From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   Terry Coombs wrote:   
      
   >    Strawberries , that is . With today's haul we have enough for a batch   
   > of jam ... half pints are in the dishwasher , berries are on the counter   
   > ready to cap-n-smash .In addition , the corn is coming up nicely , I   
   > will have to reseed a couple of spots though . Taters are boomin' , got   
   > them hilled up nicely and mulched heavily with straw . I'm seeing a few   
   > beans sprouting (blue lake bush) and the bunching onions are mostly up   
   > now . The tomatoes got the cardboard then straw mulch treatment , trying   
   > to prevent soil splashing on them to help prevent blight problems . And   
   > yesterday I saw some of the beets have come up too . It's been a cool   
   > wet spring , I feel like I'm behind - but I'm not really , summer's here   
   > are pretty long and I won't worry about frost until early October .   
      
     sounds good to me.  :)   
      
     strawberries are just starting to bloom here.   
   i'm hoping no more hard frosts, but we could still   
   get a few.   
      
     i am behind in some places, but that is because   
   i'm trying to get the fencing put up before the   
   lilacs and honeysuckles bloom and it's been raining   
   quite a bit.  most the important stuff is done well   
   enough for now.  just whatever extra gardens i can   
   get ready before planting the warm season crops is   
   nice to have done.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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