ahhhhhhh California! You are SO lucky to have such a long growing season! I swear ours gets shorter every year.

not much happening here!  the 3 weeks of major heat did not do much for gardening. my beans are struggling.  tomatoes too.   still hope for the summer!

raspberries doing well because I watered them a lot.

 Tons of slugs, 3 inches of rain last evening. More to come today. Also some wind. UGG! Babs

 Picked peas and bush cherries in the rain. Peas are looking good. Killed some more slugs. Rained most of today and more for tonight. Babs

babs:

Killed some more slugs.

We have been picking green onions, lettuce & strawberries for a few weeks now, but last night I picked our first green pepper.  Also picked some slugs from the lettuce    I have small pimentos on the plants.  Small tomatoes and lots of blossoms.  Small yellow crookneck squash.  Picked a cup and a half of currants - twice as much as last year!  Beets are almost ready. The abundant rain ( for a desert) has been great - no $$ out for water.

 Beets are ready and I don't have time to can them!They'll just have to wait... if Saturday wasn't the 4th, I'd do it then. Radishes, lettuce and a tiny stand of spinach didn't like the last few days of hot weather, but we got a good rain yesterday so they've perked up. Onions are doing good, there are some baby spaghetti squash and the yellow squash and zucchini are starting to bloom. 

I picked a few peas yesterday, and I'm hoping we get enough cooler weather with rain to keep them going just a little bit longer. The cherry tomato is loaded with little green tomatoes, but I don't think the others have set fruit yet. Green peppers are beginning to set fruit, though.

After an earlier hail storm, I wound up with three okra plants. If I'm lucky, I'll get a meal from them! I had a little room where they didn't make it, so I planted amaranth and a tiny white bean that hasn't come up. The amaranth came up fast and is growing well so far. 

I want to plant mustard where the beets are (when I get the beets pulled!), but it's probably too early for a fall crop and too late for a summer crop, so I may wait a few weeks. 

My daugher and husband are coming for a visit this fall from Washington state and I want to talk her into bringing some wild blackberry canes to try. 

do to the hot weather here in washington my hrbs burnt up and one plant died so maybe next year this time cindy can take care of them hers grows like weeds.

Pat:

I want to talk her into bringing some wild blackberry canes to try. 

Oooh - I love blackberries! We always had blackberries when I was growing up in Ohio.

zohnerfarms:

Oooh - I love blackberries! We always had blackberries when I was growing up in Ohio.

I love them, too, but I'm not about to pay $3 for 8 ounces at the store for them. I don't know if they'll do well here in Colorado, but it's worth trying.

the blackberries should be plentiful in wv this year.  i aways cann a lot of blackberry jam. also elderberry jelly.  i hope i have plenty of those.  my garden is doing great.  had young potatoes last week.  peppers big enough to eat.  tomatoes are just now showing.  did get some rain this week, so everything is really perked up