The snakes in the garden

This past Saturday we discovered snakes in our garden! Two black racers have taken up residence in the parsley. I think they were probably in there when I took this photo! Actually we first saw one of them a couple of weeks ago. We were out looking at the garden. We have chicken wire up as fencing and the black racer had entangled itself in the wiring. We were about three inches away when we finally saw it! We rushed away but my dog was over near the snake. We were calling and yelling for him to come away, but he just gave us a silly look and trotted happily along taking his time right beside the snake. After we finally got our dog away we rushed back inside. Sometimes black racers will chase you and we have read that they have a nasty bite. Even though they are not venomous a bite from one doesn't sound like a pleasant thing. My dad wants all the parsley out of the garden now. It's a huge patch and looks so beautiful, but the snakes have made it look pretty ragged from going in and out.

Carrots

This is me pulling one of the carrots from our garden. Sadly they are at the end of their season because it's too hot for them now. I love homegrown carrots. They taste so much better than store bought ones. We can sow seeds again this fall. I'm looking forward to that!

Growing watermelons

We have allsweet watermelons growing in our garden. Last year we grew moon and stars watermelons but this year my mom decided to give allsweet a try. Watermelon is one of my favorite things to have on a hot summer day. I helped my mom make a trellis for the vines. We did this because the garden is small and there isn't much room for the vines. This is one of the few things that hasn't died this spring because of the drought.