Gardening

It's been a slow start, but the garden is beginning to produce. Today we brought home one each of our three varieties of zucchini, a couple of green tomatoes, a few peppers and the sunflowers, of course.

There are blossoms on the tomatoes, so it's about time we provided some support. We put up the few cages we had, and some stakes, but we'll have to set up something stronger. I read about stringing twine between sturdy stakes and training the plants along the twine. That might do it.

The squash and melons sprouts are nearly ready for thinning, and the beans are making their first appearance. It looks like it will be a good year.

The shiitake log I ordered on a lark from Edible Landscapes arrived today. Until I'd browsed their website, I didn't know that it was possible to grow your own mushrooms. Well, we are about to give it a try. The log is about three feet long and came rattling around in a carboard box not much larger. The instructions advise putting it outside in a place where it will get plenty of rain and can be checked easily.