The garden is doing fine, now that we've had some proper sun and heat. We are eating lovely peas which I can hardly keep up with harvesting, the zucchinni are making their little namesakes, and some of the broccoli looks quite respectable. Half the tomatoes have the curl-leaf thing going, which doesn't seem to kill them but does slow them down. Something dreadful happened to a pile of compost I made last year and it ended up dry and not very broken down, and full of bugs. I foolishly piled it on the bed anyway, and now the beans are tortured by ants which nibble on their leaves. Or something.
This organic gardening is No Joke. Children, don't fall asleep during compost class; you'll be needing that information.
The poppies and pea flower are looking especially fabulous in various shades of purple and red. I am a fool for poppies and let them grow in the beds even where they fight with vegetables -- the rainbow chard is over shadowed by a crowd of poppies about the bloom -- apparently I prefer the poppies.
