From: Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net   
      
   songbird wrote:   
      
   > 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   
      
   Lovely lettuce here, mostly Tom Thumb, New Red Fire, and   
   Summertime. The basic materials for dinner salads.   
      
   Snap peas are growing like gangbusters, but no visible   
   blossoms yet. First planting of Blue Lake Bush Bean seeds   
   was a bust, so replanted a few days ago.   
      
   Broccoli was the only thing I didn't plant myself from   
   seed, and it too was a bust. It is all going to seed stalks   
   rather than forming nice, big heads. It's the first time I've   
   ever had that happen.   
      
   Lots of onions coming up, both from sets and seed starts.   
      
   Four tomato plants are in pots on the deck with a half-dozen   
   more to go out into the garden beds this weekend, weather   
   permitting.   
      
   The blueberry bushes have already blossomed and two of the   
   older plants are covered in tiny green blueberries to be.   
      
   Too much rain here and a portion of the backyard is mud with   
   grass on top. Can't get either the rider or push mower through   
   it, so I keep hoping for a dry spell.   
      
   More work to do!   
      
   Nyssa, who has a couple of new tricks up her sleeve in case   
   the deer return this summer   
      
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