27 June 2010
Amazingly the milk spray seems to be keeping the fungus/mold off my grapes. And, believe it or not, the duct tape seems to have saved my zucchini plant. The damaged part of the stem is taped up and buried and the rest of the plant is as green and healthy as ever. I went out earlier today to polinate the blooms with a paint brush so I should have some zucchini for dinner this week. Below you can see my sunflower. I got a grab-bag of sunflower seeds and planted a few. They were all different. The first 4 plants grew and bloomed weeks ago. This one didn't do anything forever and then one morning we had this! It's more than 7 feet tall. The kids love it!
The kids also love swimming. Tyler isn't afraid of the water anymore. He jumps in with his tube and swims across the pool with his foam swimming board in order to earn Wii playing time. We're working on more efficient kicking and holding his breath when his nose dips under the water. 
Derek is still attached to his tube but we made major progress the other day when he got up the courage to jump into the pool without anyone in there waiting to catch him. He got a Pop Tart as a reward.
Holly is cool as a cucumber. She likes to walk around the pool. Sometimes she climbs in and sits on the top step when her feet get too hot. She's also just fine floating around the pool in her yellow baby floaty. The last time we went I took her out of her tube and helped her float on her back. Unlike the boys, she was EXTREMELY calm and held perfectly still with her legs and arms straight out like a star fish. What a great baby!
2 comments:
Jealous of your long growing season and pool time. Not jealous of those triple digit temps. Howdy to all you Texans from us Idaho spuds. Lol on zucchini going from blossom to dinner in a week.
I'm so impressed that you saved your garden with duct tape and milk! That's a gorgeous sunflower.
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