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in my garden.......

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It's so nice to see everyone posting again. I don't believe that the
list is or was dying, I really think that everyone was taking a deep
breath and a long pause, the Spring chores are over (at least most of
them) and now the summer veggies are just coming along.  

I have been nibbling on asparagus beans, just a few right now but the
bean tower is loaded with babies.

The cukes have finally started to climb their bamboo frame, I still have
to do a bit of coasting to get them going in the right direction.

I have let my peas dry on the vine, the vines are starting to die back
and I'll take them out in another week or two and hang them in the
garage for a spell to make sure the peas are indeed truly dry. I'll be
enjoying them as a nice Winter soup some day.

The bright lights swiss chard has come along remarkebly well. The satlks
are very mild and we use them as we would celery in cooked dishes. I
haven't served them raw yet but I suppose I could.

The toms are all setting fruit, the oxhearts (? variety of oxheart) have
decided that they want to take over the garden, the plants are huge and
lush and loaded with fruits and setting plenty on a daily basis.

Watermelons and lakota squash are scrabling up strings.

Bush canteloupes are just a few inches across, I sowed the seeds about
three weeks ago, they germinated fast enough and the slugs didn't get
these! YAY!!! (death to all slugs!!!)

Semi Bush Pumkins are small too, but they are growing quite fast.

The three sisters garden is actually starting to look like more than a
new exp[eriment just begun, I have lots of squash vines about a foot
long, some straggly corns, and forget about the beans...the birds took
them all!

Bush beans are up and a foot high, the scarlet runners want to take over
the garden with the oxhearts (some sort of league of veggies).

Peppers are just starting to flower. We have several varieties of hots
and sweets but we don't know what they are, the puppy went on a seek and
destroy mission and chewed up all the garden markers.......sigh. But
that's okay. My son and I will just go out into the garden and play "I
dare you" with the hot peppers, it's our favorite summer game. We stand
there with a piece of bread and butter in one hand and a hot pepper in
the other, with the garden hose running and on the ground in between us.
Whoever flinches and grabs the hose first gets to do a chore for the
other. On one day Jason will pick two peppers, and the next day I pick
two peppers. By the end of the summer our taste buds are burnt beyond
recognition but our sinuses are really clear, LOL!!!

I sowed some annuals into the beds, gotta have flowers too. The
nasturtiums are literally hip high and loaded with flowers. I have never
in my life grown nasturtiums so big, they look like a flowering hedge.
Persian carpet zinnias are at the base of a bean tower and they are just
delightful. My MIL just loved them, everyone did. I really recommend
them to anyone who wants to grow something easy and  delightful. Cosmos
are bushy and fluffy, they haven't set their flower buds yet but I
expect them to start blooming in another couple of weeks. The ocassional
malva "braveheart" has popped up here and there in the beds and I let
them stay as they're butterfly magnets.

I shouldn't forget. My son sowed spanish peanuts last week (from
gurneys: another one from their novelty page). They germinated very
quickly. We weren't sure of the spacing but settled on one about every
six inches.

Trudi


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