On into July

written by Yvonne

Again; been busy. Not been in the garden too much lately. Pictures are pretty old at this point.  Blah, blah, blah... you've heard this before.

We've been so proud to be able to grow carrots. Tom isn't one for eating carrots raw, but he makes an exception for home grown. Their flavor is something else.

Flowers on the tops of the thyme.  (We keep growing it, but we don't seem to get any more done in a week.  Get it?  Trying to grow more 'thyme'?)

Cucumbers producing like crazy - as they should.

I've made cold cucumber soup (which is DELICIOUS), several salads, and 6 quarts of refrigerator pickles.  Usually on the weekend I cut one or two up and leave them on the dining room table for us to eat every time we walk by.

Cow peas are producing a lot.

Chamomile flowers growing like crazy.

We cut the flowers off and let them dry.  Eventually, we'll steep them for a soothing, night-time tea.

Tom took this picture of a wasp on our parsley. Although it looks like he used a blur lens or some kind of filter, he didn't. He had just wiped a drop of water off the lens of his camera and this is how it came out.  Completely unplanned.