garden update

Probably you could do without an update on the garden(s) but I can't resist.  Our gardener, Daniel, has been doing an amazing job.  We get out there occasionally and water everything on the days he's not here, but can take no credit for it otherwise.

We have the flower garden beds surrounding the house.  It is fun to see it grow and change. And the color! Oh, the color! It has been very dry here in Kijabe lately. Even with all the watering that is done, we could use a good soaking to make things really flourish.

The best part of this is that I can walk around Kijabe with Daniel and point out the flowers blooming that I like, and I know in the next day or two they'll appear in our garden!

We have also begun to get some things into our vegetable garden. The other day, I was pleasantly surprised to go out and discover this:

Ok, it doesn't look like much, but these little green shoots are the beginnings of our first crop of sweet corn! I happen to love sweet corn, and am not above scheduling my time in the US to take advantage of when it is freshest in MA.  When we were in Long Island last summer visiting Matt & Erica, we picked up some seeds and thought we'd give it a go here.  Maize, which is a staple here in Kenya, is tougher and (obviously) not as sweet.  We have no idea how well this will do here, but we're excited to find out -- in about 60 or so more days.  I'm also hoping to get other standard things in here soon: zucchini, tomatoes, watermelon, etc.  Any one have other suggestions?

In other news, we're hoping to pick up our crib this weekend, which means we'll finally get moving on the nursery.  Nothing like waiting til crunch time! 26 more days to go!