I know some people are barely into spring yet but with Memorial Day a week from today (!!!) and our possible first 100 degree day of 2013 this week it really is summer for us. We had a monkey-crazy weekend with a backyard birthday campout for Big on Friday (more on that tomorrow). The best thing about having a big party on a Friday is that while we were all wiped out on Saturday, we felt great on Sunday and got to enjoy a great day of weekend before getting back to the routine – this week being our last week of school! More on THAT later.
Sunday morning was a gorgeous day to take care of replanting the parts of my garden from which I pulled the last onions and lettuces last week. Small went to the nursery with me.
Excuse me – that’s Captain Rex. Rex was fascinated by the water features and I had a hard time keeping him on task, but in the end we came home with two melons (one honeydew and one muskmelon), several basil and parsley plants, and six corn!
Yes, corn. I am officially a farmer now. I have doubts about how this is going to go and am particularly concerned about root depth, but corn is my kids’ absolute FAVORITE thing ever so what the hell, let’s see what happens.
While I was getting things laid out I staked up my tomatoes a little more and set up a tripod for my cucumber, which was getting a little rangy. I was stunned to discover an actual cucumber all sprouted up and ripe!
I left him on there but am going to pull him for dinner tonight.
So corn planting time: one of my corn plants came with a little extra protein in the bottom of the planter:
Yick. And he got away, but is buried quite deep in the ground. I am hoping we don’t see him again but will be keeping my eye out. My baby dinosaur is still in the garden, too.
And late this afternoon I found a bird trapped inside. Thank God he flew out the open door. Lots of chirping and hysterical fluttering.
So we’re now large and in charge for the summer months. Let the good times roll!
