The Garden Chronicles

Nice collection of pickles, eh?  

They're from the Sturgeon Bay farmers market and a self-service roadside stand around the corner about a mile from the house.

The garden has been a challenge this year with August being the coldest on record in sixteen years.  It's simply hard to grow vegetables successfully with cold and rain.  Add to the mix a personal schedule that takes several weekends out of the calendar with other obligations and voilà  - pretty soon the growing season is over and your pickle plants are played-out. 

The good news is that I was able to get a batch of crispy crunchy dill pickles packed with garden-grown cukes.  And the sweet peppers, green beans and lettuces and spinach have done well.  Tomatoes not so much.  Pumpkins ain't happening.  The jury is out on the spuds and onions.  A melange of triumphs and failures.

Sigh....