Well, as summer finally gets underway, its time to talk about the garden. First, our strawberries that we planted and then transplanted into the front garden last year have been producing like mad! We've gotten an abundance of the sweetest, most delicious fresh strawberries this year. I honestly thought that I'd be able to eat them all, but it turns out I really couldn't keep up. So I've been freezing the leftovers which I'm sure will be excellent come this winter.
The peas are also coming along, I planted sugar snap and shelling type peas. I figured that I'd be able to store the shelled peas to make baby food this winter. That's the plan anyway. The onions and lettuce are doing great, not surprising given the amount of rain and cooler weather we've been having. Even still, the tomatoes are getting tall and I even have some cherry tomatoes set on as well as some "New Girls" - the earliest of the new hybrids. The corn is starting to come up and even my green beans have begun. The only casualty so far is the green peppers - the one's I started from seed were eaten by slugs! Oh well, I bought some green bells from Lowe's and we'll see if they survive.
Nate put landscape fabric down in the planting area and boards to mark off the walking area. It has been working out really well. No weeding!
The peas are also coming along, I planted sugar snap and shelling type peas. I figured that I'd be able to store the shelled peas to make baby food this winter. That's the plan anyway. The onions and lettuce are doing great, not surprising given the amount of rain and cooler weather we've been having. Even still, the tomatoes are getting tall and I even have some cherry tomatoes set on as well as some "New Girls" - the earliest of the new hybrids. The corn is starting to come up and even my green beans have begun. The only casualty so far is the green peppers - the one's I started from seed were eaten by slugs! Oh well, I bought some green bells from Lowe's and we'll see if they survive.
Nate put landscape fabric down in the planting area and boards to mark off the walking area. It has been working out really well. No weeding!
