The first raspberry crop is in full swing. I get at least half a yogurt tub every other day. Ames loves that he can just walk up to the canes and grab a red one and eat it.
The cover crop has started to flower. I definitely think I could start cutting it and using it as mulch in the rest of the beds, but I haven't found time to do that yet.
The squashes and cukes are all doing well except a runt acorn squash that is barely hanging in there. The spaghetti squash is the clear leader so far. We are racing to get supports up to train them up the fence. It'll be my first attempt at that approach, but it does save so much space...
There were 4 plots of onions, 2 red, 2 yellow. I let kale grow up between onions in one of the sets of plots, and those onions were MUCH smaller than the plots without competition.
Of the three tomatillo plants, only one is actually fruiting, though all three are flowering. And the one that is fruiting is the smallest of them all. Weird.
Basil is starting to kick into gear.
Carrot harvests have been a wonderful surprise. I wish I'd planted more. They were planted between the tomatoes and basil, assuming that both would require more space later in the season. I think this plan was a pretty good one. The carrots haven't been crowded yet, and by the time they are out I think their real estate will be squeezed.
Beets too are coming out. They are perfect. Also wish there were more of them. It might be possible to put a couple rows of beans in when the beets and next-door onions are out in a week or two.
The sugar snap peas need more climbing room desperately. They are starting to flower.
Garlic is starting to brown in the leaves, but the heads are still rather small. I've grown bigger heads in the past, and am not sure what happened this year. Maybe a lack of water? Maybe the bed is worn out for onions? This is also the place the onion plots did poorly.
The Amish paste tomatoes will be the first to ripen. One (not pictured) is already blushing orange.
Here the garden from the west end. You can't see the cut flower bed in this picture very well.
But here's a sample of the blooms coming out of that Victory seeds mix.
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