Been a bit busy lately.

We’ve had a very non-Colorado spring and early summer – it rained every day for about three weeks with 60-70 degree temperatures. This has affected our veggie garden – you’ll note that there is no veggi-blogging!

In the past week, however, we’ve had some ninety degree days, which the veggies have loved. The funny thing is that this year, we put down black plastic over the soil which has a dual purpose. First, it means we don’t have to weed, except for the areas around the plants. Second, it means that it heats up the soil and traps moisture, creating a mini-greenhouse at the soil level. According to the Colorado State Extension, this can increase our yield up to 50%, and increase our growing window by a full month.

Unfortunately, because we had such a cool May and early June – the things I’ve done to increase yield will probably just bring us to where we’d be if we’d had a normal season and I hadn’t put the plastic down. Oh well.

So that’s a garden update.

In other news, the other seed we planted is: