A Good Year (So Far)

Nesa, I'm so happy to hear your news!  Just goes to show that hard work
really does pay off.

Rena - fantastic news for you, too!  Those kids are so lucky.

As for me - this is the best gardening year I've ever had, so far.  I got so
many strawberries I'm tired of picking them (they always get eaten though -
I'd expected to freeze some!).  My 5 yo daughter is a lettuce freak, and
we've had enough to satisfy even her.  Yesterday we had sugar snap peas for
dinner, though I thought that particular row wasn't going to do much.  This
is the first time for 7 years I've actually gotten zucchini from my plants -
must have been a bee shortage, but now there are plenty little ones in
there.  My tomatoes, that I sprouted from seed (not easy here in OH) are
doing great, even the one I thought didn't survive transplanting is
blooming.  I also have a few volunteers scattered around the garden from the
tomatoes the bugs ate last year - can't bring myself to weed 'em out - and a
few of them are blooming too.  My bush beans are blooming, though I think a
rabbit ate one row.  Cucumbers are getting off to a very slow start, but
since it finally stopped raining every day they're beginning to grow.
Peppers are slow too, but I think I finally saw a bud.  The only
disappointment was the watermelons, which I put back in the corner of our
yard - it got too wet for them and the rabbits finished the job.  There's
one left though, so I'm crossing my fingers.

Yay!  Happy gardening, all!

Pam, zone 5
pkock@one.net
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