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The strawberries and raspberries will be abundant this year. I'll be fighting the slugs for the strawberries, although not so much with the raspberries, since they are on bushes above the ground. The fine weather we've been having has helped quite a bit.
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Look how much my sugar snap peas have grown. They will be forming the first peas for me to snack on in in a week or two, and I harvested my first Russian kale (in the foreground) yesterday. My most excellent cook steamed them up and they are incredibly tasty. It will only get better from here. How did I ever get along without gardening? I love it.
Unfortunately for me, the fine weather will deteriorate on (you guessed it) Thursday, just in time for our hike. The temperature is forecast to reach 80°F today, and only 62 on Thursday, with a half inch of rain. Good thing I will be able to imagine how happy it will make my garden while I trudge along in my rain gear.
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Wow. You have great results already. We haven't even planted out tomatoes and cucumbers yet. It is really vold.
ReplyDeleteOne of the great pleasures in life is a backyard vegetable patch.
My son-in-law grows sugar snap peas and we love them too! Gardens are great... not only for the veggies, but also for our souls. My container garden on the side only has bell peppers, basil, and curly parsley, but I love watching them grow!
ReplyDeleteWe had our first tomatoes and cucumbers of the season yesterday, so good.
ReplyDeleteI love snap peas, and looks like yours are doing well ! Strawberries and raspberries...yum :)
~Jo
Our strawberries are almost ripe, and we're getting spinach from our garden. Yes, raising your own produce is very rewarding.
ReplyDeleteI adore raspberries and lost a lot of our last crop to birds. Who I am also fond of. And in years gone by my mother's cockatoo helped himself to her strawberries. He was picky with it too, and only picked the best fruit.
ReplyDeleteI suspect that rain or not you are going to enjoy your wet trudge on Thursday. I hope so anyway.
Looking good. I can do without the slugs, though.
ReplyDeleteMonster strawberry! Gorgeous! And just set out a pie pan filled with flat beer; the snails and snugs will drown happy and leave those berries alone. ;)
ReplyDeleteGardening is addictive isn't it? Smart way to tolerate the rain when hiking by thinking of how happy it is making your garden.
ReplyDeleteNothing better than produce directly from the garden.
ReplyDeleteI don't recall a little rain deterring your hike much before. And with fresh home grown vegies for energy how can you not....:)
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty strawberry! :)
ReplyDeleteWeather's going the other direction for us, might even get warm!
ReplyDeleteWe just get used to the sunshine and warmth, and then it is taken away. Looks like we'll have below normal temps for the predictable future.
ReplyDeleteA perfect strawberry--saved from the slugs!
ReplyDeleteYes, the garden will appreciate the rain. You'll be thinking of that every time the skies open up now this summer. :)
Dear DJan, the final paragraph of your posting on the weather--rain and walking--reminds me that always some good comes out of everything. That's is so comforting. Peace.
ReplyDeleteI just drove to Driscoll, Texas the other day to get fresh picked strawberries. There is nothing compared to 'home grown'.
ReplyDeleteLucky you! Strawberries, raspberries AND snap peas. I'm so jealous!
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