Garden Update

Today I ate the first wild raspberry of the season. Yum. We've been eating peapods and lettuce and strawberries.

Yet the rebuilding of the garden is slow work. We have a start, and I have some photos I will upload when we get the new computer. I've had little free time, some bad weather, and an injured foot. I was hoping to get some summer veggies planted, but it may be too late for most. This is driving me crazy, but I am breathing deeply and trying to conjure up patience out of the warm summer air.

Apology and Free Shipping

I have had computer problems, so I am not blogging as I should. I am saving everything on flash drives and hope to get a new computer soon.

In other news, Gardener's Supply Company has free shipping on orders of $75 of more. I have had good luck with the few products I have bought there, though they are more expensive. And shipping is expensive. So if this is a catalog you use, it might be time to take advantage of the offer. Visit gardeners .com or call 1 - 800- 427 - 3363.

Feeling Sad about Apples

I went outside yesterday to see how the apples and the cherry tree were doing. Earlier I thought they made it through the freeze just fine. After all, the blossoms seemed intact, even though all the petals feel to the ground soon afterward. I figured it was just their time to drop. But, doggone it, I don't think I'll have any tree fruit this year (at least at eye level). Thomas Jefferson once said, "Though I am an old man, I am but a young gardener." I understand how he feels. I thought I knew a lot, but I can't be sure that it's the frost that killed the blossoms. It could be something else, though the trees seem healthy otherwise. I wish I knew a way to protect the blossoms from the cold! What would I have done if I were a pioneer and depended on these apples trees as a source of food?