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Well my efforts so far this year are paying off although I keep praying protection over the garden (from those bunnies that love my pea pods!) Many things are growing well and we’ve even had some lettuce and radishes to eat. The only one who likes radishes is my daughter Ariel (and my Dad but he lives 2 hours away) so we don’t plant too many. It’s too bad because it’s one thing I seem to be successful at growing!
The lettuce has done well but I’m not crazy about the variety. I tried a Burpee mix and it’s just okay. I may dig this up and try another either soon or later in the summer for a fall crop. I’ve just let it go at this point since it’s in the cold frame full of grass.
Oh, you didn’t hear about the grass I’m growing? Well, I put ground cloth down under the cold frame which on the label said it was “guaranteed” to be weed proof! Apparently the company does not consider “grass” a weed because it grows real well right up through the ground cloth, several inches of dirt and looks just like a weed to me! Because of the ground cloth it’s impossible to pull the grass out (the root does get stuck under the ground cloth) and so unless I weed it daily I grow grass. Grrrrr….
But on to happier subjects…the pea pods, green onions, potatoes, turnips, dry beans, zucchini, cukes, tomatoes, melons and peppers all seem to be off to a great start. The black beans are only coming up sporadically and both the eggplant and cherry tomatoes didn’t seem to transplant well. They are in but don’t seem to be growing.
I did make a frame for the pea pods from pipe which cost me about $35. My sons bunk bed has since then broke (or I would have used that and not paid $35) so now I’ve made another frame and will put in a climbing/non-bolting spinach type I got from Seed-Savors. I’m really hoping they’ll thrive because we love spinach salad and especially spinach dips!
Hope you are having a good summer and able to grow some things too.
Gina | 
