The sun came out after the nearly two week long deluge here. I finally got into the garden I had planted when it was sunny and nice for a while, and much of it had drowned. The cucumbers, mint, pumpkins, squash, garlic, asparagus, radishes, one colorado hot pepper, several of the different beans (I plant purple, yellow, and green beans), corn, snap peas and, of course, the weeds were ok. Unfortunately, we lost the tomatoes, broccoli, sweet peppers, habaneros, mesclun lettuces, spinach and herbs. The carrots and sweet maui onions we aren’t sure about yet – they are small but may be ok.
So, off we went to do what I consider cheating: buy pre-started plants at the nursery. I also don’t like to do this because I tend to plant unusual varieties of vegetables that I grew to love on the west coast, which they just don’t sell here. That said, we did find some Roma tomato plants, Early Beauties, and a handful of herbs, including cilantro (a miracle!). I was unable to find replacements for the dill, oregano or parsley though.
In the end it didn’t matter – I got to spend time in my garden, outside, enjoying the breezy sunshine (breezy means “gale force winds” in NH). I have a sunburn on my forehead (I know! Attractive!), dirt and mosquito bites everywhere and a huge smile on my face for the first time in weeks.
PS: Anyone know how to rid our garden of Gypsy Moth caterpillars? We don’t have many, but it doesn’t take many to turn into plant destroying Gypsy Moths mid-season.
Now listening: To the neighbors’ parrot on their porch, who we are teaching to whistle Dixie. heh. We already taught it wolf whistles and how to meow like a cat. They are still trying to figure out where it learned that stuff…
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