Jon gets up at 6:30 to go run with his cross country team. Most days, I get up soon after, eat breakfast (because I'm just so darn hungry), go far a walk - maybe jog a bit of it depending on how ambitious I'm feeling, and then spend an hour or so weeding. The garden is well shaded before 9:00 and besides getting eaten alive by mosquitoes, it is fairly comfortable. I don't know that I love gardening. I want to love it, but this space is rather large and I have concerns and frustrations that make me wonder if it is worth all the time.
Our pepper plants that we started indoors that just seem stunted; I think they're picking up speed, but I wonder if I babied them too much indoors.
About half our corn didn't come up, so I don't know if it will actually get any of it pollinated. Fingers crossed. I've never done corn before, and am excited at the prospect of roasting our own ears. Wiebe Corn, maybe we can set up a roadside stand one of these days. . .
Other new things are beets (which didn't come up last year) and carrots (only five plants have made it). We also planted potatoes that seem to be healthy. I love the anticipation and mystery of root vegetables.
Our peas are taking off - I've never been much of a snap pea eater, so I just don't know what to do with them, but they are fun to nibble on while I pass by. (Any ideas?)
Our tomatoes are looking good and the cucumbers are exploding as they did last year. We can definitely count on a good cucumber crop -maybe enough to make pickles.
I made applesauce with apples from our tree. The birds and squirrels were starting to battle over them, so we had to pick. I think I could do another round of picking though. And, there are still peaches and pears on our trees. I am hopeful that our inflatable snake has deterred the squirrel carnage (to the fruit that is) that happened there last year.
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