What I am learning from my farming.

Not everything that comes up is what you planted. 

It is a very good idea not to try and plant seeds when it is windy.

It would really help to know what you are planting looks like when it comes up.

I see why they have schools for farmers. 

I think Gerardo said he would give it 8 more days and then we will rake it all under and start over. I may be wrong. We will see. I have 8 days before I leave. The new stuff I planted is coming up and something is getting big. I think peppers. The flowers are coming along also. I think it helps they are shaded by the wall behind them. I have a new little hydrangea on one of my plants.

It is a beautiful sun shiny day in Orosi. The sky is all blue and I can see all the mountain tops around. I just may go to the pools tomorrow. Wednesday I will need to bake something to take to the craft meeting on Thursday. I think this time I will work on a crocheted hat. I found a use for the scraps I cut off when making the potholders. Emelio's mother took them for appliqué. Heather told me yesterday about one of her great deals at Dig and Save. She got almost 6 yards of white flannel for $2.00. That will work great for projects or the batting in placemats. I have several other things to see if I can get in Oregon.

The cycle is starting over here. There are new bananas on the tree, green guayaba, and flowers on the avocado tree. The cas has fruit also. I love it, not having to wait months and months. I have 2 pineapple tops that have roots. Wait till I show them to Gerardo and see what he says about planting them. This isn't where the pineapples or papaya or mango grow. I saved papaya seeds this morning and will let them dry out and see if they can be planted. I figure it can't hurt to try. If my farm gets so big I will bring farmer friends from Minnesota and North Dakota to help teach me. And locals to teach them. What fun. We may need to use the whole soccer field yet! 

My toddlers.

New babies. This is where I planted squash, peas and cucumbers.

I am hoping some of this is lettuce.

With any luck something is edible.

If you look close in the middle, new guayaba. Yeah, yeah, yeah, more jelly.

New little bananas. They are only 4-5 inches long. I will try and get a picture of the pink bananas Heather saw.

Avocado blossoms.

This has blossomed 3 or 4 times since I got it. Must like it in this pot.

My flower babies. Here I mixed the seeds together so it wouldn't be a structured garden so I will just have to wait and see what is flowers and what is weeds.