Over in the edibles, we are still playing the waiting game mostly.

My spinach has bolted, but I did harvest the largest head of lettuce. I wanted to let it get a little bigger, but we’ve hit the hot humid days of summer already, so it could bolt at any time too. Dave ate it on his tacos the other night.

But for the rest of the garden… we wait.

The cucumbers and gourds (on the left) seem to be growing much slower than the squash and pumpkins (on the right.)

I had to cheat a little with the Sugar Baby Melons (left) and Zucchini (right). The seedlings I started weren’t doing great, so I stopped at a local grower and bought a few more mature plants.

While I was there, this spindly tomato plant hopped into my cart. The variety is called “Chocolate Cherry” and the tomatoes are a dark brown/red. It just sounded to fun.

That said, my Yellow Pear tomato that I started from seed is doing spectacular! I am so thrilled because I’ve struggled so much starting tomatoes from seed.

The Leeks and Green Onions look about the same.

I feel like the green beans are a little lack luster so far, but hopefully they will pick up.

The Cucamelons are finally starting sprout. They need a lot of heat so they are always a little slow to get going.

The carrots, however, are looking fabulous.

The Green Peppers are perky

And the potatoes are really looking amazing. I’ve already earthed them up once and I’ll probably have to do it again soon.

I finally got the string supports in for the snap peas, and they are the happier for it.

We’re probably only a few weeks away from harvesting garlic and shallots.

And there will be raspberries and blackberries to munch on if we can just be a little bit patient.

There’s going to be a bountiful harvest… just not yet.