The vegetables are all in: 6 tomatoes (3 BIg Mama and 3 Beefmaster) 3 peppers (Giant Marconi) 3 eggplant (japanese variety) 2 zucchini (Burpee hybrid) 6 bib lettuce and a row of cucumbers (Streamliner.)
I had planned to also trim up the overgrowth of forsythia and other shrubbage that is falling over the top of our fence from the back neighbors into our backyard but the humidity was a bit higher today than yesterday, and I just never got around to it. It’s raining now, so maybe tomorrow – we’ll see. For as much as I do enjoy gardening and maintaining the yard, I think tomorrow will be a day to kick back and enjoy the well deserved day off.
E. usually takes the kids over to the Memorial Day parade in Berkeley Heights (compared to our town’s Fourth of July parade, their parade cannot compare) but I usually pass. The bast part is when they all arrive home with a doughnut or two for Dad, picked up while watching the parade. Mmmmm, doughnuts…