Continuing the highs and lows of the food-growing adventure:

The beans appear to be doing quite well. The smaller ones are “Tender Beans”, the bigger ones are “Long Beans”. At least I think they are because I got my packages mixed up and I’m not 100% sure they are labelled right.

There are MORE carrot sprouts!!! It’s not many though, so I sowed some more seeds. I can always thin if I get too many.

And behold!!! One tiny squash sprout. And I think there’s another one coming up too… though it might just be a sprouted maple key, so I’m trying not to get too excited. I’ve sowed a few more squash seeds too, because I’d really like four plants if I can manage it.

The grape tomatoes are doing well – nice and lush and bushy.

The peas are exceedingly happy with their new rigging and I think they are growing even faster than before.

Still no signs of life from the chives or catnip. And though the strawberries still look excessively sad, I did get one ripe berry

It wasn’t the sweetest, but the hot dry start to the season didn’t help. I definitely need some new plants.

And mother nature saw fit to bless me with another gift.

If google is correct, this spikey plant growing up in the pussywillows is a black raspberry (a native plant, probably pooped out by a bird). If it is, I’ll relocate it (and the two others around the shed) to a better spot with my other raspberries.