Squash and Squash Bugs

Just showing off our kind of Square Foot Garden. We didn't follow the rules accurately, but it doesn't seem to make a lot of difference. Our boxes are 10 x 4 feet instead of 4 x 4 feet, and we didn't make a permanent grid yet. We planned on it, but didn't get around to it and now probably won't. Everything seems to be doing really well.

One of the yellow summer squash plants was looking a little poorly, and on Sara's inspection was found to have squash bugs. We hurried and read up on the awful looking things and found that we should just squash them. So Sara did! We already have little squash coming so we hope we got the bugs in time. I did remember after the bugs came the reason Rod stopped growing squash. If you don't have squash plants, you probably won't have squash bugs!

The tomatoes are trying to grow up the netting, but aren't quite big enough yet. We do have little green tomatoes already. We have eaten a little spinach and could eat beet greens if any of us really wanted to eat them and someone was willing to cook them.

Not Jason...Ryan!

It's hard to get Luke to settle down for pictures especially when Grandma and Papa Nielson are in town. He doesn't get to see them often and when he does he gets a little crazy! They were on their way to a family reunion and stopped for the night. Nancy got in a little hugging and Keith roughed Luke up a bit. Mijken (I am not sure if I am spelling her name right?) and her husband Ryan . (I called him Jason the whole time they were here!) were here also with their children, Ashley, Emma, Justin and Claire. It is quite embarrassing to not get a person's name correct in your head. In my defense, we haven't had many opportunities to be around all of Kollin's family. I am lucky to know his siblings names, let alone all of the spouses and children! I will try to do better next time, RYAN!

Luke with Ashley and Emma

Doing their crazy faces

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

Luke with his friends Kai, Kam, and Hayden

I was talking to Stephen on the phone while these little guys were jumping. He could hear all the yelling and screaming and asked me how many boys were over playing. I told him, only four. Sometimes there are as many as eight. "I'll bet the mom's in your neighborhood love you!" He yelled back into the phone so I could hear! I don't know about me, but they really like Sara's back yard.

We tell the boys all the time, not to let anyone under the tramp when they are jumping. I found out it is a pretty cool place to be in you dare.