Ate the first few tomatoes today, too. Still pulling beets every week, and cutting chard every other day. There are a few peas as well. Turnips look ready but I haven't eaten those yet. Have yet to use the collards- yellow chard looks fine (not great) but the blue collards a lot of leaves are purple and I'm not sure why.
25 June 2026
first carrots
These are the short'n'sweet variety. About twice the size of my thumb. Mild flavor. So nice to just walk out and yank food out of the ground!
10 June 2026
beets!
I've been thinking how good they look, and yes, they were. Especially because gave us lots of nice greens. I do like fresh beet greens.
05 June 2026
peas!
First picking
I delayed too long- these are mostly snap peas but some were already getting plump and filled-out so I shelled them and we ate half as stir-fried snap peas and the other half was one serving of regular, steamed peas. I had forgotten how good fresh peas are.
I pulled the bolted tatsoi, lettuces and tokyo bekana from the garden this week. We are eating herbs on a regular basis now- dill (the one volunteer in middle of my carrot patch is doing far better than those in a pot up on the deck), summer savory, thyme, basil, parsley (though it's not growing well) and chives. I've planted hyssop out into pots that flank the lower deck and put two French tarragon from the local nursery, into the herb bed. Still don't have any sage. Tomatoes are not doing great- and the two next to lovage are in the worst shape. Lovage is thriving and taller than me! Beets and carrots look thick and healthy, chard is feeding us twice a week and then some. Turnips, leeks and collards in bed 9 continue to lag. Shiso in bed 7 has recovered well from transplanting and looks great (though I still haven't eaten it yet).
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