Garden update

We've been bustin' our behinds on our new vegetable garden this year, especially on the rare Sundays that Shane isn't working. It's become an obsession of sorts and the more we do, the more that needs doing. We are all involved and most weekends you can find Jasmine either covered from head to toe in dirt, with sidewalk chalk, shovels and buckets, or soaked to the bone as she helps with the watering. This inevitably leads to a lot of nakedness by Jasmine which is fine with us. Enjoy it now, sweetheart.

We have a lot of flowering plants right now, with a few bearing fruit. Tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers are starting to emerge and the newly planted pole beans are poking up from the ground with robust leaves. Every morning you will find me outside, greeting my young crop with a curious eye, making sure there were no tragedies in the night. Evenings, I can't wait to see what the heat of the day inspired and I have yet to be disappointed. The okra have beautiful hibiscus-like flowers, and the zucchini is ready to produce its first orange blossom tomorrow morning. It's an exciting process. Of course, I've gotten the fun job, planting and nurturing (although I'm the designated drip installer, which is definitely a labor of love). Shane has been installing PVC for our expanded irrigation system, mostly digging trenches and laying and gluing pipe. And Jasmine, as usual, is comic relief and reminds us to play more and work less.