Potted Eggplants, Zucchini, Pumpkin, and Tomatoes.

Beans, Broccoli, Tomatoes, Buttercup Squash, and Cucumbers.

A lot of growing can be done in a month! Our beans are happily climbing up the trellis (some are vining 4 feet up already), the squash and pumkins are giant and have tiny buds, the tomatoes have flowers, and the beets and chard are actually looking like beets and chard. We planted some yellow summer squash where the spinach was, and it’s coming up nicely but I hope there’s enough summer left for it to produce – it’s about three weeks behind the rest of the squash.

I realize now that pictures don’t really do the garden justice – things look healthier and fuller when you’re actually standing next to the plants.

From right to left (“front to back”): Fenugreek, Onions, Root Crops (carrots, beets, more onions), Tomatoes, Pumpkin. You can see the trellisses for the cukes and beans in the back.

We put a black plastic sheet over the eggplant to trap in the heat and keep out the weeds.

Mulched and ready for the summer to bring on the heat!