MY GARDEN

  • Tomato plants four feet high, too close together, plenty of yellow blossoms but…where are the bees? 13 green tomatoes; water twice a day because of high temperatures
  • Swiss chard about 6 inches
  • One lone phlox plant that I started from seed
  • Two cucumber vines producing lots of Kirby “cukes.” Nancy has a recipe for dill pickles
  • Beans starting to slow down; in the search for pods, the plants take a beating
  • Merlo lettuce starting to bolt
  • Zinnias in full regalia. I cut the first bouquet today, 12 stems all with a different color – Johnnies packet called “Cactus Blend”
  • The center island bursting with the color of black eyes Susan’s and beautiful, lavender bee balm. But…where are the bees?
  • Mountain mint blooming and well as spearmint
  • Ornamental peppers, very small, growing, but not in fruit yet – small one inch orange, carrot-like and hot
  • Queen Ann’s Lace in full bloom
  • Grapes full size but green
  • Rosemary doing well, as well as horse radish and beet greens
  • Transplanted 21 orange milkweed seedlings started from a pod I found on a plant near Cedar Beach on Jones Beach
  • Jack in the pulpit seeds beginning to sprout after waiting seven months.
  • Harvested oak leaf lettuce, enough for two salads
  • Pulled onions that were not as large as last year because of the vigorous growth of a Tulip Tree I brought from Manorville
  • Red Osier Dogood in bloom
  • Crab apple tree leaves have galls
  • Cottontail rabbit sighted on lawn for the past two weeks
  • Day lilies flowering

HOMECOMING FARM – NORTH AMITYVILLE

  • Plenty of weeds, several work/share holders working the long long rows
  • Tomato plants being propped up to allow plenty of air circulation to prevent leaf wilt
  • Tiffany and Tom work on garlic preparation, cutting off roots, and stalk …German Red. Tom crushes a small clove in his mouth and his mouth is on fire it is so hot!
  • Borage plants growing at the end of a row of leeks. These low hairy plants have small gorgeous blue star-shaped flowers
  • Tom dumps garlic compost and discovers catnip in bloom
  • No ravens spotted today
  • Today’s share is 5 garlic bulbs, kale, fennel, zucchini, lettuce, beets, cucumber, Japanese    turnips, hot peppers  garlic scapes, and okra
  • Don gave to a skull cap plant.