Water works

We've been blessed with water from the Heavens the past couple of days. It's been a good washing for the plants.

That also means I don't have to drag the hoses around the yards, which means I have time to notice things upclose and personal.

My nasturtiums are supreme this year----biggest leaves I've ever grown. Some are more than four inches in diameter.

And, some this morning were cupping water droplets in pretty ways.

I worried for a while that the giant-leafed nasturtiums would bear no flowers.

But they're there---just haven't popped open yet.

I'll never forget that nasturtiums I saw in New Zealand, where plants spread across entire hillside along the roadways.

Doubt that'll ever happen here, but this year's crop, for the most part, is pretty spectacular.

Which brings me to a question.

Why do plants shrink?

I've got other nasturtiums and green peppers which has turned micro, so much so some are hard to see with the naked eye.

That's a mystery. I'm wondering if it's the soil or if they're sharing space with other plants that gobble up all the nutrients.

Anyway, I've got the big and little of nasturtiums---the peppers are rebounding and maybe, just maybe, they'll return to normal size just in time for frost.

Anyway, the rain has been welcome, and the garden seems to like it.

Happy Tuesday.