I’ve been adding a few items to the garden since I last mentioned it.

Oregano, for example.

 

And I’m trying to grow tomatoes again. These are Big Boy tomatoes so I’m hoping they’ll live up to their name.

 

The rosemary and basil are doing well so far.

 

And I added some thyme.

I was trying to keep the squirrels away with garlic, and that seemed to have some success, but it took a lot of garlic because it had to be refreshed every few days. So I ordered some peppermint balls, which are supposed to keep the squirrels away. Let me tell you:

They DO. NOT. WORK.

So I might have to go back to the garlic.

In the meantime we’ve had an unexpected visitor.

Surprisingly for a creature who’s supposed to be nocturnal, he’s been around a lot during the daytime. He seems to like my neighbor’s grill.