July 5th

Here are some views from around the garden. Click on the photos for larger views.

Zucchini (I made bread with this on the 6th! YUM!)

Watermelon plants with a flower. This is the second flower I have seen so far.

Strawberries are still flowering, no red fruit yet though.

Yellow Squash

Loose leaf lettuce

Jason & I have been seeing some bees around the garden early this year. I am having a hard time hand pollinating the cucumbers, so I am hoping that they are doing a good job!

Mary Washington Asparagus that I am growing from seed.

Fourth of July

Happy Independence Day!

Today I enjoyed a summer squash mixed in with my pasta for lunch! I do have some zucchini that is almost ready to pick, so I may make bread this week.

I lost over half of my tomatoes to late blight, I think that it may have come from the one tomato plant that I bought at Home Depot, a mistake I will never make again. We bought some flowers to plant in those pots to attract bees to pollinate our squash and cucumbers. We picked up some Antigua Yellow Marigolds, Vintage White Stock, Blue Danube Ageratum and Figaro Mix Dahlias.

I also re potted my winter squash and started some more lettuce and snap peas for the fall.

Hope everyone's garden is doing better than mine!