[MomwithHope]

Nothing better than a great day in the garden followed by a great meal. I've never tasted bear. But I am big on protein. As I have gotten more active since April, I notice I am wanting more protein and fresh foods and less carbs. We have so much fresh lettuce. Besides salads, I like to make a plate of big leaves, shmear some tomato dressing on them and fold them up in little packets. Great finger food. Crunchy and delicious. you still have plenty of time for things to grow and mature. We are way ahead here (west Michigan), tomato plants most of them 3 feet tall.

Took this picture yesterday, my tiny papaws. We have 5 trees about 10 years old now and I had almost given up on getting any fruit. This spring 2 of them flowered for the first time, 20 blossoms which I carefully cross pollinated with a paintbrush just to make sure. The mature fruit (September) will be Idaho potato sized.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Nice Pawpaws, Lady, LOL! :)

[Ellendra]

Awesome! Congrats on the pawpaws!!!!

They are one of the things on my “someday” list. I have a nice river valley that they should grow well in, but right now there’s just too many other trees competing for space. Eventually I’ll be thinning them down, and then there will be room for pawpaws :)