The month of June totally got away from me. Sorry for no posts lately. We are headed up to Schweitzer Mt. for the 4th of July. They have fireworks on the mountain and over the lake. I am looking forward to that. I am also looking forward to swimming in the lake with the boys. Darius is hilarious, he runs forward into the water and just flops face first. He has no idea how to swim so we have to fish him out all the time.
On the gardening front: Most of the seeds I planted prior to June didn't make it. We replanted a couple of days ago, mainly because I wanted to give the ones I had planted the benefit of the doubt, but nope they had a big FAIL stamped on them. It sucks, because most likely we wont get any return from the plants until late Aug. What did make it you ask; lettuce, spinach, zucchini, corn (but once again it is not growing very well), tomatoes, cilantro, carrots, a couple of snow peas, and broccoli. What didn't make it; green beans, basil, squash, cucumbers, and pumpkins. I was really looking forward to the squash and pumpkins too! I replanted squash, peas, and green beans. We will see how they do. Hopefully, they will take off and start giving us some veggies in a month and a half.
I don't know what to do for next year. I am tossing around the idea of creating a shelter/green house over the garden beds. This would increase the temp of the soil and keep the cold spring winds off the starts and seedlings. The down side is that it would be harder to water while the shelter is in place, I might have to set up an elaborate drip irrigation system. Could be fun though once it is all working, HA!
We are going to Portland next week to visit Joline, Brenden and Lowic. We are going to visit the zoo and go to the coast. Brenden and Joline got a place for us to stay at on the beach! Fun, fun, I am looking forward to some good seafood.
