I guess we always have plenty of "therapy" to keep us on track. The best therapy is pulling a bucket of weeds - at least that is what I tell myself. If you agree, we have plenty of "therapy" to go around (and extra gardening gloves).
Our cucumbers are really taking off and because of my husband's diligence, they are growing up the fence like we had planned. I am always amazed at the tendrils on a cucumber plant - beautiful and amazing how something in the natural world works so well.
While this is a dragon fly, I want to joke that it is the same size as the mosquitoes in the yard. One of the downfalls of all of the rain is the chiggers and mosquitoes...not fun! I am trying a new insect repellant from LuLu and Max. I am a big fan so far.
We try to grow new things in the garden each year. This year's grand experiment is the tomatillo! I am super excited to try to can some salsa verde. I am doing some reading to make sure that I know what I am doing, but I am pretty sure that we'll just take it one day at a time and see how it works out. The plant has set on some small fruit - a good sign.
I planted these on a whim and sort of forgot what I had planted. They almost got yanked out of the ground when we thought it was a weed. Thankfully, I put two and two together and remembered they were part of the actual garden plan.
The plant also has some blossoms, so we must not be messing up too bad.
We also pulled a bunch of onions tonight. We have some giants in the harvest. My husband thinks we should enter them in the fair and I keep threatening to put him in open class.
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