Celebrating food independence

With 70 delicious pounds of berries in the freezer, we decided we needed a reward.

Earlier today, we replanted 50% of the bush beans, which fell victim to the slugs during the damp weather of the past week. This time, we fought back by protecting each future seedling with a plastic party cup. I don’t know if it will work, but it is cheaper than slug-be-gone, which dissolves in the slug’s favorite damp weather. I replanted cucumbers, too, and covered those with milk jug tops.

We are still eating lettuce, chard, and chives and onion tops, but that’s about it from the garden just now. Soon, though, we’ll have new potatoes. I planted them May 12, and they are just beginning to flower now. I’m drooling in anticipation.