Garden

 

Humming bird sucking nectar from Zenias

I had a very successful experience growing flowers in my patio garden this year. I first started planting flowering shrubs last year and was quite successful having chrysanthemums and marigold last year. This year I planted marigolds, zinnia, asters and bachelor's buttons. With daily watering and proper care I had quite a bit of foliage growing in my patio this year. It has been exciting to see many humming birds, American robins and house sparrows paying daily trips to my garden. I did have on or two incidents of powdered mildew, white ants and flies which I took care of at the right time. I am posting a few photos from my summer garden.

Cherry Tomatoes - Click Red

When I saw the click red event on Jugalbandi, I decided to send in entry with cherry tomatoes as the theme. Cherry Tomatoes makes good salad food and I also use them on regular basis in various soups. This above photo goes to the Click-Red event hosted by Jai and Bee of Jugalbandi.

Halloween

I have always been interested in craft and art. When I heard about Halloween, I was very tempted to carve a pumpkin. As an amateur, I bought a small pumpkin and made a handmade design on it and carved it with my kitchen knife. I wanted to make a funny looking pumpkin than a more serious or scary one. Later I came to know that there are special tools available in the market to carve pumpkins. This is the pumpkin I carved in 2008. I am sending this to the event hosted at Chef In You .