So part of my 40 yr old birthday decline was the discovery that I am allergic to most of nature. And these allergies make my body literally attack itself. Naturally, I am a gardener with cats. Apparently right now there is a particularly nasty allergen floating around because I am pretty miserable and second guessing every symptom - allergy? Covid? Allergy? Covid? For the sake of my rapidly unraveling mental health, I should probably just go get tested.
And cucamelon hatchlings...
And I had a winter squash problem - they were choking out the peppers below them....so I did what any rational person would do and threw an old wooden ladder smack dab in the middle of the raised bed and tied them up. Thanks for the stellar junk pick Dad!
And how about a few pictures just because they are pretty...
With that said, I wasn't going to do much garden walking if I could avoid it, but I was lured outside by this beautiful baby...
She is our first-ever mature melon. A Minnesota Midget Melon to be precise. She was Ava and Emma's pet project this spring and it is super exciting to see her ready to pick! So since I was out already....here is a peek at my watermelon, looking about halfway cooked.
And these zucchini that didn't get the memo that they should be dying right about now. One is on a slow, downward, death spiral - but the other is just settling in still.
The ginormous spaghetti squash plants have been attacked by powdery mildew and I have had to heartlessly hack them down. I did harvest 7 already and have 4 more that hopefully ripen before I need to pull the plants completely.
Brent also helped me give the sunflowers an upside down haircut, trimming all the lower stalks and tying them up more securely. This will let the light in to the understory of zinnia I have planted there.
I have no idea how THIS will play out, but I have eggplant toddlers!
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