Livin' high on the hog tonight!

Boy, we're living high on the hog tonight!  We'd been gone this weekend so I knew we'd have some green beans to pick, but I didn't know it would be this many!  I can't wait to eat them.  There's nothing like greenbeans with the brightest color green you've ever seen sitting on your plate.  :-)  Well, I'm sure some things are better, but I really like how green fresh vegetables are!

I am also happy to report that we have about three, four, or five little yellow squash growing!  They are just the cutest things!  Jeff sprinkled some fertilizer around before we left for the weekend and with the rain we've had, things are just poppin' up!  It's pretty thrilling!

Garden fresh!

Pretty blooms

It is warming up a little in Texas and my flowers have really enjoyed the rains we've gotten recently.

Snapdragons-wish they lasted through the summer!

I was so excited because this morning about 7am it was 71 degrees and I thought maybe it would be warm enough to go to the beach this weekend but my husband said that there's a "cold" front coming through.  My friends from the northern states can insert a chuckle here.  :-)  Hopefully it won't get too cool though because I've planted some corn, green beans, lettuce, and peas and want them to get warm enough to sprout!

The heat and bugs got this plant last summer, but I was surprised to find it's making a comeback!  I'm so happy about that because I got it from my grandpa's funeral.  I believe the name of it is Crossandra.

Same plant that needs some TLC.

Vibrant snapdragons

These finally started blooming-didn't remember they were a multicolored pack!

Grit Free Greenbeans

Yesterday I was surprised to get a letter in the mail from a food company that I'd written just a couple weeks ago.  I had purchased Libby's Cut Green beans and was very unhappy with the dirt, or grit, or something that we were trying to chew with them.  So, I wrote to the company and told them about my experience and I received a letter signed by the Director of Consumer Affairs and four coupons for free cans of Libby's vegetables (that you can only use one at a time!)  I am happy about the coupons, but I don't know if I will be using them for green beans.  Maybe something safer like corn.  Plus, my in-laws just gave us a whole bunch of canned home-grown green beans, and they will be happy to know that the two cans we've opened are grit free!!!  :-)

Coupon for Free Vegetables

Thanks John and Janie for the green beans!