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Things are coming along. The other day Kate came over to see the garden and she made a comment about my talent. The great thing about gardening is the miracle of growth: put the plants in the ground and, after a few precautions, you just wait for it all to come up! No talent whatsoever!

The squash is winning the race for sure. Here’s an example of the flower on the straightneck variety, and then the pattypan, “Balmoral.”

The straightneck squash will be ready to harvest — the week I’m gone, of course!

The beans look great and are beginning to twine up their poles.

These strawberries are past tense: I at them right after taking the picture.

My favorite flower: nasturtiums growing in the cucumber bed (good companion plants). Here’s a recipe for Nasturtium and Cucumber Tea Sandwiches.

Other updates: cucumbers are beginning to produce tendrils. Tomatoes are still a little on the small side, but one will be ready to eat in about a week and a half if the sun will shine on it enough! The eggplant is beginning to flower, and two of the three watermelon plants are finally beginning to grow larger. The pepper plants are sporting very wrinkled leaves — I’ve always had this problem with them, but a man at the farmer’s market told me that they do that early in the season before it gets hot, and that it doesn’t make any difference. Hope so!  Finally, I ordered sunflowers from the Co-op, and I planted them on the far east side of the garden, by the beans.  Pics of those to follow, when they get impressive.

Signing off.
CCL