Poor peppers. They really look peaked.

You have such a large and lovely garden. So much space, you can grow just about anything you want.

Arlene - what a HUGE garden you have Can't wait to see it all grown up

Me too, I want to see pictures also when the garden gets more mature.

Thanks! Yes, it is large and all mine to tend so I never get completely finished...

That's why I use landscape fabric lots of straw.

No one seems real interested in harvesting either,of course, my DH does help me on Fri. mornings for market stuff. He loves fresh veggies so he's always looking for what's ready and asking permission to pick!

I can grow pretty much anything, although my son nixed the idea of horseradish. Said it was invasive. But he was interested in Jerusalem Artichokes to feed the goats. Those things are invasive! I planted okra today. Old seed so I don't know if I'll get any germination. We don't eat it, it's strictly for selling at market.

I picked about 12 qts. of strawberries today. We don't sell those at market. We use them all. I am freezing most of them and keeping some to have tomorrow morning...on waffles of course!

I am still trying to get all my flower seedlings planted. I'm out of rows so I'm having to stick them here and there. They plowed up a new area for me but it needs to be rototilled first. Probably put mums, sunflowers, pumpkins and all the left overs up there.

Tomorrow I'm staying home and finally doing my planters. I have that lobelia tube planter thing to do, I bought two hanging bags for my impatiens and my sister gave me four raised flower boxes. If I get them planted I'll be happy. I also have lots of large pots but not sure I'll get to them. I have enough to plant in them, just not sure about soil. DH will probably have to make up a mix in the morning. Then on Sunday I'll do it at the farm with my DIL so we have lots of pots of flowers around her house as well. (besides in the garden)

Arlene, that garden sure keeps you busy. But so nice to have all those fresh veggies.

It is my exercise because I HATE exercising!

I just love gardening. That's why we're HERE!!!!

I just can't imagine being without my garden!

Once I lived in a TH and I had to rip up some of the front lawn just so I could have a few flowers! the worst time ever, not having a garden!!!

No garden, no good!

Oh, the cool spell finially appears to be over. Almost 80 today and no more dipping down too low at night. I think I will be planing out the rest of my seedlings and starting my bean seeds.

Well, hurray for me! I had to get potting soil so I went to our local nursaery and bought two bags. While I was there I bought a yellow zucchini called Buckingham. I though yellow ones were summer squash but they are calling this a zucchini. Definately yellow. In single small pots but I have two nice seedlings in mine. So I will be potting them up and have two pots of yellow zucchini and the three pots of green.

I also bought a six pack of cauliflower seedlings. I have never grown cauliflower, I don't even buy it at the store!

And I really, really had to stop myself from buying strawberry plants that I have no room for.

I planted my two yellow Zucchini. They are in pots. And I made a place for the 6 cauliflowers, planted them but realised I had 7 in the tray. An extra seedling. So I put that one in a small pot.

I forgot to say they are Snow Crown Cauliflowers. I googled Snow Crown and it gets very good reviews as a dependable great producing variety.

I didn't get a chance to plant my home grown seedlings today so that is first thing on the adgeda for tomorrow. My new yellow fruited Zucchini plants look really great. I have now got quite the zucchini garden this year.

Looks like I will be eating lots of veggies this year. Especially Zucchini!

Both green and yellow are summer squash. As different from winter squash that has a harder shell, therefore keeps longer.

You will be eating a lot of veggies!

I planted Snow Crown as well but don't hold out hope for it. I got it out too late and we're already getting 80's day temps. Too hot for caulif. Cauliflower does much better in the fall, but we'll see. I'm certainly not pulling out my plants.

You are lucky with get getting extra seedlings!

If you get strawberries, just have to get one of those strawberry pots, the ones with holes in the side.

I stayed home today to pot up my flowers but I have caught a cold, sore throat, sneezing, cough. Feel miserable. But I finally got my lobelia tubes planted and 3 planter boxes and 12 pots. DH wanted to know what I was going to do with all those pots? Sell them at market? Heck no, they're all FOR ME!!!

Oh Arlene. Rest up and feel bettter! But the pots of flpwers do look really beautiful.

I really was just not ready to deal with the strawberries. I used to grow strawberries. But not for a while now.

Your plants are beautiful Arlene but please get well soon

Thanks. I am crashing tonight. Harvest tomorrow for FM. Actually, I don't feel too bad during the day, it's early morning and evening. I'm taking Aleve Cold & Sinus. Seems to be helping.

I decided I needed to start the rest of my seeds so I am starting inside my cowpeas, bush beans, yard long beans and some Scartett runner beans. They have joined the Armenian cucumbers that I set up the other day but have not sprouted as yet. I start them inside using those veggie six or 4 pack cells that I reuse and just put fresh potting mix in. Then I keep them in my kitchen cause it is warm and the seeds usually sprout quickly. After the seeds break the surface I bring them outside in the sunshine. If its still cold, I bring them in at night and put them out during the day. So lets see how long it takes them to sprout.

I also planted in ground my seedlings that I had I grew myself of cucumbers Straight Eight, Suyo Long and Camilla. And the melons seedlings. Planted them in ground also. I have Avara, Green Machine and Sakura.

I am taking no chances, I sprinkled the Sluggo around as soon as I finished planting. Don't want the slugs to eat up my seedlings. Last year I had bought Burpless Cuke seedlings and the slugs totally ate and wiped out the first batch. I had to buy them again and replant. I learned my lesson. Sluggo out as soon as they are planted.

Some of my Pepper plants have open flowers already. And my Suggery grape tomato not only has flowers but 5 green fruits already. And I see Sungold has open flowers today also. And Viva Italia has been flowering. The rest of the tomato plants are doing well, growing and much bigger than they were when planted.

My Zucchini have buds forming, I can see them. But my eggplant isn't doing much of anything yet. Just sitting there.