Jandy's

We are getting the gardens under spring control with weeding and caging tomatoes, etc. Hopefully the next rains will come this week and we'll start all over with weeding again. But everything is looking pretty good right now. We seem to have a pet deer that has invaded the property. We usually don't have a significant problem with deer because we use some electric fence, wood ash, and scarecrows with the Nite Guard hanging on them. But this deer appears to be a day feeder and very tame. We think she may have escaped from a deer "farm" up the road. She certainly took care of this week's romaine lettuce!

But we have a few left for Market this week. What we also have is the beautiful Cheddar Cauliflower. I was never able to grow white cauliflower well because of the blanching; they simply rotted in the center. With the cheddar variety you don't have to blanch and they are the most beautiful orange ... just like cheddar cheese. It may be psychological, but it seems to be sweeter and more "butter-y" to me. It has to have more nutritional value than the plain white.

Green Beans, Broccoli, Kohlrabi and Snap Peas will also be available.

Our squash plants, beets, peppers and tomatoes all have good healthy color. The flowers are starting to grow so before too long I should have bouquets again. I wish I had that new cooler up and running!

Gotta go ... I think it might be raining!