From the shape I am guessing it is the English cucumbers I planted. I have learned a little. You absolutely can't leave things down on the ground because of the rain or they die. We have an assortment of branches holding things up.
I also have vegetables on my mystery plant that they now know what it is.
Ana says they are very good in scrambled eggs.
And I finally have something in my flower patch besides morning glory. It is beautiful and hopefully will drop lots of seeds to cover the area.
From what I can tell there are several more and there is a second bloom on this stock. It is a beautiful colored sunflower. I do have lots of Cosmos, which I love, coming along really well. I have a couple little ones that have bloomed but I am hoping the rest will grow taller. I planted them on both ends of the flower patch.
The lettuce in the pineapple plantation is standing up good and I have lots of carrots that seem to be doing good. The dill in the pot died again but what is in the garden seems to be ok. Not so much the beets. Not sure about the spinach. Papaya is doing good and now there is a second one. I will have to move them because they get to be big trees. I have lots of tomatoes in the pot but not many in the garden although the plants are really big. I still have a couple pea plants and I have more peas and golden tomatoes to plant. I may wait until I return late June. I want to bring back really good sweet corn seeds and plant it on the other end of the soccer field. The corn here is field corn. I think they would be surprised with really good sweet corn.
Back to work. I have some cassava flour recipes to try and a sun catcher to make to show Janet. I have supplies to bring to the senior center for them to make them. I also have to think about what goodies I will make for the craft ladies group on Thursday. I made a trip to WalMart yesterday so I am stocked up again. I have peanut butter and cocoa and Nutella and I bought cans of artichokes for a dip. I could barely carry everything and thank heavens Joana was on the last part of the ride and helped me carry everything home. She was coming to La Quinta anyway. She is with the school that is coming on Monday. I gave her slices of cinnamon bread to thank her. She is very nice, interested in English and making some of the things I make.
Emilio is making a bread pudding and asked for some of my hazelnut flavored syrup so I will take that over this afternoon.
A note of good news. My friend, Adriana, who I met my first week in Costa Rica when I stayed in Atenas, had been told her cancer may have returned. She had been cancer free for 15 years. That is one of the things she was celebrating when she came here. I just received a message that it has not. A great relief. She lives in Texas and has been near San Antonio for the last year. She is busy applying for a teaching job in the area she lived for 20 years. She has invited me to visit and I have invited her to visit so we will see what happens.
The bush at the end of my porch, including the roots, has been removed. It took Oscar and Gerardo a couple days. That is where I want to use concrete blocks to create planters for a variety of cactus and succulents and flowers. That too may have to wait until I return. Kaye loved my black planters made from tires but when we asked Gerardo it didn't sound like they were easily available. She took lots of pictures of them to see if she could have a company in North Dakota make them.
We have been getting more rain so we are definitely into the rainy season. The mornings are still nice and the rain comes in the afternoon or night. We are one of the lucky areas that stay green all year, crops grow all year and we do not have water shortages or rationing.
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