May 28, 2010

My lovely hibiscus

After being out of town all week, I was looking forward to check out the garden and flowers.   So, I took a walk out back with my morning coffee and my camera.   There are so many pretty blooms.

There are 3 hibiscus plants along the back of the house and they always put out a ton of blooms.   This is a picture of a Rose of Sharon — hibiscus syriacus.   Google tells me this is the national flower of Korea.    That’s nice, but I like having it here in Central Texas.

May 20, 2010

Mmmmm

Our basil is booming.   In anticipation of lots of pizza feasts in our future, we have 2 patches of basil plants this year.  This patch was planted from seed.  Well, actually, there were probably about 5 times this many plants that sprouted, but Monte has been thinning them down to a managable number.

I think it’s time for some pesto!!!