Here’s the mid-July update on our little garden. The beets and
white onions are thriving. The Romaine hasn’t died. Yet. We’ve already
harvested a dozen small tomatoes and one huge bell pepper, with more of both on
the way. The strawberry plants have provided fruit for several smoothies and
one batch of ice cream, but most berries were eaten al fresco, one by one. Last
week Heather and I enjoyed tall glasses of mint limeade. This week we’ll try some
of our mint in ice tea. I’m glad the mint’s in a clay pot instead of the
ground. Mint always seems to grow to fit the available space, even if it has to
crowd everything else out. Somehow, the turnips and yellow onions never
sprouted. But something came up in the middle of a turnip row that might be a
volunteer tomato plant, or a clever weed. We decided to let it live until we
know more.
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