I took today off, which combined with the US holiday on monday gives me a four day weekend. Yup.
What to do on a gloriously sunny day off in the pacific northwest? Well, I met up with my buddy Jaime and we cycled down the Interurban Trail to Larrabee State Park. It's pretty great, and long enough so that the casual walker is left behind. Came home, watered the garden, ate dinner, watched Friday Night Lights and and episode of The Wire with Laura, and now I'm winding down for bed.
Tomorrow: U-pick strawberries (nearly the end of the season!), offload a financial monkey from my back, and then get stuff from Lowe's to deal with my rapidly deteriorating garden paths. I have beans and lettuces growing like mad, and even one small tomato! I know, everyone else is harvesting tomatoes now. But this is the pacific northwest. And I have eight sunflowers growing strong, despite the slugs.
Blueberry season starts soon, and I don't even bother with raspberries. There are just too many of them. But then comes blackberry season.... NOM. NOM. NOM. Wish that I could grow peppers.
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We only have huckleberries and I too have one tomatoe, but I have lots of peppers and no slugs!We travel to pick blackberries, nom nom.
ReplyDeleteWe will have to hay any day now. Seems like that job won't finish untill October, but should be done by September. Why can't you grow peppers?? Lots of morels out already. Good luck with those paths:)
It's the cold nights, kelly. It's not until July that the nights are consistently above 50ºF, and pepper plants really don't like that.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, when I get my greenhouse built, that will change....