Big Spotted Cow

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Well, I'm still not convinced that we're in for a stretch of nice, warm, sunny gardening weather, yet what we have is what we've got!

My garden is growing nicely...but please don't tell the rabbits! So far, I've had a deer prune three of my broccoli leaves and a couple of nasturtiums, but that's all.

What have I learned by taking on this project? I've been reminded that lettuce seed is the first to come up, and the first to bolt (set seed itself). I've observed that location really is important, especially for tomatoes! I luckily put mine in pots, and after moving them three times seem to have found a spot that is sunny enough. But the biggest lesson I've learned is that if I could only eat what grows in my garden, I'd be a lot thinner! (And I'd probably figure out how to grow more things year 'round.)

How are YOUR Gardens doing? Are you getting ready to enter things at the Fair? Please help us fill the shelves in the Gardening & Environmental area!

 

Just A Reminder...

Have You Been Working On Your Record Book?

Remember, we have a new contest for clubs at the fair this year! One of the activities that will increase your club's score is progress toward a Record Book. Just in case you haven't started on yours yet, or haven't been keeping up with it, let this be your inspiration!

Also, if you need another copy of a Record Book, here' are two documents for you!

Download ICRecordBookCover.pdf

Download ic_pdf.pdf

OK, So Here's the Deal

I know, it's been a month since my last post. I've been juggling way too many things, and both our website and the blog got put at the end of the line.

As they sat there, though, something came to me. Yes, I'm learning HTML (waiting for some 4-H'ers to join me!), but ever so slowly, which makes posting things to the website quite time consuming. Posting things to the blog, however, I'm good at that. And I can do it from almost anywhere with a minimal chance of messing up anything significant :)

So we will continue to work with our guardian web angel, Robert, and to improve the site over the next few months - AND I will use this blog for most of our fair-related information.

Please, if you have not signed up for the e-mail updates, do so. That way, any day I post something, you will automatically be sent an e-mail to let you know.

What a great weekend!

The weather may not have been what we wanted, but overall it wasn't so bad. I was able to plant my beans, another row of radishes, some beets, and a few herbs. AND I went to the Healthy Youth and Community Fair in Langley. It was so much fun! Marimba, drumming, watercolor painting, chalk art, drama, yoga, you name it. In many ways it was like a Super Saturday! Make sure you catch it next year...check out some photos in the photo album.