Solstice slow food

Every day here is another item getting bigger. These long days of intense sunlight make things grow so fast. Here in the desert it is a trick to keep them wet enough.

Boysenberries are in.

They take a half hour to pick.

Every day.



Beans are up, they need to be dusted with diatomaceous earth every evening. You can see a slug in this picture, chowing down before the sun hits the plants.

Then there is the tomato garden below, 

with eggplants and onions...and a gopher that I am trying to trap  -- unsuccessfully so far.

 These tomatoes are doubling in size every day. Likely first ones will be ripe in a couple weeks. Why were there no Early Girls this year?  These are Better Boy plants.

The potato garden was slow to start this year but looks good, the sunniest area is just about ready to replant with new seeds.

If potatoes were not so common, they would be a gourmet expensive food. As it is, they are a staple.

Oh, and school is out.  Our site traffic has doubled.  Welcome to summer!