I've been meaning to write, but every time I start to, it seems that something negative is coming out. I don't want to complain or foster further feelings of disappointment, so I'm sticking to what my mother taught me, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."
So trying to focus on the positive, here's some news:
The garden is growing. Funny how it seems I'm out there almost daily but somehow still missed that we have already a cucumber growing along with a few baby green sweet peas and grape tomatoes. They must have been camouflaged or I just wasn't looking closely. We're in zone 4/5 so I've had to be patient. The lettuce is doing great, and the baby spinach has already been consumed. The basil is up along with the spring onions, but part of the row of cilantro is missing. Either bad seed or something got into it and ate it already. I still have part of the row, so it won't be a complete loss. One of the heirloom zucchinis is a conjoined twin. I can't wait to see how that veggie grows and what it will end up looking like.
Notes for next year - skip the lettuce and just plant baby spinach. It tastes so good in smoothies! Plant the sugar snap peas EARLIER! I also want to expand the beds to be bigger and plant garlic in the fall. Maybe we'll even try to grow popcorn!
DS15 has been making short films. I wish I could post them for you to enjoy. His latest one was really good, but I don't have permission to share it. It features several of his friends and involves a possessed disc golf frisbee. Hopefully everyone involved will grant permission for it to be posted on Youtube soon and then I can share it.
DS15 also has been working on creating an art studio in the garage. I wish we had a room in the house that we could designate to be our art workshop. The garage doesn't have great lighting and it will be too cold to work in the winter.
DS12 has been working out, getting ready for his first Firecracker walk with G-Ma this coming weekend. He's thinking he may want to start running to take his fitness goals even further.
I'm enjoying my new work schedule. Although I have to start earlier, I get off earlier so I am able to see DH before he goes to bed. Speaking of work, I better get cruising to it. I'll try to check in more regularly, maybe even posting some of the not so nice news once I can process it in a more positive light.
Take care!
4 comments:
Lucky you to already be feasting on your garden...mine is not doing as well as I had hoped.My cucumbers have been planted twice now and still not enough seeds popping thru to even make a salad when and if they mature into cukes. My lettuce is still in the 2-leaf stage I have had to replant the carrots again and everything else is just taking its sweet time to even look like whats its supposed to be. Our cold nights have not been too condusive to getting those seeds to germinate and now that the days have finnally started to stay warm and nights are in the high 40's and low 50's hopefully more seeds will start to pop thru the soil.
I sure do miss having a garden. Haven't tried again, here in Florida. There are so many bugs and nocturnal critters. I just go to the Farmer's Market, but have many fond memories of my dad's garden during my childhood.
Sounds like the boys are doing well. Glad you have a new work schedule that is more family friendly. We are here for you, Dawn, whenever you are ready to share.
My lettuce + spinach are doing good. I just noticed today that there is a baby green pepper. Yay! Some flowers are coming up, Some aren't. Not sure if the seeds got washed out. Right after I planted we got a bad storm.
Glad you are getting to spend more time with DH. Have a great week!
Sounds like you have a great garden going, planned on a container garden here but with all the cold wet weather is not got done. This year it will be farmers markets. Ds movie sounds interesting, he sounds very creative and artistic. Way to go to ds12, Good Luck at the walk with G-Ma
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