Tuesdays, Year 3, Week 33

It's been a while since I have posted to my family and gardening blog!  An especially busy and hectic spring, along with a personal addiction to Huffington Post had me sidelined, but I will try to post at least weekly throughout the summer.  Today is the first official day of summer, and a grand day it is!  High 70's for temperature and a sunny sky with almost no clouds,a day for enjoying!

I picked my first spinach and arugula last week, and everything is growing well, except for the tomato plants, which have been deprived of sunshine for most of the month until now.  As it warms up, hopefully they will kick into growth and catch up.  The only one that is going great guns is the grape tomato plant which is covered with tiny green tomatoes.  The garlic is really amazing, some of the tops are as thick as my thumb, which means a good sized head coming on.  Two of four potato plants have popped through the dirt, so far, I have high hopes for them.  All my different varieties of lettuce are within days of picking, the fava beans are about 6 inches high, so eventually picking time will come.  I planted squash seed two weeks ago and they are also slow in showing themselves.  It's been an extremely slow, cool couple of months, so it remains to be seen just how much of a harvest this summer will bring.  My pepper plants are starting to branch out, so maybe blooms won't be too far behind!

The old man and I went for a short ride the other day, in the middle of a rain shower.  I can't remember when I last saw the desert as green as it is, with wildflowers blooming.  An unusually wet and prolonged spring did green things up...and kept me from cutting the wild grasses and dandelions as they grew huge. So, little by little, I need to get the jungle under control.  There are still pretty good sized patches of frozen snow drifts on top of White Mountain, usually they are melted by the middle of May.  Odd year!

Well that's it for now, I'm going to scoop myself a big bowl of vanilla ice cream and browse Huffington Post,  I guess as addictions go, that's a pretty harmless one!  Enjoy the longest daylight day of the year!