Meanwhile, in the swamp...

Today, we have a couple good things to report.  First off, the first of our squash was ready to pick.  We always grow squash, just because it's so easy to grow (and to grow a lot of it since there are a lot of us!), and it's good.  Well, the first of our yellow crookneck squash came in today, and it was delicious! 






Then there was this!  Look closely, and you can see a tiny watermelon just starting to grow on the vine.  I cannot wait until our watermelons are ready to pick.  All our melon vines (crimson sweets and green cantaloupes) are covered in blooms.  This was the first actual fruit I saw set so far, though, and that made me very happy.  Not too long now and we'll be eating homegrown melons!

The tomatoes, have set some fruit, which is also good, and the basil plants are really big. The kale is growing really fast in all this rain, and we'll be picking a bunch of it probably tomorrow to make kale chips. Since we've gotten so much rain these past couple weeks, everything has really taken off, and is doing just great. 

We'll also have to go check and see if we can't go pick some more blackberries this weekend since the kids have run through so much jam that there is no way that what's left will last until next season. We have about half a flat of blackberries in the freezer for crisps and cobblers, but the kids eat the jam every day, and with three of them, it goes fast.  It's good to have, though, because it costs us almost nothing to make it from the wild berries, and at least we know what's in it.

After three years in the desert, every day in the swamp is good.