Our volunteer cherry tomatoes have gone hard this past week, putting on tons of new growth and starting to fruit as well! Our slicers kind of gave up with the hot spell but are back to flowering and I’m looking forward to some really juicy ones.
This past week has seen me doing more forestry than gardening, though I personally conflate the two (I’m just pruning some rather large plants). I’m in the process of typing a write up to some video I shot which details what I’m doing - I’d like to post the video for you all, but I want to accommodate those of you who don’t have the time or desire for ~19 minutes of me talking.
Here is a picture of a bee napping on some Joe Pye weed:
It’s been cool and wet enough recently (thank goodness) that some self-seeded lettuce and arugula from the plants that bolted at the end of spring have sprouted - I had been missing the fresh greens!
I’ve also been enjoying seeing the joe-pye weed, goldenrod, and all the other summer wildflowers in full bloom!
Nice! Those fast growing self seeders make for bountiful gardens