Two of the first three cucumbers didn’t take for whatever reason, but this one did! It’s already a few inches long, and it’s starting to look tasty. My grief over the other two not turning into plump cucumbers is mollified by the fact there are a whole bunch more female flowers about to burst open in the next few days. I have my fingers crossed we will eventually have so many cucumbers we start to hate them.

In other garden news, I had planned to snip the lonely tomato on Mr. Stripy today, in order to let him devote that energy to a new tomato or two. Alas, as I looked at the stupid slow-growing tomato this morning, it appears to finally be changing colors. I can’t very well snip it of now. It may be the only one of those tomatoes we get, and I’d really like to get a few seeds from it … when I am chopping it up for a salad. It’s a stunted little ugly thing, but it may very well end up being tasty. I guess we shall now find out since it’s finally decided it has been sitting there doing nothing and looking green this whole time.

Also, the peppers I stuck over in the front flowerbed are really taking off. Even the one that was almost completely cleared of leaves by that nasty worm is looking good and getting loads of new growth. I am now eyeballing the three pepper plants still in containers and considering clearing more space in the flowerbed for them too. Of course that would mean a lot of work. Between the squirrels continually planting pecans in it and the Bermuda grass sneaking under the railroad ties surrounding it, that flowerbed is a serious mess. It isn’t like we don’t clean it up all the time, but it’s an endless cycle. We rip everything out and a week later it looks just as awful again. Who knew pecan trees were such fast growers?! Damn squirrels.

Oh, and some of the mutant cherry tomatoes are beginning to ripen. Very soon we shall see what the inside structure looks like and whether or not they are as tasty as the non-mutant ones. I am so eager to see the insides of one of these things!

I guess that about sums up the latest news from my garden. I think I’ll fix myself a second cup of coffee and go sit on the porch and watch my plants grow for a while since the temperature is almost bearable this morning.