Camping in Republic , WA

I just got back from a great weekend of camping in the great northwest. The drive was 5 1/2 hours from Seattle , WA and it was worth it when we finally arrived. There is not much to do it the small town of Republic but fish, swim , drink beer and just have a good time with friends.

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Sunflowers Bloom

The sunflowers in my garden are starting to bloom. I have over 40 sunflowers in my garden however, I only planted about 10 of them. This year I planted some red sunflowers that are now blooming and they are a nice size for the garden as they only grow up to 5 or 6 feet.

Raspberry Liquor

Last week my father in law and a neighbor made raspberry liquor. I am not sure what all goes in to it as it was on a need to know basis only. However I think there is lots of raspberry's, bananas, raisins, sugar and water.

Collards Are Cooking



Today I picked the last of the collard greens and my wife is busy cooking them. I am in the process in preparing the soil for the next crop. Since it is late in the season I will plant some leaf lettuce were the collards were. I did throw away the roots and will not put them in to the compost because I could see sign of worms.



This week fresh from the garden

1. leaf lettuce
2. basil
3. spinach
   
4. baby beets
5. peas
6. carrots
7. broccoli
   

Leek flower

I picked all my leeks that I had planted last fall except this one and now it is 5 feet tall with a flower.

This week fresh from the garden.

1. baby carrots
1. lettuce
2. broccoli
3. sugar snap peas
4. spinach

The garden is alive

Today I released around 1500 ladybugs in the garden. This should help me with some of the unwanted insects in the garden.




This week fresh from the garden.

1. baby carrots
2. leaf lettuce
3. spinach
4. collards
5. and a small handful of fava beans.

Garden 2008

This is my first post this year about my garden. I planted at the end of April. My goal this year with my garden blog is to do weekly up dates of the garden.