Plants change quickly this time of year. The nasturtiums, which seemed to take forever to bloom, are now covered in flowers.

We have reached the longest day of the year at 15 hours and 39 minutes of daylight. Everything in the garden is growing and producing. In about a month, we should harvest the first zucchini. Then we will know for sure that it’s summertime.

We are harvesting kohlrabi on demand. So far, we are staying ahead of the growth curve. We strive to bring you the young tender bulbs. As seen in this photo, we have purple, green, and also white-ish kohlrabi.

The strawberries are looking better this week. We’ll be glad when there is more food available and the robins stop eating them. Or that the plants grow large enough that the leaves hide the berries.

June is here! We are excited to see the first blooms of the showy milkweed this week. This project has taken 18 months, from planting to flowering. It will be interesting to note which pollinators come to visit.

Spring continues to unfold at breakneck speed. Each week, we see different flowers and new growth. Even with the rain this week, the ground is still dry, meaning that we are already using irrigation.

The summer garden is taking shape! We have all been busy bees preparing the ground for planting. The big push was to get all the beds shaped, fertilizer applied, and drip tape in place before forecasted rain.

The event tent set-up was finalized this week. The lights are in, as are some of the tables and chairs. It will all be ready for the first event.

Spring is all around us. It’s Camas time, or at least it is bloom time. We planted them two years ago and have watched each year as we have had more blooms. Now, the entire bed where they are planted has a purple hue. This year, we will mark them for harvesting in the fall.

The first California poppy opened this week! We went from soggy ground last week to full-on spring. This is the time of year when there are not enough hours in the day to accomplish everything that needs to happen.