Here we are again at Happy Hour. Marg and Ron invited us over for dinner—we are using some of the vegetables we brought home from Lettuce days!
After dinner toast. Left to right, Frank, Dixie, Barb from Ohio, Big John from Canada, John from Ohio, Barb from Canada, Ron and Marg, both from Canada. Marg made a delicious Caesar Salad and Ron Bar-b-qued some pork loins. Yummy!
Sunday afternoon four of us ladies from the “street” in the park decided to go on the Garden Tour. After church we met at Judy’s RV and she drove. Marion had her GPS and we used it to drive to the different locations of the home gardens on the tour. Wilma was a real trooper, she stayed right up with us even tough she has COPD and gets out of breath.
Our first stop was the old Post Office building in Old Town Yuma. The building was closed, so all we were able to see was the garden outside. It had a beautiful bottle brush tree in front.
Then we walked to a couple old homes in the old town area. One was an unique two story adobe home. It even has a porch off the upstairs room.
Back in the car and driving to the rest of the homes on the tour. Some were really lush, and others used desert-scape to decorate their yards
The fountains and art work in the yards made them unique. My Mom would have loved the elephant fountain. She would say he was a happy elephant because his trunk is up in the air.
The tractor below is all made out of pop/beer cans. It was very cool.
Of course our favorite was the home owned by the Dr. and his wife who owns Juliana’s Restaurant. They have almost an acre of back yard and a view of Mexico, California and Arizona from one of the many seating areas. An infinity pool graces the back yard along with a pool with water cascading over rocks with lots of tropical plants. All this is terraced down to an area where there are live chickens in their own enclosure. The citrus trees on the grounds provide the lemons and oranges used in the restaurant. We were fortunate enough to talk to the owner and she explained a lot of the plants to us. Below are just a few of the pictures I took of this fantastic garden.
The next day Frank and I took off early (had to be there by 10:00 am) and visited The Peanut Patch. It used to be a peanut growing farm, but now it is just a gift and candy shop. They sell all kinds of products made from peanuts, but the peanuts are shipped in from Oklahoma and Virginia. Because the weather here in Yuma is so temperate, no freezing, the bugs got into the ground and couldn’t be frozen away, so no more peanut crops.
Above is the owner of the Peanut patch showing one young man how fresh peanut butter is made.
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