Just a quick update because I am amazed at how quickly things are progressing. We ate some deliciously sweet snap peas in a stir fry yesterday and today the Marigolds and Nasturtiums are starting to open. With the expected weather at 95ish for the next two days, I am hoping the sweet potatoes will get the heat they need. Otherwise…you can see for yourself. Not so bad for a first try at this thing. It makes me so happy to just watch the changes, even from morning to evening the growth can be seen. I have never loved Summer so much!
Delicious sweet Snap peas
Sunflowers, corn, beans and squash – will be taller than me soon!
view of the beds – peas, snap peas and the herb spiral – first Nasturtium flowers! In the far back near the fence- potatoes.
Blue Poppies
Cherry Tomatoes and Red Hopi Amaranth
Snap Peas- Sweet and Delicious
Broccoli, onions, and red onions
Package of mixed lettuce seeds…wow
In case you are wondering…the lettuce is just a package of mixed seeds – literally just scattered in a planter – and I could have many salads. Tomorrow we are planning a little salad with a radish or two and will be picking the shelling peas to see how that goes.
We’ll be eating/freezing this batch and planting another for seed for next year.
The only thing that has been difficult…the location of the eggplant and watermelon did not work, probably too shady, so I will be starting them again and hoping to have it work in a sunnier spot in the front yard. The pumpkins, zucchini, and butternut seem to love it –
so it’s worth a try.
All in all, I am enjoying the watering each evening and the obvious growth
from day to day.
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
