I guess I have been as busy with this site as nobody else has been.  Pictures will arrive soon of yard improvements.  My wife has turned our back yard into wildflower heaven, while I have managed to produce an ever more resolute crop of crabgrass and bahia. 
I tried an experiment last fall of leaving the pepper garden until spring to clean up.  The net result is tobasco pepper plants ruling supreme and drowning out most of the others.  Also, cross polination took place and I have no idea what variety pf pepper I am pulling from the plant.  Heat varies wildly from plant to plant, even sometimes peppers on the same plant.  Long story short, I will clean up the pepper garden this fall, so I know what I am eating next August.
On another note, the Pink Lady banana tree finally put out yellow bananas before a frost.  They are awesome.  Flavor is fruity and texture is, well, great but unexpected.  Goes to show you just never know.

Wow, it's been a year already. The another hot day in the jungle is taking on a new identity- it is the offcial blog of the Madison Garden Club. Since the club is pretty small right now (just me and my plants), the blog will be pretty simple, just a run down of what's going on in my yard, what's not going on in my yard, and this-must-stop-going-on in my yard?" Hopefully, my insights will prompt others to post responses, mainly in reply to Q. #3 above. In the future the site and blog will grow to such proportions that our sponsors will provide us with so many freebies the entire neighborhod will be up to their ears in mushroom compost.

Update: All of the Hardy hibiscuses are full of flower buds, so far no drought related damage. I haven't been watering much.

My banana trees are now serving as the local storm forcaster. When they start to look nice with their big banana tree leafs, look out: a storm is coming to make them look like hula skirts again. Honestly, if I could afford it I'd replace them with comparably sized palms. Cha-Ching$$$.

This posting is to be viewed as an attempt to see what it looks like on the blog. If you are reading it then I either

1. Forgot to delete it

2. Got busy doing other things

3. Decided it is golden and have not the heart to delete it.

Hopefully you will find a link to the Atlantic monthly. If you are not reading portions of this magazine, you should be.

www.theatlantic.com/



Maybe that link will get the revenue stream flowing.