This will be a long "catch-up" post since I haven't had the time to write. Between getting the garden in, Joe coming home from the desert, and my youngest son's move to Vancouver, life has been hectic!
The big news in our family was the Ring Ceremony at Annapolis that Hiathan, my grandson, attended with his girlfriend. We're already planning our visit to Annapolis and Washington DC this time next year for his graduation. I can't believe how fast time is flying!
Prices in Annapolis during graduation are CRAZY high! But we're going to be spending at least 3 nights there. We've made reservations in Washington DC for the week before in order to visit the Smithsonian. I've been there once before, when my eldest son was 18 months old. He's now 55! So it's been a minute!
We're toying with the idea of walking the Camino again, just the two of us, after Annapolis, but haven't yet made a firm decision.
As summer gets it's start, the weather has been crazy here in Oregon. We've gone from 60 degree weather to 90 degree weather and back down to 65 in the matter of days. My garden is so confused!
I made the mistake of starting too early this year. I figured since I wasn't walking the Camino, I'd get my plants in the ground sooner. But what I ended up doing was stunting the growth of some.
Tomatoes, lettuce, peas, garlic, and onions did fine.
Tomatoes and Peppers. The peas will come out next week.
Onions are bulbing nicely
Green beans had a rough start because of slugs,
but are doing ok now.
Dried leaves on garlic tells me I can harvest in the next 2 weeks.
My eggplant got eaten alive by slugs, and the cucumbers and squash were so stunted I've had to pull them up and start again. I learned it's best to WAIT, not on a DATE, but for the weather to warm up consistently, which still has not happened here in my town.
Beets remain a mystery to me. They just refuse to grow for me. Turnips have nice full tops, but no bulbs and I'll be harvesting and freezing the greens next week. Yesterday I harvested peas and will freeze them today. I pulled up about half of the plants to make room for new cucumbers - and the rest will come up next week.
Blackberries and Golden Raspberries and Strawberries are happy as can be, and producing a LOT! I need to get out there today and harvest. We're picking them every other day now. We've already begun freezing them. My rhubarb is a lot larger this year and I've already made a couple of rhubarb/strawberry pies! YUM!
Besides the garden, I've been doing a lot of art. I've had fun creating needle felted animals. Here are a few photos of those:
My son's dog, Marley.
Hare
Raven
Well, I guess that's about it for now. Michael is bringing my "grand-dog" Jean Luc over this morning for a couple of days. He's a beautiful (and funny) Golden Retriever who I love and it will be fun to have him here to keep me company (and keep me walking.)
I hope you're having a wonderful summer!
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