It's Been a Long Time Since We Rock and Rolled

Actually, it's been a long time since we've had a garden update, which is, of course, exactly the same as rock and rolling. I think Led Zeppelin would agree.

To be specific, it's been almost a month. A whole lotta growing happens in a month. Especially in the last month. The corn didn't wait for July 4 to get knee high. It passed that mark about three weeks ago and is now approaching head high.

A clear case of over-achieving.

The tomatoes have finally stopped sulking and decided to grow. The Stupice wins for the first plant to have a wee tomato in evidence. Several more have appeared on various varieties, and I've started tying some plants to the bamboo support system. I think I'm still at least a few weeks away from The First Ripe Tomato, though. Boo.

Get a move on, there. I'm almost out of salsa.

Behind the tomatoes you can see some of the potatoes. I have hilled the potatoes many, many times already, though never as high as they should be hilled. Most of them have already started blooming. I think we're going to have another big potato harvest this year. Yay french fries!

We ate the first beets last week. Also the first broccoli and Swiss chard. The garlic and shallots are just starting to get tipped with brown, meaning the green part is starting to die. Once that part is all dead, the plants are done and can be harvested. Probably another few weeks before that point, though.

From left to right: broccoli plants, carrots, Swiss chard, Kestral beets, Bull's Blood beets, parsnips, and garlic and shallots. What a lovely family portrait.

We're still eating lettuce. Lots of lettuce. As well as some basil. The jalapeno and bell peppers have the teeniest little beginnings of peppers on them already. The cabbages have already gotten huge and started to crowd each other. They're pushy, those cabbages. No blooms on the squashes, cucumbers, and green beans yet, but all in good time.

I leave you with my best attempt at a full-garden view.

Supermarket produce section, I spit on you.