Gardening in August

It's already mid-August... time does seem to fly when you get past a certain point when some might call you... well, old.  This is what keeps me somewhat active, and feeling young.  I can always find something in my garden to keep me busy.

I found lots of empty pots that needed to be filled.  I think I have a good start.  I even got our A/C guy to help me move a big molasses tub that was filled with dirt from the other side to sit in the back.  It now has a Pride of Barbados in it... it could get to be quite big.  

I replaced the big wooden gate at the entrance with an ornate arbor a couple weeks ago, and I have been tinkering with the rest of the garden to get it to be just right, a quiet place to just sit and listen to something on my phone or computer, and sip a cup of tea... or I can just sit and plan out what I am going to do next.  Best part is I don't have to be careful when I open the gate that I got splinters in my hand so often from the 2x4 that kept the gate closed and secure from the wind.  When we first moved here we needed a gate that would conceal the boat we had inside... we no longer have a boat.

Now this tomato plant has a history.  I planted it in the big bin between two of my raised beds before I started any of the other new changes, and this Sweet 100 has just taken off.  It is way higher than the fence.  Of course I put a tomato support at its base, and I guided and tied it up as it grew, but it just seems to keep on giving me awesome little cherry tomatoes, which has made many batches of sauce for pasta.  This Sweet 100's history part is... a year ago my dear friend Louise left a Sweet 100 on my back patio and instructed me to get it in the ground... now! It also grew to be quite massive and gave me lots of little tomatoes.  Well, in honor of Louise this year, when I saw a Sweet 100 at HEB I knew Louise would have wanted me to buy it and put it in my garden.  Everything else is succumbing to the heat, but this one just keeps giving me little gems.