Garden Shots

Remember this papaya tree that I threatened to chop down because it refused to bear any fruits?

Well, by golly! We might actually be getting a fruit to eat sometime this year. See that other papaya tree cowering in the back? I'm watching! If that one doesn't do something soon, I may have to swing my hatchet a few times around it to send it a little message.


Here's our "herb" garden that my brother designed and planted. We've got sage, mint, basil and even a couple of pineapple plants.
Art's cousin gave us some pineapples to eat so we ate the fruit and stuck the crown into the ground. I wonder how this will taste.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

It's a Girl After All! I think...

We bought this papaya tree somewhere thinking it would provide us with bushels of fruit for our breakfast. When it started blooming, we were very excited until we saw the flowers just bloom and fall away. When Art checked on-line he was disappointed to learn it looked like he'd planted a MALE plant. Males (usually) only produce flowers. Of course there is one kind of papaya called the Solo (sounds appropriate) that is a hermaphrodite.

I told Art yesterday that he should seriously consider just cutting it down and trying again. Well... I must have scared that papaya plant or something!

The web does say the male plant could sometimes also produce a little fruit. Maybe I scared it so much, it decided to produce a fruit to postpone its execution?

Well... we shall see if this papaya actually grows into an edible fruit. Otherwise, my hatchet is still ready.. Dum dee dum dum.