Slow Growing

Getting going on the garden this year has been tough.  We seem to be uncommonly busy.  Last week, I finally got the green and lima beans planted along with my from seed onions (seedlings went in 6 weeks ago).  This week I broke ground on a new plot that will have my corn, tomatoes, peppers, broccoli (what's left of the 16 seedlings anyway), sweet potatoes, cantaloupe, watermelon, squash and zucchini.  The plan was to break ground and plant, but I had forgotten how brutal breaking ground with a tiller is.  After battling for a couple of hours, my muscles were vibrated and strained in mush, and I had flip-flop sun burn on my feet.  Sunday was house cleaning and two mothers' day meals.  So I still don't have everything in the ground.  At this rate, I'll still be gardening in October!  On the plus side, it is blackberry winter and mine are putting out a few blossoms.  The strawberries have started ripening.  There are pea pods on the pea plants.  And I guess at some point, the garlic will be ready (though this is a different variety planted at a different time of year, so it is anybody's guess).  It's a good start.