Its starting to feel a lot like summer

It’s getting hot and steamy out and things are starting to get exciting around here.

Beans, limas, and field peas shot up fast after hand sowing into days of rain:

Apple and pear grafts have taken and are in full force (cleft and bud graft on left, whip and tongue on right):

Peaches and apples have set fruit and are ready to be thinned:

Ducks are enjoying a refreshing pool party:

Strawberries and blueberries are in full bloom:

Sweet potatoes of about 20 varieties are beginning to slip:

Spring crops are approaching harvest:

Corn is up in the Milpa:

Jerusalem artichokes are up and black cohosh is blooming in the woods: