It's June!

The weather has been very pleasant the last few days--light showers at night and temperatures in the 70s. However, forecasters are saying that it will be in the high 80s and low 90s later in the week.

I was able to get a lot of things done in the garden in the early spring but then time and weather turned against me! I have finally started to get back out and finish some of the chores that I wasn't able to get to earlier.

The violas in the pots are still blooming but I don't think that they are going to survive the hot, humid weather that is coming. I bought four hanging baskets at Targets and transplanted wave petunias in them. The petunias were volunteers from last year and came up in the small bed between the garage and house. (This is the second year that this has happened.) I probably will switch the viola pots for the new ones this weekend.

Three of the tomatoes have flowers on them already--a Roma, a Sungold and a Sweet 100. Eight of the nine asparagus roots that we planted have come up and are looking very good. I finished harvesting all of the green lettuce mix but I have just started to pick the red lettuce. Also, I planted two more rows of onions two days ago for a total of 4 rows. I told Ken that he should be able to start harvesting onions for his 4th of July BBQs.

Yesterday, we planted four Gold Coast junipers in the front brick bed. We also put down a layer of papers and covered them with cocoa mulch. The newspapers and cocoa mulch has really helped to keep down the weeds. There is a marked difference between the beds that had this treatment and those that did not.