Where there's never a lack of broccoli.

I started packing for the

I started packing for the trip to St. Paul today. We're leaving thursday evening sometime, and just driving 4 hours or so. The next two days are 8-10 hours of driving/day. We've got our hotels reserved, and got half off 4 of the 6 nights we're gone because we have the Entertainment Book. We were going to do the entertainment book for the other nights too, but the hotel I had picked out said we couldn't use it because they only honor it on sundays, even though the book says it is valid anytime. So we said nevermind and picked a different hotel completely. Now we're staying at the Holiday Inn in St. Paul, and Days Inn for the other nights., in Liverpool, NY and Elkhart, IN. The Holiday Inn is right next to River Center, where Chris' graduation is, so we can walk to it instead of trying to drive around the city and park etc. That's why we picked it.

My radishes are supposed to be done growing this Friday, so of course I'll be gone on the official harvest day. I took a look at them today and I don't think they're going to be done growing yet, the plants are huge, but the radishes themselves are pretty tiny still. Hopefully when we come back they'll be ready to eat. Some of the mesclin mix could probably be eaten right now, but I'm not going to pick any of it yet. It still has a long way to go before it finishes growing. The bibb lettuce on the other hand, is not doing so well. There are a few plants that are looking ok, but half of them are really tiny and clearly not going to grow well, if at all. They're just tiny splotches in the dirt. Oh well. I'm not sure about the cucumbers either. The plants are there, but they're hardly growing at all. There's no sign of vine or fruit at all so far, and it's half way to harvest. If something doesn't happen soon I'm going to have to give up on them. Overall something of a mediocre experience with the garden, but that's ok. Not bad for a first attempt.