Produce

Despite the late start to the growing season this year, as I did not plant anything until the middle of April, we are starting to get some nice produce coming to maturity.  Lettuce has been abundant and is at the point of almost bolting, so we are harvesting on a daily basis and eating salads once or even twice a day.  Broccoli is now producing heads, meaning we will be either freezing or consuming as we have about 24 plants growing.  I just finished my last jar of frozen broccoli soup two days ago.  Carrots are coming in very nicely.  These were grown in the greenhouse where I needed to water almost every day.  I screened the compost and dirt mixture so there are no rocks in the soil to bend the carrots and the soil is loose enough for the carrots to grow quite long and straight, despite being half long danvers and Nantes carrots.  I don't remember which varieties of each I planted.

So, without further discussion here are some photos of our produce so far...If you click on the photo, you will get an enlarged view.

Best carrots I have ever grown

Peas just starting to flower and produce pods

Potato crop from left over potatoes of last year's crop

Determinate beefsteak tomatoes in the small greenhouse.
Eight plants, probably grown too close together. They are flowering.

Lettuce (Artic Ice) leafy, clean and very tasty, also in the small greenhouse

Early Bloody Butcher variety.  One red one last week, but others still have a ways to go.

Broccoli heads

Onions, garlic and Bibb Lettuce

The Garlic and Onion rows doing very nicely.