The garden is growing! I know that’s what it’s supposed to do, but it hasn’t done that for several years, so it seems remarkable.

We’re picking raspberries every day and at dinner yesterday we ate our first zucchini (of what I’m sure will be many). We’ve had lettuce and garlic scapes. We’re watching tomatoes, watermelon, beets, carrots, onions, spinach and grapes get bigger. The asparagus has fully gone to seed. We’re hoping some of Ellie’s flowers bloom.

I’ve repaired the tomato trellises, ignored the squash trellis and am experimenting with green plastic (IRT mulch) for the watermelons.

We’re weeding regularly, which feels like less of a chore when we’re so excited by the growth and prospect of harvests.

First zucchini. We grilled it for dinner. It was delicious.

Beets.

These onions are Ellie’s special project. She’s been so diligent about weeding them, even when they were as small as blades of grass and our compost had sprouted millions of miniscule weeds. Lettuce is in the background.

Carrots with garlic in the background.

Raspberries are a little sparse after not being pruned for several years. We’re picking about a pint of berries every day and lots of new canes are shooting up.

So many tomato plants. Lots of blossoms. Fruit starting to grow. Very helpful to grow them on a trellis.

Watermelons on IRT mulch. The vines are starting to go crazy. The plastic is supposed to warm up the soil, helpful in our shorter growing season. It’s also suppressing weeds better than I expected.

Teeny tiny baby watermelon.

Asparagus gone to seed. Grapes going crazy tangling themselves in the ferns. My ancient tarp still hanging around.

So, so many grapes.

There is more work to be done and more harvests to come. I’m looking forward to it all.