The end of June has come very quickly and the garden is coming along wonderfully! It has been a slower start this year, but July will have many, many treats for us! We have not purchased any supplemental veggies at all this month, and we hope to be able to supply everything we need from now until October (though we may not always get what we want on a given day, it does teach us to eat what is ripe and available.)
The tomatoes in containers seem to be doing the best, followed by those with the red plastic mulch. The new beds along the back have been slow to start, but I expected that – I find it takes a few years for the soil to reach the perfect mix of nutrients, worms and texture. I finally took the plastic off the zucchinis and butterbush squash because they were getting a bit stressed from the days finally getting warmer (the leaves have greened up even since the pictures were taken!)
The berries have started – Haskaps were first and now strawberries are starting to ripen. There is going to be a bumper crop of Raspberries and Blueberries this year as well as wild Blackberries! I have found a few little hardy kiwi hiding under the leaves, fingers crossed!
My wee girl’s garden is filling in wonderfully! Her runner beans are starting to climb, the purple cauliflower heads are just starting and her Black Plum tomatoes have a few little buds poking out. She has seen many little bugs and bees visiting – more will arrive once the flowers she has planted begin to bloom.
The weed suppressors are doing a great job! In the potato beds without film or straw the weeds are doing almost as well as the edibles…grrrr…time to find some more clan straw.
Enjoy the end of June tour!! To see more beautiful end of June gardens, visit Helen, the Patient Gardener.
“I grow plants for many reasons: to please me eyes or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my soul, for novelty or for nostalgia, but mostly for the joy in seeing them grow.” ~ David Hobson
Nova Scotia Roots 
I can see all of your hard work paying off. Soon, you’ll be enjoying the fruits of your harvest. Take care and happy blogging to ya, from Laura ~ 🙂
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Thanks Laura, it is exciting to watch everything grow!
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looking good, I know what you mean about weeds, any area in my garden that has no mulch grows weeds, I was too slow covering my brassica bed and spent an hour yesterday weeding it and laying mulch, that should teach me!
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