oh, beans!!

I am a. terrible gardener, as it turns out 

    I did not check cucumbers regularly, now they are huge and yellow.

    My Italian beans stayed on the vine too long, now they are limp and bitter tasting.

    Peas failed miserably.

    My tomato cages fell over under the weight of the plants.

    I can't find the carrots through the weeds.

    I have a rhubarb plant that is, well, hard to describe.

    When the heat came, I sort of lost interest in the gardens.  If I had been paying attention, I would have picked beans and cucumbers last week, but I wasn't and I didn't.

       I did make notes for next year. Strengthen the tomato cages, no peas, no cucumbers, check beans regularly.

    I don't mind planting stuff.  But we only use the cucumbers on salads and t o make refrigerator pickles.  And last year we made 5 jars and never ate them, so they were tossed.

    I am going to go out tomorrow and see if I can plant some green beans.  I believe it said 60 days to harvest, which puts it into October......but I have extra seeds, so why not?

    I watched the first half of the Bears and I am feeling pretty good about the upcoming season.  Of course, I felt that way about the Cubs too.

    They won today and play Milwaukee in a 5 game series starting tomorrow.  If the Cubs win all five, which is highly doubtful, they will still be 3 games out of first.

    If they lose all 5, they will be 13 games out of first and playing for a wild card spot.

    I went through this in 1969, except there was no wild card then.  That was a major disappointment.

    By the way, I did nothing today. Nothing.  Nada.

    I did sit on the porch for a few minutes to read, and friend Sheri stopped by and we enjoyed a glass of rosé.  

    In other words, it was a very good day.

Peace and Love