Sad Broccoli

So after doing some reading both Anthony and I came to the same conclusion, I SUCK AT GROWING BROCCOLI. In years past I have planted to late and it has gotten to hot for Broccoli, this year I planted it to early and the cold weather got it. UGH. I am going to try again in the fall, MAYBE! Either way, my brother and I ate it tonight and it was still very tasty. Atleast now I can rip it out of the garden and plant something else. I guess that is the bright side of my broccoli failure! On another bright side my brussel sprouts are doing beautifully, along with my broccoli rabe. I am beginning to think gardening is WAY more luck, then skill!

Garden Update!

Everything is coming along nicely! However, Anthony did some research and found that soon my Broccoli will be a complete bust. UGH! I always say this but I am going to give broccoli one more try and then give up! Here is the Brassica's bed, other than the Broccoli, everything else is growing quite nicely!
We are starting to harvest Lettuce regularly and I have enjoyed a few salads from the garden. The radishes are coming along nicely this year and are quite tasty!!
My Cauliflower is going to suffer from the same thing my Broccoli is suffering from(more on that later). But here it is in all its glory!
My poor 3 Tomatoes!! That one is still rather sad looking, but I am going to fix that as soon as it stops raining! Time for the tent look!!
Here is the broccoli.....bolting its way to the sky....NOT GOOD!
Finally got everything planted in this bed and the corn and potatoes are already coming up!!!
These red cabbages are coming along slowly, and aren't doing as well as the green cabbages, but this is only my second attempt at cabbage. Last year, the really awesome St. Louis bugs got them! Hopefully the slugs won't get them this year.
I have a few tomatoes coming, here is the biggest one. I still have to plant more tomatoes. I would like to do that this weekend, but don't know if I will get lucky enough to do so,
So what is left to do....plant more tomatoes, plant my squash, zucc, and cucumber starts and put up tents around these things so they don't die of frost bite!!! Ugh, I miss the southern weather!!!

Broccoli Questions???

For the past 3 years I have tried to grow Broccoli but have always failed. First I couldn't even get the darn plants to grow, the next time they grew into small broccoli plants, but were eaten in one night (literally one night) and last year I grew huge broccoli plants but never got any broccoli heads. Now I love broccoli and my family does too, so there is a lot of disappointment when I fail in the garden. So this year, I once again have a new garden and this time a new climate, well this is what I have...8 small plants, growing quite nicely.
However, should they have little broccoli heads already?
Here is a close up, and all the plants look like this.
Is this ok, what should I do, if anything. I beginning to think I may like broccoli, but it sure doesn't like me!!!

Garden Update

Sunday and Monday were such beautiful days that I did my best to get more stuff into the garden. I was pretty successful, I got a whole another bed planted. All I have left is the squash, cucumbers and of course the rest of the Tomatoes. Below are all the beds.
Here is the potato, onion and corn bed. Yes it is all there. On the left side of the bed you can see a volunteer potato plant. More on the subject later.
These are red cabbage plants they are just now starting to take off. The rest of this bed will be squash and cucumbers.
Broccoli, cauliflower and brussel sprouts are coming along very nicely, more on the broccoli situation later.
Here is the first bed I planted as you can see, still no peas, apparently I have failed on the pea situation. Ooops!
I still only have 3 tomatoes, but maybe this week I will get some more. Two of them are doing really well and the other one is really stressed. I am hoping with some better weather it will come around.
Gardening in the northwest is proving to be a little more fickle than the other places I have lived, however the plants are definitely getting enough water. UGH!

Aiden's First Party

Last weekend, my mom, Aiden and I headed across the water to Vashon Island to celebrate the Hampl-Newman boys first birthday. It was great fun and the boys are just as cute as can be. Here are few pictures from the party. Starting with Jack being a ham!
Baby Aiden is very serious at parties!
The boys getting ready to blow out their candles.
Happy Family!!! They made it through their first year with twins! Now that's something to celebrate.
Jack trying to take off his birthday hat!
A big yawn from Aiden, partying is exhausting!
Michael being very good about his birthday hat!
Grandma Jeanne and Jack with Aiden and I. Baby Aiden is cat napping, parties are very tiring!
The beautiful birthday cake!
Grandpa Peter and the boys!
It was a beautiful day and we had so much fun celebrating with the boys and their friends and family!