Late July

We have “May Gray” and “June Gloom”. I am not sure what you call it in July, but it was a not untypical foggy morning. Being close to the ocean, the marine influence is significant that way. A nice cool morning is a good time to work in the garden.

This year I did four plantings of corn. The one in the foreground was the first and halfway done. Further down, the next planting had tassels just starting for more in a few weeks. With luck, the other two will be providing sweet corn well into the fall.

This year, the melons actually worked. Several kinds were planted and grew into a tangled mess.

The tomatoes are getting ripe. And some are a very respectable size. Maybe Miracle-Gro actually works.

Three Cinderella pumpkins have gotten quite large and will be a challenge to get from the little shelf of ground between the raised bed and the lower level with the fruit trees.

One of the pluot trees, just loaded with ripening fruit. These are of a nice size despite looking like more thinning should have been done.

The apple trees as still very young with wimpy trunks and not many branches, but they are producing some a surprising number of apples.