High Summer
Just as I expected, summer is HOT! I am SO glad that I got the irrigation figured out for the garden. Speaking of which, it has finally taken off. We have dug a few potatoes and I've picked the odd lettuce plant (but I have to admit, I don't really like home-grown lettuce - I'm not all that crazy about lettuce at all). Those first two beds that I built and planted are still struggling, but we have had a handfull of pea pods. Not the bushel of peas I had hoped to freeze, though. I did re-seed the carrots and beets and they took much better this time. I'm going to have cucumbers coming out my ears! They are growing and climbing and flowering like mad... and of course I have 3 different varieties! They are climbing up the trellis (but I have to check on them and head them up every day) as are the acorn squash. The corn is forming tassels and the one pumpkin seedling that I planted back in that corner is taking over! The tomatoes are going to town and my favo