There are two cucumber plants at the front, going like they are on sterorids, and one at the back, growing on the trellis at a normal pace. They are climbing all over the tomato cages, smothering out everything in its way, creeping out onto the sidewalk.
Between these three cucumber plants, I’ve gotten more cucs than I know what to do with. Every day I’m picking 4 to 6 cucumbers. Every. Day.
So cucumbers straight up, with dip, in salad. Cucumber salad. What else?
With these 27 cherry tomato plants that came up on their own, plus the 1 that I bought, I figured I’d be crazy with an over-abundance of the sweet like candy tomatoes by now.
I’ve only gotten a couple a day so far. In fact, I’m picking more cucumbers than cherry tomatoes these days.
But all the plants are just laden with little green tomatoes like these. It’ll be worth the wait.
Mmm, I can hardly wait until these are ready to pick. I’m not sure what this variety, the Jenny Lind, is supposed to be like, but it looks like this one plant is going to produce many watermelons all summer long. It already has these two melons, and I think there is another one hiding under the leaves somewhere.
I started out with six cherry tomatoes….
…but Oli only left me with two. How could I resist those eyes? And he has so much fun playing with them before he eats them. He bats them around like a kitten until he has punctured the tomato, then, he gobbles it right up.
I think I showed you this before, when it was still in progress. I’m so pleased with the way this design turned out. Now, I’m not usually a hearts and flowers kind of gal, but these are so pretty, I want to keep them for myself. For now, they will go into the stack for Christmas presents, but if I get enough other sets done, I have every intention of keeping this pair.
Kit: Rose Hearts pillowcases from Dimensions.
Thread used: DMC variegated pink 99 and DMC variegated green 92.
Because the pillowcases turned out so well, I bought the Rose Hearts quilt blocks for a way in the future project.
Green Bungalow Craftworks 
