because I got lazy, and went with store bought ice cream. I should've had Hubs out there cranking us out some homemade ice cream, then it would have been excellent! ;)

Go and visit Shamu at The Karmic Kitchen for some more, tastier ice cream fun.

It's Hot Out!

Okay, it's definitely summer, and my plants aren't liking it at all. The squash and cucumbers are toast and my tomatoes don't have much longer.

Quite honestly it's all very, very sad.

But, at least I am learning which plants can handle the heat and which ones can't. Hopefully this will serve me well when it comes to planning for my next seed order.

I do have some summer stand outs. The eggplants are doing well, which surprises me cause I never have good luck with them!

And the green, purple and pineapple tomatillos are going bonkers in the backyard garden. I am so looking forward to yummy salsas! Hopefully, I didn't just jinx myself. :)

Mystery tomatillo

This is my third sowing of beans so far this year. And this time I'm doing Kentucky Blue and Kentucky Wonder. I've had great success with both of these before, so I'm curious as to how they'll handle the hotter months of the year.

And last, but not least, I still have my wonderful sunflowers.
(Until the conures and quaker parrots eat them)

Happy, cheerful, smile makers. I just love them!

So friends, what do you all have growing?