I'm such a bad blogger! My apologies to all of my devoted fans out there (including those of you I had to remind to read this)! Perhaps I've just been too busy in the garden? Here's what's new:
1) Snap peas are AWESOME! The longer you leave them on the plant the fatter and sweeter they get.
2) The broccoli is producing little florets, but they are very loose and go to flower very quickly. All the web chatter says this makes for inedible, bitter broccoli but
3) Lettuce is still kicking, in fact finally producing fuller more compact heads just like real lettuce you buy in the store!
4) Strawberries ripen every few days or so but some critter keeps chewing them off. I got one full plump one tonight.
5) Raspberries, feared to be completely overwhelming, are amazing. They taste like store-bought with added sugar. Yum!
On the flipside...
-Cucumbers never showed up. I planted plants around the fourth of July and they look like they're going to bear fruit. Added some zucchini also.
-Carrots look great but are growing slowly and are all tangled in each other because I didn't thin them (I was overzealous). I'm banking on survival of the fittest to kill the little ones and let the big ones grow straight, but I'm going to let them grow another month if possible.
-Peppers, left in their starts too long, seem to have gotten stunted because they're not growing even now that they're in yummy compost. Oh well. Next year!
So, vegetables are doing great! I've also been busy landscaping and building the deck but those will be posts for other days...stay tuned.
