Hello, June!

June is finally here, and with the warm weather and long days come big changes in the yard and garden. The baby robins are growing like crazy - it's truly astonishing to see the changes each day. The last photo we showed you was from May 27; here are a few from the last week.

May 28:

May 30:

And today, June 1:

They're just so cute! And they're keeping both mama and daddy robins busy flying about, bringing worms and other tasty treats to the nest.

The garden is coming along nicely, for the most part. The roma plant is both frustrating and exciting to watch. There are so many fruits on it now, and we can't wait for the largest ones to ripen so we can make an awesome caprese salad:


But we've had to remove so many other fruits because of blossom end rot. It's really frustrating; Kristine picked off eight damaged fruits just today. How sad it is to go outside to see how the plant is doing and see all these fruits that are just wasted! We will have to do some serious research this winter to see what we can do to avoid this if we can next season.


Happily, the tomatoes out in the raised bed are doing beautifully. They're getting taller and taller...


...and are green and healthy-looking. There are several flowers on each one, and one of the Celebrity plants is putting forth its first fruit:


The parsley and basil look great, too. Not so much for the peppers, though the one plant still has an anemic-looking baby bell pepper on it. The rest of the yard looks terrific, too; the crape myrtles are going to bloom soon, and the hydrangeas are already working on it:


We look forward to seeing what else June has in store for us!