There were suppose to be pictures

Well the title says it all.  We had a beautiful weekend.  Temperatures in the 70’s, sunshine, light breezes, birds singing, yadda yadda yadda – but we all came down with some horrible illness.  Snot, coughing, sore throats.  The kids are getting the worst of it; baby bub has even been vomiting today :(  Ev will most likely miss school tomorrow until her nose isn’t quite so leaky.

Saturday:

In spite of the illness, Eric mowed the lawn yesterday.  It was quite a bit overdue but we weren’t alone.  I think all our adjacent neighbours mowed their lawns within 24 hours of our mowing which I think is a first in the last 6 years that we’ve lived here.  I also managed to get out in the afternoon and quickly planted 18 squares of beans.  The planting only took about 10 minutes and was sped up by using my seed mats that I had prepared months ago.  I planted:  Beer Friend Soy, Masai Haricot Verts, Maxibel Haricot Verts, Provider and Golden Butterwax. Never had time to snap pictures.

Sunday:

First it is Eric’s birthday today– so make sure you wish him a Happy Birthday if  you get a chance.  Today started off with me preparing him pancakes with eggs and bacon.  As a side note we had the pancakes with Birch Syrup which was delish – thanks Steve ;).  Then Ev and I made Eric a cake and wrapped his gift. Followed by his unwrapping of it.  We had lunch and tried to relax a bit.  We finally found a bit of time to get outside.  I planted more beans (Golden Rocky, Gold of Bacau and Mixed pole bean) and transplanted 7 broccoli and 2 brussel sprout seedlings for a total of 23 more squares!).    Then I fixed Eric his birthday dinner.  All this was done with whiney, sick kids, one of whom was vomiting and not eating.  Still no time for pictures of the garden.

In other gardening news:  grapes that we feared were dead are leafing now.  One of the rhubarbs is sending up a seed stalk already.  I’ll lop it off in a day or two when I can get a minute.  For some reason wintersowing starts are NOT fairing well at all this year.  I don’t know what went wrong.  I think it might have had to do with all the rain we’ve had plus slugs.  I need to restart my tomato seedling tomorrow – the ones that have survived look great though. 

It’s late and I’m rambling.  If it’s not too rainy tomorrow I’ll try to snap pictures of everything.  As soon as my cold subsides a bit I’ll taste the kraut and report results too.