porch sitting and lemonade drinking.

Stan found and ordered some sweet potatoes that have a shorter growing season than most,so would(hypothetically) be able to be grown in these here parts...he gave us 6 of the plants...i counted 12 bean-plants that have already sprouted from planting them last week!

still have 2 rows left to get done and planted. what's going in them is a mystery as it could be any of dozens of things to choose from.

i've got to get a bunch of pumpkins in today,which also requires digging in the rock capitol of the universe.

it's so windy that i might die.

so many itchy-bug-bites that i might die,also.

Weed 'em and reap.

it was hot and sweaty yesterday and even though i was up really early today and continue to put in beans and peas around the perimeter of the garden,(so they can climb on the fence) i've managed to get about 50% of them in and i'm dying of sweat and bugs.

stupid rocks! i hate you! and bugs!

the bugs and rocks make me reconsider hobbies and how 'worth it' growing tons of food actually is. i know,i know, i'm just being cranky. it's totally worth it.

and really,what other hobby do i have? tv? the interweb? disciplining cats?

i should get back out there. i know,i know, i'm going. going to finish planting the beans and peas today.

we'll see when the rest get done(i'm going to predict that 'tomorrow', is likely,if it doesn't rain,which we could actually use...)

The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes. ~Agatha Christie

been relocating herbs and over-active seedlings to bigger/more permanent pots. still a week or two before we can get the rest of the stuff(besides roots) into the ground. probably finish up the roots tonight with the potatoes that we prepared the eyes for planting the other night.

Jake and Stan finished the roof of the porch last night. Jake lost a good hunk of his finger...

debating whether or not to make some kind of little apple-pastry that i have yet to plan out,at all.

still have about 2X the amount shown in the picture to till up and try to de-rockify, before planting can commence. 'good' thing there's still over a week of potential-frosts.

"Plant carrots in January and you'll never have to eat carrots. "

officially started the garden for this year!

got a bunch of onion and potato starts from a farm/garden place that i can never remember the name of.

have some onions that i started from seed that,i guess,are going to have to go in a different area. either way,onions.

turnips, carrots,radishes and beets. hella. i don't like radishes. Jake and mom do. many happy-radish-parties to them.

will do more this afternoon...clay deposits and tons of rocks make it a very time-energy-consuming task.

plus dahlias. thumbs up.

Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. ~

apparently, we started the 'starts' a little too early. we've still got about a week or so before the real chance for a frost passes, and most of the 'starts' are READY TO GO.

so many tomatoes! which is good b/c this year,i'm gonna freeze enough sauce to make it through this year.(or longer than October,which the time that we made it to last year.)

also decided that,for next year, we're going to plant like 5 or 6 rows of garlic, preserve a lot and then go back to 1 or 2 rows the next year,and so on and so forth. 1 row is simply not enough!
plus,i really enjoy young-garlic scallions,but would feel wasteful if i did that to the 10-ish plants we have right now.

our peach tree blossomed! both it and the pear have another year or so before anything substantiates, but i'm excited. plus one cherry baby-tree(of the 2 that my mom bought us) survived the winter and has leaves!

no word on any of the nut trees, as they appear dead. or to be 'sleeping',but who knows!?

for the past couple of days i've been dirty-ing myself with trying to get the flat walk-way rocks set. harder than it looks!

thinking about making some pierogies for dinner and freezing some,too. we have a lot of potatoes that Jake got from a 'veganic' farm in Ithaca,who are at the farmer's market. think they're called 'Unexpected', but my memory is unreliable.

okay,hours later...i did make the pierogies,onion and roasted garlic. we have run out of flour,though,so only enough for a meal,not to freeze,yet.