Gardening in the Dark

Due to a crazy busy work schedule this week, I went without seeing my garden in natural light for four days. That said, I am so excited about the silly garden that I would get home from work late, pull out my purse size L.E.D. flashlight and check on the progress of each little plant. Things are coming along wonderfully. I now have three tomatoes fattening up and looking great, my first banana pepper has easily quadrupled in size (in a week!) and I think I have my first zucchini. Also, the lettuce is ready for harvest and I even had some on a sandwich today. Outside the veggie garden, the most exciting news for this week are the yellow roses blooming along the back fence. The two little rose bushes along the back fence looked every bit of dead after the snow and cold weather in February, but I pruned them heavily and they have come back and the larger one has these spectacular yellow blossoms. I will definitely plant more rose bushes next year, they are so stunning.