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Quick update on the garden. I have four spaghetti squashes coming nicely. Here’s the biggest one of them, it’s about 5″ long.

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The zucchinis keep on maturing. I already have three waiting to be cooked and there are more on the way!

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The cucumbers are barely starting to grow. The odd thing about them is that on the seed packets, it says that cucumbers will be ready to harvest in about 55 days and zucchinis in about 57 days. I guess we have excellent soil for zucchinis!

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The cantaloupes are finally growing too. I have two for sure and it seems like more are on the way. The one in the picture is the largest so far at about 2″ in diameter.

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Garden update

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And finally, one last entry that’s way overdue! Back in May, I started planning my very first garden. Things went well and on May 30, the seeds I had started indoors were doing great.

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By June 3, everything was transplanted and the rest of the plants were seeded.

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Here’s what the garden looks like now.

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The tomatoes are starting to form.

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So are the cantaloupes (or is it the spaghetti squash? I know I forgot to take a picture of one of them but can’t remember which one!!!)

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The cucumbers are all flowers.

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The zucchinis are growing fast!

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We’ve been eating radishes for about a week now. They are hot just the way we like ’em!

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The onions are growing well too. I’ll have to check with a friend of ours though ’cause I don’t know how to tell if they are ready or not!

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The corn is about 2 feet high now. Can hardly wait to eat it! It’s sweet corn and it has a sweet sugary taste. Mmmmmmmmmmmm…

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And finally, the chives. The ones I seeded never grew but a friend divided hers (it was getting too big) and gave me some for my garden. Thanks Cindy!

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I realized yesterday that I had forgotten something in my garden: nasturtiums. For those who don’t know, nasturtiums are edible. They have a slightly peppery taste. You can be sure I’ll have some in my garden next year!

Garden experiment

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Who would have thought I’d get into gardening! It’s amazing what living in the country does to someone. Well, living in the country and having a loving and supportive husband

I decided to plant a garden this year. Here’s what I’ll try growing: sweet corn, carrots, chives, radishes, cantaloupes, cucumbers, zucchinis, spaghetti squashes, and tomatoes.

Two days ago, Gary ran the cultivator over the 15′ x 18′ patch that will become my garden. Of course, it started raining the next day. The weather should clear up some time next week so we can proceed with the rest of the preparations and the seeding.

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In the meantime, a friend told me to start some of the seeds in the house (zucchinis, cucumbers, cantaloupes, and spaghetti squashes). Let’s hope everything goes well and that we’ll get nice fresh vegetables!

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