This year we are having better luck with our cucumbers. We made 4 mounds and planted the seedlings on the top of each mound, hoping the mound will retain more moisture. Since there was a clear space between the mounds I was able to squeeze in some onions in the cross between the mounds. I have read that onions keep pests away, so between the onions and the mounds we are determined to finally have a decent cucumber crop this year. We have also mulched with sea grass to suppress weeds and retain moisture. All seems to be going well so far.
A new sunflower seedling in our vegetable garden with the seed still on top.
Update: Birds or Chipmunks kept eating my sunflower seedlings. After several failed attempts I cut up toilet paper rolls to 3 inches in length and put them around the seedlings once they sprouted. This seems to have saved some, but not all my sunflowers. The critters were able to get to a few despite the protection.
We went to see Willie Nelson this past Sunday Night. It was great to have a chance to see a music icon who is also a big farm advocate through Farm Aid, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to keep family farmers on their land.
As you can see from these shots we had great seats. I also took a pretty crappy video to capture some of the sound during my favorite song, You are Always on my mind.
Last night we packed up our Frigidaire Flair in a UCrate as carefully as possible. It will be travelling from Lexington, MA to Lexington, KY leaving at some point today. May it have a safe journey. We were sad to see it go, but are so happy that we found a good home for it.
Vegetable list this year (clockwise from bottom left)
Pie Pumpkin
Carrots (not planted quite yet)
Peppers (jalapeno and jabanero)
Potatoes? (not planted yet)
Cucumber
Zucchini
Delicata Squash
Green Beans and Pole Beans
Tomatillos
Tomatoes
Basil
Happy Earth Day! This image was generated at Tag Galaxy, where I entered the tag earthday and it grabbed images from Flickr. Watch out because it is addictive.
Here is a view of some Spanish Moss in Savannah that I took pointing toward the sky as we drove around in our rented convertible. The moss jumps from tree to tree and creates a canopy overhead in many places.
These strawberries and sugar snap peas were the first pick your own fruits and veggies from our 
