Fast paced Garden

 This past week-end was warm and dry so I worked as much as I could in the garden, planting, weeding, and preparing for plants. I had started the pumpkins and melons in the house to give them a head start. Here in central New York you have to give some plants a bit of an edge on Mother Natures growing season.They were getting so big that I was afraid they were going to break so I planted all the melons, squash, and pumpkins. I will just have to cover them if the weather calls for a late frost. I will keep the tomatoes and peppers in the house for another week before I plant them. The beans and peas are growing like weeds. Everything is up, it just needs some more warm weather to make this nice soaking rain we have had work to our advantage.
  Elaine and I are pack-rats. If we go for a ride and see something on the side of the road that we might use, we stop and pick it up. We found an old steel child's bed that is now being used as a trellis for the peas to grow on. I also saved a fancy steel gazebo frame that was being thrown out at a house I was working on. This steel is now the trellis for my pole beans and the smaller parts I'm using for the cucumbers. As the old saying goes,"One man's trash is another man's treasure." I almost always had a garden, but never had the time to have some fun with it. Now I have the time to do some things to make it easier and possibly grow a better crop. At any rate, I plan to have fun in my garden this year. When I get the trellis' built and standing, I'll post some pictures.
  The rain is supposed to stop tomorrow so I hope I can work in the garden . The strawberry plants came yesterday and need to be planted ASAP. We will have fresh salad greens and radishes for Memorial Day. The lettuce and other greens will be ready by then. Fresh, tender, and tasty. That's what makes all the work worth  while. Gotta love it.