May Progress

Gardening this spring has been sporadic for me with hopes of things doing OK in between work days. But this weekend, the extra day (along with not working this weekend) is helping me feel on top of things. And David is around to help out, which is nice.

General updates:
The snap peas have been producing for about a week.
The tomato plants are starting to flower.
My kale is happy (I've been eating a lot of kale chips lately).
I have 3 different kinds of lettuce that I've been eating.
We harvested garlic this weekend (pictures below) and will hopefully not need to buy any for the next year.

David's love for things unplanned won out over my need for order and we have 2 volunteer melon plants in the garden. They look like the midget melon plants we had in that area last year- so we'll see what happens. They're flowering and have some female flowers now so it should only be a matter of time before we get some fruit.

Trees growing outside have reduced the amount of sun coming in my windows over the last month or so. This is great for keeping the house cool but doesn't give seedlings much light. So I have now given up on starting any more seeds inside and am only planting things directly outside. In the list of failed starts are tomatillos, okra, watermelons, and melons (sorry- I'm not posting pictures of the evidence). One of my goals for this weekend has been to plant more of these things outside so that I don't miss out on their yumminess.

Because it's already kinda hot and humid since it rained a ton on Friday, I have to take breaks and cool off inside. One of my distractions this weekend was making whoopie pies. If you haven't experienced these lovely treats, think cupcake tops with icing in the middle. They have them up in the northeast and my recent trip to Maine inspired me to try my hand at making them. So with some of the last strawberries of the season, I made fresh strawberry whoopie pies. They turned out pretty good. The next challenge will be making pumpkin ones, which were requested by Caela.