Making Babies [pictures included]

Pardon my boring blog. I know it has been dull as dirt. But, I've been busy! Making babies. Lots and lots of babies. Well, at least I hope.

Just to give you an idea of what is happening here (I know the suspense is killing you) this is not your traditional baby making. It is much different, and honestly I am pretty ashamed to admit that I have been involved in this strange activity.

I have a feeling that a lot of people who are a lot smarter and more skilled than me will be laughing at me. I bet I have been wasting my time. But if it does work, and babies start popping up all over the place you will be jealous of my baby making skills, if you aren't already!

So it started here with some plants and a dream. All I wanted was some yummy cucumbers. I have definitely grown some amazing plants, and they are something to marvel at. There are SO many flowers. All I am missing is the fruit. So I decided to play matchmaker. If these dang plants are going to start getting some action going I am going to do it for them!

I read online... I know famous last words... that sometimes you need to pollinate the flowers. You know, touch there inner flowers together. I laughed so hard. But desperate times call for desperate measures. So I was out to the garden to make some magic happen.

So I was really ashamed. I was doing this in total private. If anyone would have caught me doing this I would have died! (so here I am writing about it on my blog, duh?) I made magic that day. Those flowers had a pretty good time as far as I could tell. Then I waited. Today I went out and saw this little baby cuke! I was so excited, sadly. I hope that there are many more coming my way. And yes, I know it could be a coincidence, but I like to feel like I made that baby! Nature just wasn't doing its thing!

On a side note do you remember my really dead tomato plants? They love me now!