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| Checking out what's in the cold frames and snacking on asparagus fresh from the bed. |
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| Cauliflower, lettuce and peas ready to move from the cold frames to be planted in the ground. |
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| Asparagus. Yum! |
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| Leeks grown from seed started last year. They over winter and grown on. Ready for harvest, soon. |
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| Florencio built up this raised bed to add the growth of the strawberries. They don't like to have "wet feet" because they will rot and die. These should flourish. |
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| Emma and Ethan were so warm they found shade and were eating their fresh asparagus lying down. |
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| These will turn into beautiful red cabbage. |
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| Sylvanberries just starting to flower. Each flower has the potential to become a berry. |
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| Drip irrigation is laid out on the first few rows of cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage. |
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| The greenhouse tomatoes are really climbing their strings and poles. |
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| Staking the greenhouse cucumbers helps them grow straight fruit. |
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| This type of cauliflower will produce green, spire-like cauliflower heads, not white, smooth heads. |
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| Thai Red Roselle is a hibiscus we grew from seed. We are excited for the colorfulness of this plant. The calyx is used for teas. |
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| Cilantro. |
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| The benches in the greenhouse are filling up. The tall plants on the left are the greenhouse cucumbers. |
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| We "succession plant" many things for our harvest boxes. Here is our third planting of broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbages. By spacing out their start times, we can extend the harvest. |
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| Benches full of tomatoes. |
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| Tomatoes may have one of two types of leaves. These are "tomato leaved" tomato plants. |
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| These are "potato leaved" tomato plants. |
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| Can you see the difference? Left is a variety with tomato leaves, right has potato leaves. Both are tomatoes. |
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| More tomatoes are flowering in the greenhouse. |
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| Last week there was one flower on the dianthus. This week, many more fragrant blossoms. |
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| Florencio is careful when he ties the stems of the tomatoes on to the bamboo stakes. Not too tight or they could get strangled. |
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| A very pretty bloom on a cactus in the greenhouse. |
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| This spinach was chosen due to its name, Anna. She lives here at the farm! |
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| A honeybee working the blossoms on the blueberries. |
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| Another close up of the bee hanging on. |
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| The more times bees visit a flower the better chance of complete pollination. |
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| The white bell shaped blossom has come off some of these blueberries showing the small green beginning of a blueberry. |
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| An immature grape cluster gets its start. |
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| One variety of blackberry has formed buds but has not opened into blossoms. |
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| Dad loved figs. Fig trees tend to have grayish bark. |
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| Baby figs that won't ripen until late summer. |
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| An Asian pear cluster. |
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| Apple blossoms. Do you spot the green cucumber beetle? We fight with them eating our produce, leaves, flowers all the time. |
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| Another honey bee, this time on an apple blossom. |
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| Coming in for a landing. |
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| Not all apples flower at the same time. |
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| The first flower has opened in this cluster, the rest will follow shortly. |
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| Bosc pear flowers have lost most of their flower petals. |
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| Looking north through the orchard. |
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| Grapes on the left, Marionberries on the right. These rows are about 300 feet long. |
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| Old grape vines. Notice their "trunks". |
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| These bee is crawling inside for more pollen. |
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| Colorful new leaves on the grapes. |
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| The field to the north of our gardens is planted with peppermint this year. |
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| Apple blossoms in the shadows. |
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| Pears that have lost their flower petals. Their sepals are still attached. |
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| This apple tree has a cluster of flowers growing off a large branch. |
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| A white flower cluster in the orchard. |
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| Mom and Dad's dogwoods in their glory. I hope you have enjoyed. See you next time. Lorrie |
