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Thanks for starting the thread as always and have a safe trip. Greetings from west Michigan. The weather has been beautiful. Pulled all my green bean plants up today and picked out more peppers (they are everywhere)and some tomatoes. Had a volunteer bush that put out nice sized fruit and this week it looked like 2 were getting ripe. This morning I discovered they were ripe, they were volunteer Russian yellow tomatoes I had grown last year. Seeds from the compost!

Going to start some fall romaine now that it is cooler. Also put in an order for 4 flat dutch cabbage heads for kraut at the local farmstand. I usually do 6 - it makes up a #6 and a #8 crock but I still have 5 or 6 quarts left in the pantry. I usually do 18 or 19 quarts a year and we eat it all (3 people) but because of my knee problems which started in February I did not cook as much. My zucchini are still going strong. Have given quite a few to my neighbor with 7 kids and she gave us back some peach zucchini muffins that were really good.

I got my shishito pepper seeds in the mail from ebay. Between them and the an Marzano tomatoes I guess I am starting plants indoors this spring. Also got a few bags of tulips to force. Stuck them in the large size coffee cans and punched some holes with a screwdriver in the tops and they will be fine in the garage this winter.

We only grew about half of what we normally do but at least we had a garden. My knee replacement is working fine and I should be in great shape for next year.

Ticking off milestones as far as physical progress. This morning in 2 hours time at a steady pace I moved 4 very full cartloads of split firewood behind the atv and stacked them. Even before my knee surgery I could only do 2 in one day. So I know I am getting stronger. Getting your stamina back is the hardest. It's move it or lose it. Blessings to all my gardening friends!