Update 6/4/09

Did a quick run through of the garden this morning. We had to plant a pepper plant that Gert nearly destroyed by trampling it on her way to chase a deer in our yard. She doesn’t seem to understand that the peppers are FRAGILE, I guess she doesn't speak Italian. In any case, she gets a pass for being a dog, after all.

Miraculously, the sun shone for a small bit yesterday and I think the beans were appreciative. We saw a few pole beans breaking the soil and a few bush beans popped up with nice baby leaves. All the greens are visible now, except the Swiss Chard, which you really have to look closely for. Carrots are emerging in one of the rows, but not the other two. Excitingly, Potato leaves are peeking out in several spots of one row, but again, not the other two. Weird. Onions are shooting up fine green stalks and the peas are going crazy. They need to be staked this weekend and helped toward the fence. Currently they are attaching themselves to each other and dragging the whole lot of them down. Very happily, I can also report that the broccoli looks fabulous, albeit still really small, but growing nice healthy leaves with no signs of insect damage. I hope they stick around. Brocolli is my favorite vegetable.

I just realized that I forgot to water the garden this morning like I had intended. 4 and 1/2 more hours before I can get home to tend to it. This work stuff is for the birds. Hope everything is enjoying this BEAUTIFUL sunny day! Looks like the weekend will be perfect as well!