DO YOU GARDEN? I am researching a book called "My Very First Garden" (about edible gardening... fruits, vegetables, herbs, etc.) and need your true stories! Do you have a good (or even bad!) memory about the first garden you ever did? Was it inside in pots, outside when you were a kid, or in a community garden? Did you harvest anything or did the rabbits get it all? Please submit your short but true story to vikkibooks at yahoo dot com by April 27 2010. Your submission implies your consent to use your story and the possibility of (minor) editing. Thanks!

8/04: Harvest Pic

Here's what we harvested tonight: another beautiful zucchini, 11 cherry tomatoes, 1 yellow pear tomato, 6 small roma tomatoes, 1 boston pickling cucumber, and 3 jalapeno peppers we let ripen too long.

As I was watering the garden this evening, Mr. Frog nearly scared my pants off my in the corn bed - hadn't seen him around for a few days. Then I discovered several yellow squash a few days from harvest-ready. Lots of tomatoes (various kinds) ripening. Looks like those "white tomatoes" I wrote about yesterday decided to turn colors yesterday; kinda pink. Our raspberry plants have a few flowers on them, and below them, the strawberries are starting up to berrying again. Found our first sugar-baby watermelon that is already as big as my hand. The gourds out front are doing nicely. And may I say that our intense efforts to grow grass for the dear town of Thornton is going along okay.

Supposed to rain this evening. Felt a couple of light drops as I was watering but glad I didn't stop. Here it is nearly 5 p.m. and those couple of light drops was absolutely it (so far). Tomorrow isn't supposed to be as hot... a high of 84 degrees. I'll believe it when I see it.

Worked on www.kidwhispers.net today and hope to have it ready to launch by this time next week. Creating a safe place for kids (tweens to early 20's) to be able to chat and post about various topics that are important to them: from spirituality to peer pressure to anything!

Hope www.backyardgrocery.net will be ready to launch the week after. Place to chat and forum and learn how to beat the high prices of groceries by growing your own. It isn't as hard as it sounds! Just look at our pictures!!

Vikki

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