Raspberries are HERE!

YeeHaw!  I can grow something that produces something yummy.  RASPBERRIES!  And I made lots of jam this week.  19 pints and 7 half pints!  We have about 2 more weeks of picking left!  I can't believe we were finally able to grow something.  Three years ago we planted 3 raspberry bushes, and we waited through that first summer with no fruit.  Last summer we had quite a bit come on around the 4th of July.  This year we saw the berries before we left for the beach in mid-June.  We came back and have picked berries every other day.  I froze them until I was good and ready to make jam, and at that time we had 3 gallon sized freezer bags full.  Yum Yum in my Tum Tum.

Now, don't go thinkin' that I have a green thumb.  Last year I had to use my neighbor's awesome garden to make delicious salsa because my sad attempt was just that-SAD.   This year Brett and I made a new raised garden box.  We put premium soil in it, and I have fussed over that garden everyday.  Here is what we have so far.  Our onions are amazing!  They are getting so tall and big.  I planted 4 zucchini plants, and only 2 are living right now.  (I mean, really, how do you kill zucchini?) Wait, it gets better.  I have planted SEVEN tomato plants, and it looks like I will have possibly 3 survive.  (And my fingers are crossed on those 3).  Also, I planted 2 green pepper plants and 2 red ones.  They died.  A fast and miserable death.  I planted 4 more, and they are struggling.  A slow, trembling type of struggle.  I will keep you posted.