Summer 2009

I can't believe it has been so long since I made a post to this blog! Has it really been this long?! I suppose so, since so much has happened. I was so late getting my garden in this year that I came close to not planting one at all. But now I am so glad I did! Everything is coming along nicely. :) The fruit trees are doing well, not much in the way of fruit this year, but they are growing like weeds! We do have a few pears and a couple of apricots.









We planted blueberries this spring and actually grew a couple dozen berries.










We also bought 50 Tristar strawberries which are doing well and are already producing berries! That's Tristar for ya! :)









Not everything is growing as well as I would like. My chicken powered bug patrol is currently out of commission- I gave my chickens to a friend to keep for me until I was better able to keep Orion from eating all my eggs! So this season I have had a slug problem! Slugs ate my Cherokee beans to the ground! GGGRRRR!!! After replanting the beans and distracting the slugs with a blanket of leaves from the box elder tree, I have a couple dozen struggling plants that look like they might make it.










The cabbage has not escaped the slugs either. Holy Cabbage Leaves, Batman!!











There's much more to report, but I'll have to finish later. I'll post part 2 tomorrow! :)