From My Garden

I picked the last of the little yellow onions today, which made me sad. But the green onions look nearly ready to pick. I didn't get to the lettuces fast enough and they are getting a bit bitter. I'm still learning. This is just the first of the cucumbers.

This is Makenna cleaning and cutting the rainbow carrots. The purple ones are orange on the inside. I didn't thin them this year so they didn't have the room to get as big as last year. But we still have some time before we have to pick the rest.

These bright yellow sunflowers make a beautiful backdrop to the garden. I can see many of them from the back door while standing at my kitchen sink. But how much more magnificent they look on the mantle and on the bath counter! I'm a bit curious how long they'll last cut. They'd be great things to give to family and friends. And I need to do some research on harvesting the seeds. Of course I'll save some to put out for the birds. We will enjoy watching them peck the seeds out of the dried heads this fall.

I picked this enormous blackberry this morning. We've learned that the bigger the berry, the sweeter it is. They are of course good when they've been warmed by the sun, but it was a nice surprise to find it chilled by the cool night air. Which is something I'd forgotten about fresh produce: we are so accustomed to eating everything super cold from the fridge, I'm still surprised to find a cucumber or my salad lettuce at room temperature when I eat it.

And on a side note. I think I might get some actual corn this year.