We had a bunch of volunteers in the garden this year: tomatoes everywhere, one zucchini, a mess of sunflowers, and some other little flowers sprinkled around. Mint and cilantro too. Planted some Roma seedlings, along with sweet peppers, eggplant, okra (an experiment), brussel sprouts (another experiment - picked by a young friend, believe it or not), cucumber, and basil. Got a black metal tower for the cukes to grow on, it adds nice architectural interest.
Strawberries were going well for awhile there, but now they seem to have tapered off... turns out they were May-bearing instead of June-bearing. Also in May, we caught a bunch of slugs in the beer traps in the strawberry patch. The grapevine I put in a few years ago seems to be blooming, and it's going crazy - not sure what to do with it, beyond trying to keep it on the trellis. I put seeds for lettuce, kale, and chard in beside the fence, which is probably too shady because they aren't growing so fast. Put in beans just the other day, and another zucchini for when the vine borers get the first one.
Despite all this backyard food, we did still buy a CSA share from One Straw Farm again this year. Their strawberries came early too, got a shipment before Memorial Day.
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