I went outside today just before it started to rain a little and snapped this picture of my morning glory flowers. The weather is starting to cool off as October continues and it looks like they will be around only for a short time… so I wanted to share a picture of some of my favorite flowers.

I don’t know why, but some of my most favorite flowers are actually wild growing ones that I have not planted in my yard or garden. These purple morning glory flowers are a perfect example, these things have been growing wild in this area for a long time and I have not planted them, but I love seeing the hummingbirds and bumblebees fly swiftly from flower to flower in the morning.

When I posted the picture of my Green Tomato, I did not state what type of tomato it was. Well, it is turning red as I type this blog entry, and I can’t wait to eat it!

You can see in the latest photo – the Better Boy Tomato is coming along well and so far is the only tomato on the plant…

I have other types of tomatoes growing and will post more images soon as I get them going. Various hybrids such as Cherry Tomatoes, some Creoles and more. At this time this tomato is the only “full-size” tomato that I will have harvested and grown myself, so I am excited and anxious to pick it and eat it!

When I got up this morning, I grabbed the camera and went outside and grabbed a couple of pictures of my cute little green tomatoes!

I only have a few right now and they are small, but I am excited and can’t wait to have grown my own tomatoes!

Here is a picture of the biggest one I have in the garden right now…

I eat lots of salads and love tomatoes, so I hope these little guys grow up to be big healthy juicy and red! I will post more pics of them as they grow here in the Garden Parade Blog.

Keep checking back for more images from my personal garden.

Well, we made it through a brutally hot summer, and the tomatoes didn’t completely shrivel up an die. I have no idea if they will make any tomatoes still, although they are finally growing and blossoming without the 100 degree weather. We shall see. However, the pumpkins didn’t fare too well. I planted three pumpkin sprouts, organic jackolanterns, and had no idea what I was in for.

The little pumpkin sprouts turned into three gigantic vines and at first I was excited we would have some jackolanterns. Then when two of the biggest ones were about to turn orange, the pumpkin disaster occured. I have no clue what did it, we do have garden moles, but something ate and completely devoured my two jackolanterns. Oh well, guess I’ll have to pick one up at walmart. I was planning on growing some pumpkins for the porch for Halloween.

I do have hopes that the cool season will give me time to recuperate with the gardening, start some indoor sprouts, and give me another chance come spring. We had great success with the cucumbers, the jalapeno plants are still stumped and not growing, some peppers are on a potted plant on the porch, pumpkins didn’t happen, and don’t even ask about the radish disaster. But we had a good time, and we learned. My coleus plants are growing though, from seed they sprouted!

By the way, check out my first Gardening Picture Gallery. These are just some random shots, but more to come soon. Make sure to look at all the pics of the tomato hormworm!

It is literally a race to keep the greenery tame during the summertime here in the deep, tropical south. The Saint Augustine lawn grows like mad, and if you don’t mow the beast every week it gets crazy. The wasps are out in full force and the cicadas are screaming, having a good time.

Our two cucumber hills have turned into massive vine mounds! This is our first year growing, first year in our new home with lots of yard space. Next year I know how to design the bed for the cucumbers, that is for sure. It seems like the vines just go nuts down here. Our cucumbers are out of control, and I planted three little pumpkin sprouts and put them in the corner in the back of the yard and they are going insane too. The vines love the acidy clay soil here it seems. I hope the tomatoes do as well, they are going in the ground soon.

Here is a lovely shot of a honey bee pollinating our giant cucumbers.

I bought a bunch of these at Home Depot I believe, they were so cute and unique with a deep texture in the leaves. I repotted them and misplaced the name tag for the moment, so I’ll have to update when I find it. This one has been near a window getting sunlight and he is happy. I had to bring them all indoors because somehow the leaves of this plant are especially tasty to the worms outside and they got massacred. This one I potted by itself because if was one that didn’t get too much damage. It has little flower bud things on it now and is very happy.