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Here is a link to our garden pictures!

I just wanted to give you a garden update.  (I’ll post some pictures later).

My herbs are doing well, especially the thyme and cilantro.  Ellie gave me some mint and oregano.  Some of the mint is wilting, but there are some sprigs that look hearty.  The oregano seems to be doing fine.  My basil is doing ok, but it’s turned a lighter shade of green in recent weeks.  I had Ellie and Natalie look at it, and they think it’s doing fine, but they think it might need less watering and warmer weather to do better.  Come on warm weather in the Midwest!

My snow peas are doing great!  All but 4 of the seeds I planted came up, so I have 14 shoots coming up strong.  They are planted in a circle around a tomato cage, so as they get bigger, I’m going to train them to grow on the cage.  I decided to replant the peas that weren’t growing. 

The carrots are doing fabulous and growing well in their quarter plot.  They are everywhere, and I hope they continue to do well.

My pear tomatoes have sprouted, and they seem to be doing well.

The zucchini never sprouted, so I decided to replant them a few days ago.

My lettuce is doing ok.  It seems like only a quarter of the seeds came up, and they are clustered together on one side of the garden.  I’m planning to reseed the lettuce and hope more come up.  Ellie said she things that something was eating the sprouts that came up.  Waskily wabbits!

I’m afraid that pests will be more of a problem later in the summer, so I might put up a small plastic fence around my garden to ward off any squirrels and rabbits.  I’m not sure what to do with the bug problem, but I’ll wait to see if I have one before I do anything.