Summer Blog Neglect

I'm still alive!! Yes its been quite sometime since I've updated anything, but its summer and its hard to be inside this time of year. Anyway all is well on the front. Things are progressing with our home purchase, 4th of July came and went and was spent on a good friend's boat. We're onto our next major bicycle race le Tour de France which has been consuming any of my inside time. And alas my garden is finally producing! I have made many salads using the lettuce and kale that I have grown. And I have harvested my first batch of green beans and peas. There is nothing in the world that compares with food that is grown in your own backyard. I know exactly how each and every veggie is grown. And I am so excited that I have used O fertilizers or chemicals in my garden! I have relied solely on compost and a tad bit of bone meal that I put down before I planted anything. I also planted basil that my mom gave me and we used that for a guacamole dip we made last weekend. Otherwise I just hand pollinated cucumbers the other day and I'm waiting on my zucchini flowers and pumpkin flowers to do the same. The pumpkin is beginning to take over the garden too, but that's OK because its growing in the direction of the lettuce and I think that I will have used up the remainder of it by the time it takes over. Anyway its late and I have to go to bed, but here are a few pics. Enjoy summer and hopefully I'll be back sooner!

Mother nature provided us with a beautiful sunset on the 4th of July. I have to say the sky upstaged the firework show we attended.

But not to be outdone by the sunset, the fireworks were truly grand.