My favorite things..

Lettuce is still coming! Aside from the heads finishing up, I had a head regrow itself, and it's actually looser and bigger... which means it's much harder for slugs to hide in there. Bwahaha.

I was able to harvest and eat some damn fine looking carrots. Unfortunately, not too many were damn fine looking, as I didn't thin them out well enough earlier in the season. Used them in stuffed peppers, salads, and to make a ton of vegetable broth to hold me over for a few months..(did I mention I went vegan??) Carrot tops impart a really beautiful parsley-esque flavor, and aren't bad as additional salad greens. (If you like the taste of parsley.)

Yesterday I transplanted my summer squash, an eggplant, and a couple of pepper plants out of the way of the vigorous (read: crazy) tomato plants. Pruned those suckers..literally..and tied them up a bit higher. The ep and peppers moved without any trouble. The squash notsomuch, but have since perked up.

And without further ado, the fruit files:

There are at least fifteen plump green tomatoes on my plants, some of which are just hinting to yellow. I am thrilled for these.










Baby sweet banana pepper.









Baby jalapeño.

And summer has begun...

Cleaned up the weeds, peas, and grass. I also staked all of the tomatoes.







Carrots are nearly beefy enough to be picked.












This photo shows a couple of peppers blossoms. I'm waiting (praying?) for fruit set.







This squash had a gorgeous bloom the other day. Multiple flowers on there now, so as long as I can keep the slugs away...








Peppers are exploding in a good way.











Lots of green tomatoes out there!

















My big eggplant has one flower coming along so far. It's suffering from slug and earwig damage, so I need to set out some traps this week.