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Gardening in West Texas and Soaking in the Rain!

What a crazy week it has been, from 100 degrees to 70 and back, oh and did I mention we also got 2 INCHES OF RAIN! Around here that amount is nothing short of a blessing and boy is the garden just soaking in all the rain :) We have seen amazing growth this week and yes I have still used my laundry water several times this week and keeping everything good and soaked! I also went ahead and added a layer of straw hay around all our plants. I am hoping as we stya around 100 degrees this week it will keep all our precious water where it needs to be.
The Flowers are doing great :) not a bee but a cute little butterfly is visiting

My tomato plant is getting crazy this is the first one flowering
and I think I see some tomatoes growing!

These are suppose to be heirloom beans........not vining like they should though :(

DUN DUN DUN! Mystery plant! What is your guess??

Here is the garden as a whole :p

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Alaina Bullock said…
Your garden looks wonderful...must be that 2" of rain! I miss having a yard to garden in, but at least I can still container garden!
June 17, 2013 at 12:30 PM
Julia Potvin said…
Your garden looks great, I'm jelous we are having the opposite , cold here than warm then back to cold and lots of rain. Hoping to not lose my garden plants.
June 17, 2013 at 1:10 PM
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