July 13, 2008

Wow!  I can't believe it's mid-July already!  Where does the time go? Seems I was just waiting for the snow to melt!  The season is flying by - lettuces are just about finished but table onions, garlic, and baby beets have made their appearance and beans, cabbages, zucchini, and potatoes will be making their debut shortly. 

The rains have set everything back a bit - everything but the weeds that is!  It's been too muddy to do the work I want to get done - undersowing crimson clover in the tomatoes, hilling the corn, mulching the potatoes, planting the rest of the cucumbers and sunflowers - so, I've been weeding out the garlic patch - yanking out smartweed, thistles, amaranth, lamb's quarters, and lots of things that I don't know the names of.  Well, it did need to be done and it's not done yet so I guess the rain is giving me the chance to catch up on that work!!

I've also managed to seed the fall lettuces and broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, and kohlrabi into flats.  They've all germinated and will start to make the move outdoors tomorrow.  Radishes have also been sown to flats and limited numbers will be available come August.

And, of course, there's always the paperwork and website updates to do!  But, enough for now - time to get some sleep before another day of weed pulling!  With any luck it'll be dry enough by Tuesday to get back to the rest of those field chores!