Productive...

is the key word for this week.  I've decided to be home bound this week due to the kids' activity schedules.  There is just no solid blocks of time between taxiing to go places so might as well stick around the house and get stuff done.  Today marks day two of working in my sons' room.  We've been pulling everything out and giving the room a deep cleaning, plus going through and sorting stuff into keep and donate piles.  It's nice to see empty containers at the end of the day.  Less stuff = less to clean/put away later.

We've also been enjoying the productivity of the garden.

It was just a little over two weeks ago that I wrote my first blog post on the garden.  Then only a few flowers had appeared on the tomato and cucumber plants.  Now, the tomato plants are bearing and the cucumber plants are loaded with flowers.  In just two weeks, the cucumber plants have trellised  over three feet.  I've even been able to harvest the first cucumber of the season.  I was very skeptical how they would do at all considering the small containers they are in and the limited amount of sun they do get.  What I once considered experimental is beginning to look rather successful.

Even the watermelon in a bucket has taken off..

That's Jojo's feet in the background.  He's the family dog and now sharing his pen with the garden.