Everything in the garden is beginning to really grow. It seemed like a slow start this year. We still feel the squash and cukes are a bit behind, but we’re working with it. We tried a few new items this year. Cabbage seems to grow extremely well here, as does the staple broccoli. Cauliflower this year was fun to try, it’s doing great. Corn is anywhere from shin to knee high, about where it was last year at this time.

The flowers are really doing well, being now established for a season. Some rogue or volunteer sunflowers have shown up here and there adding to the asthetics of the wonderful garden environment. Pears are really growing well. We have 6 trees with pears this year, verses the 2 last year. The 2 from last year have double the crop this year. Plums are also doing well. We got 3 last year, there are 3000 this year. We have an early summer blueberry plant that is now beginning to really give some tasty blueberries. We have a net over it to keep the birds off, it’s worked so far. The rasberries are tasty, but few and far between. I think the birds are getting them. I planted about 100sqft of Asparagas for next year. It’s nice to see it begin to show it’s fern like growth. We have had a strange lettus garden. I planted a good amount of it early, we got a warm spell, like 90 degrees in May and the majority of it has already gone to seed. It’s about time to plant the other half of the row I think. July 15th and we have Kale, Lettus, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Carrots, Beets, Onions and Radishes that have been edible for the past month. The herbs have been good for the past two months. Here are some pictures of the garden. Enjoy!

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