Today's Harvest - One Spoonful of Vegetables

Each day I get a little bite of vegetables from my garden. Today it was a handful of peas and a tiny carrot.

Progress in the Garden

I'm almost ready to pick my first cucumber - this is Boston Pickling cucumber.

The cayenne peppers are turning red. We already tasted them in a spicy omelette the other night, and they are definitely hot.

The first pea pods are forming. Who says that you can't plant peas in mid-June? Here in Michigan the hot weather may never arrive, and you can have peas all summer long!

The Dusky eggplant has blossoms...

And there are plenty of green tomatoes, but I'm still waiting for one that I can eat!

Bamboo Teepee

My pea plants were not able to climb the stakes that I originally had in place because they were too big in diameter. I was using 6 ft green plastic stakes. After I replaced them with these very skinny 6 ft bamboo stakes, they were able to grab on and start climbing. I made a teepee out of 9 stakes and tied the plants to the stakes to direct their growth. So far, so good!

Origami Peas

When the pea seeds sprouted and came up through the dirt, they emerged with their leaves perfectly folded.  As they started to grow, they opened up into intricately designed origami patterns.  It's not a Japanese crane, but maybe a peacock?

The carrots have finally come up also.  They are very fine, but if you look closely you'll see them.  These seedlings took much longer than the others that I planted.