I HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH GARDEN THINGS.

I am sorry not to have posted lately.  I seem to have been busy doing this and that and forgot to post.  My garden is coming along fine but slowly.  Its not very warm here yet in Maine.  Days seem to be in the 60s and nites in the 50s for the most part.  Occasionally we hit the 70s and a couple times 81.  That's warm for us.

My garden has finally produced its first crop.  Radishes.

These French Breakfast radishes were harvested on June 5th and were great in my salad.  I harvested a few more for another salad today. 

I finally pulled the Salad Burnet plant from my left top bed corner and sowed more radishes and some Thom Thumb lettuce.  I just do not care for the Salad Burnet and you know what they say....."Grow what you will eat...." and so I am.

This is the left few feet of my garden bed on June 4th.  The Salad Burnet is still growing in the left high corner with its yellow flowers.  It is now gone.  To its right are the Nasturtiums I sowed.

The globe you see in the middle had hummingbirds on both sides, is solar-powered and glows different colors at night. 

  In the cage on the left are some Bush Pickle cucumber plants growing.  They look nice and healthy.  At each of the wooden stakes you will find a tomato plant doing well.  In the forefront with all that greenery, are my radishes with some carrots sprouting on their right.  

In this midsection you can see my cute little gnome with his rain gauge at-the-ready.  I check that gauge every morning to be sure I know what rain we received.  In my area, many rains come during the nighttime leaving the days for lovely sunshine.

Around the gnome is my Flat-leaf Parsley doing nicely. Behind the gnome is my garden fairy statue, a gift given to me my a neighborly resident here.  I just love her since I am so very fond of anything with fairies....and unicorns, carousels and now gnomes.

To the right of the Nasturtiums in the back row, are more French Breakfast radishes, this time bordering a carrot square.

Above is the right section of my small bed.  These are two sweet peppers in the forefront, a Wonder Bell and a Golden Star.  I have two hot peppers in the back row, very small yet, a Habanero and a Surena.  They are still tiny (see the green thin stakes) and are bordered along the top with  Sparkler radishes.  On the right in a cage are some Straight 8 Cukes doing well so far and just above them is my summer Thyme plant getting it bearings.  

In the far right back corner is my Little Napoli tomato plant and it already has some yellow blossoms started.  This variety grows very small, only 12-18 inches tall but should produce fruits in 60-65 days so it right on schedule.  I think I will have some ripe fruits from this little one by mid-July, which is early for Maine but welcome.  And the fruits will be normal sized for such a small plant.

I have other things I like planted in some squares but to date they are either very small or have not germinated yet: scallions, both garlic and onion chives, Hercules carrots, and Romaine lettuce.

I am very pleased with my little garden.  It brings me so much pleasure to see things grow.  And the flavors of fresh-grown foods can't be beat in my book.

I hope to enjoy every day of my summer this year.  Wishing you all the same.