By Lisa Gutierrez on 07/20/2011
I planted a mammoth sunflower seed 3 months ago, way back in April. I should have taken a photo of it as a weee little seedling. I started this series when I noticed a bud on the stalk. “FINALLY!” I thought to myself, when I peaked into the leaves. It took about 3 weeks before petals showed up and then only TWO DAYS for the petals to spread out into the beauty it is now. I am wondering if it will grow any larger. I have to resist posting sun flower shots as my Project 365 photos. It’s pretty tough.
Next Spring, I want to plant about 20 of these along my fence line. Imagine that! Dreamy.
How are your gardens growing??? I gave up on my veggies, because of the huge drought we had been experiencing (and my water bill! gah!) and GUESS WHAT! It started raining this week. No flash floods, but a steady drizzle that I HOPE revives my front lawn. If only I had hung on to the jalapeno plant. I’d have more violently hot (seriously) peppers to scare my family with.
My succulents are thriving, but I need to do some re-potting soon. That makes me anxious, so I’m not going to talk about it ’til it’s done. My name is Lisa and I am an awkward gardener.
By Lisa Gutierrez on 06/01/2011 I was lucky enough to win a spot in the Big Picture class, Picture Color, from the Shutter Sisters blog. The main idea is to focus your lens on the colors that surround you in June. Today’s prompt had to do with bliss. The colors that make you swoon, that define your summer moments, that surround you, and those which you embrace the most.
For me, that color is green.
I feel it symbolizes growth. My plants usually start out green and then throw out blossoms or fruit of various colors. It all starts with green, though. From the marigold seeds I planted in April to the tomato plant I’ve watched grow over the past few weeks– green was first.
I feel extraordinary amounts of bliss when I am touching, smelling, or tasting the garden. Green represents that. It’s everywhere I want to be.
By Lisa Gutierrez on 05/12/2011 
I picked the first cucumber off my plant, today! I’m so excited to slice it up! I’m a little weary it will be the best tasting cucumber, because I just thought I should leave it on the vine to get super huge. After a bit of research on harvesting them, I learned you can harvest them early (i.e. small), but harvesting them late can lead to hard seeds and bitter cucumbers. Eeeek! This one isn’t too yellow, but I’m kind of nervous. EITHER WAY, I’m super pumped about my plants actually producing fruit for us. I can’t wait to harvest more!
By Lisa Gutierrez on 05/05/2011 
More photos taken in my backyard (technically, these are on the patio)! Aren’t you lucky!
These are my little succulents. The ones that sit on a bench on my patio, which gets sunny in the late afternoon/early evening. It gets sun almost all day at the end of summer and NO sun during the winter. I have liked figuring these little things out about my house. We’re approaching our 1 year anniversary of living here. That’s kind of amazing.
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Excuse my bloggy/Twitter absence…I’m in the midst of planning a party for my boys. I’ve procrastinated for too long and there is less than a month to prepare. Their birthdays are two weeks apart, so as long as they’re littles, they will have a shared birthday party. It would be acceptable to put up a birthday banner/decorations for the first birthday and leave them up those two weeks, right?? I want it to be colorful and super FUN.
By Lisa Gutierrez on 04/28/2011 This will probably not have any useful information. Just proud photos.
I grew edibles! effyeah!
what is that? A CUCUMBER!
I absolutely cannot wait til these are ready for picking. we LOVE cucumbers ’round these parts. my boys would probably eat these right off the plant!
baby bells! Ah! Nathan isn’t too keen on bell peppers, but Andrew like to snag some during dinner prep some nights.
My biggest plants: the jalapenos! I don’t even LIKE jalapenos, but the plants make me so happy! Me thinks there will be jalapeno poppers in our future.
There are also some flower growing about the backyard. Pinks and purples.
the gratuitous flower closeup with textured bokeh background.
Do you have a garden? If so, what are you growing? Fruits, veggies, flowers, succulents, all of the above? I have about 8 tomato plants growing, but only one has some tiny blooms right now. I’m excited to see them grow! Both my boys lovelovelove tomatoes.
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