Summer's beginnings in the garden.

The ground is getting warm and the plants are getting big! After being a way from the garden for a little bit, I started the work day last Friday by staring with awe at a very lovely squash plant. The flower had just opened and it is the most amazing shade of orange. The squash in the greenhouse are big too, and have been very patient but nevertheless questioning, "When will you find a home for us?" I know it's time for them to go into a bed, because I've already snipped off four small flowers. It is very satisfying to start your plants from seed, wait months to transplant them into a bed, and then to see them become very large and healthy plants (and hopefully productive, too).

Meanwhile, in a middle bed in the North garden, the strawberries are setting quite a bit of fruit that is delicious when it is ripe. But waiting can be very hard! I've seen quite a few people pop a not fully ripe strawberry into their mouth. And let's not forget about the fava plants! We have been harvesting many pounds of beans often and still there are many to take away.

We have a bed of lettuce that is almost ready. But most of our beds have baby plants that have just recently been transplanted. We have only a few more beds to turn, amend, and plant in and then it's the part that I might enjoy the most: to wait, water, and watch the plants get big for the fall harvest in September. If all goes well we will have sweet peas, lettuce, carrots, squash, tomatoes, peppers (with lots of luck), tomatillos, basil, endive, radicchio, kale, chard, and brussel sprouts.

Come by to see the garden in all her summer glory!