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I ended up back at the co-op and picked up some more succulents - they had a bigger selection than I saw yesterday so I figured why not. I also got another snake plant to fill out the other parts of it I killed/took to my office. And here we go:

see ya, strawberries, hello succulents!

This summer has been really mild which has been great for me, but not so hot for my plants. The only thing I've harvested so far is one summer squash, and we couldn't even eat it because it wasn't ripe yet. Everything else is alive and healthy but about two months behind.

A few strawberries have actually grown, but every time I went out to pick them I found that the squirrels beat me to them. I moved them to a shepherd's hook away from everything to try to protect the berries, but even that didn't work. So to get rid of the awkward hook in my front yard I'm calling it quits on the berries - better luck next year!

Not down and out, I stopped by the co-op and found a bunch of succulents available. Last winter I tried a succulent terrarium, but I over-watered it once and it never recovered. This time I want to learn from that mistake and try a new one.

I used some drainage rocks and cactus soil I bought last year and layered it all in...

 dropped in the plants...

and gave it a bit of water. After watering I left the top open so some can evaporate before I close it up.

So here we be. I might go back and add a few more in because I gather you can pack succulents in pretty tightly, but they might also grown into it, too. We will see this. 

I also picked up another hearty houseplant to fill out some of one of my other pots. Hopefully it grows a bit to fill in the other plants I killed. Oops.

And last but not least, some new leaf lettuce for a fall crop. Yay!

Vacation

Sun. Sand. Surf. Surfing. Giggles. Ice cream. Family. Mini gold. Mani-pedis. Crab. No cell service. Karaoke. 1D.
This was one of the best, most well deserved vacations I've ever taken. I can't believe it's over so soon!