This spring the “May Gray” and the “June Gloom” dominated the weather. There was not much time when the morning fog burned off and it started to roll back in again. The veggies in the garden for the most part did not like that situation. Germination was poor and what did sprout as well as most of the transplanted seedlings which had been started on the windowsill just sat there and sulked. So it will be a late, and perhaps sparse harvest this year.
One of the exceptions is the berries. The plants were moved from their original location a couple years ago and finally seem to have settled into the new spot. While the berries are a bit on the small size, they are making up for it in quantity. Ollalie berry, boysen berry, logan berry and a few other trailing varieties all became productive together. And since blackberries have a short shelf life, it was time to turn the bounty into jam, jelly and pie. The result was about three dozen jars of sweet stuff in the pantry and several pies in the freezer.
It remains to be seen if the upright varieties will be as productive. In the past they seemed to be just about ripe at the same time we would get the one week of actual hot weather and the berries got cooked. So far, the forecast is looking better for the berries than for the heat loving veggies.