Garden season has begun spilling over into the kitchen…at least with zucchini! The last month or so has been all about keeping plants watered and watching them grow. Now it’s time to make room on the kitchen counter for assorted tiny tomatoes and zucchini. Finally, all those recipes for zucchini that I’ve been collecting over the last year will be useful.
If you’ve been following along with each update, you should be able to see that the plants are starting to really produce! The second planting of lettuce (Black Seeded Simpson and Little Gem) have finally popped up. I’ll plant the next section later today.
The radishes grow quickly and taste delicious! I’ll pull them today and replant for the next batch.
The onions are bursting out of the planters…we are using them one at a time, but it might be time to dump them out!
The small tomatoes (called Raindrops) are finally starting to ripen. From a distance, they look like of strings of pearls hanging on the plants.
The pumpkins are going nuts! Bert made a little stand for one pumpkin that was hanging over the fence. So cute! There are more hiding under the leaves.
Up in the garden on the hill, everything is going strong. The lavender has been beaten down by the rain, but the bees don’t care. I’ll try to cut some and avoid the bees.
The tomatoes are producing well. When they start to ripen my days will be filled with cooked tomatoes…and BLT’s!
The carrots are finally looking healthy!
I’ve picked beans twice now…they are yummy when fresh.
The zucchini explosion has begun! I will need to check them every day!
The echinacea are covered with bees and butterflies. Makes me happy!
So that’s the garden today! I hope you are enjoying your summer!
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