04-03-2005, 11:59 AM
Merry Monarch seems to have captured everyone else's attention. No one but me around and I have been lazy all weekend. However, before the weekend, we managed to get the corn in, the trellis up and a few peas in and some peppers too. Despite the heavy rain, our design is working well, drainage is going where it should and the plants seem happy. Spots of sunshine between rain floods are saving us and them!
The first thing we planted was squash in a raised bed before we had the fence up. A few days ago some giant yellow flowers popped up and now there are tons of little baby squashes everywhere. There is a zuchini the length of my thumb and half a dozen inch long babies. There are a dozen crook necked squash on those plants and even a few summer squash... the kind that look like they could be little munchkin feet with toes all around... hehe...
I get a big ole' chest full of joy each time I look at them. If a few weeks we will begin harvesting squash an cooking it right up. Will any of you be joining us? It's all really beginning to be something to see.
May you live in interesting times.
The first thing we planted was squash in a raised bed before we had the fence up. A few days ago some giant yellow flowers popped up and now there are tons of little baby squashes everywhere. There is a zuchini the length of my thumb and half a dozen inch long babies. There are a dozen crook necked squash on those plants and even a few summer squash... the kind that look like they could be little munchkin feet with toes all around... hehe...
I get a big ole' chest full of joy each time I look at them. If a few weeks we will begin harvesting squash an cooking it right up. Will any of you be joining us? It's all really beginning to be something to see.
May you live in interesting times.
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"