Summer Begins

It's officially summertime! Although last week was busy traveling around for Phish tour, I'm very grateful for a few extra days to get some weeding done before the craziness of music camps.

The Cherokee Purple tomatoes are looking gorgeous but still green. I've heard that the intense heat can keep them from ripening, so it may be a while before we see purple/red ones.

Summer savory is doing well -- now to find some good recipes for it! I've heard it's good with beans, and we have a plethora of those so that should be perfect.

 

Eggplant is doing well, but no flowers yet.

Lots of cucumber flowers -- a big improvement from last year. Hopefully we will get some cukes soon!

Red burgundy okra is as big and beautiful as always. We've harvested one or two small okra. More will come later in the month.

The Ronde de Nice zucchini are so cute. Our squash has been struggling with blossom end rot, so I added some more calcium to the soil, but I probably need more. So far this is the only successful zucchini, although we've had more summer squash.

Dragon tongue beans are out in full force.