The Beginning of June

Wow, first week in June and we are taking a salad for ourselves as we carefully thin our early produce!  Fresh lettuce, beet tops and onions!  What a treat!  It is nice to see the early fruits of our labour, having contended with an extended cold season, having to switch frequently between heating and ventilating the hot house, ensuring there was adequate moisture in the soil one minute to venting out the extra humidity the next.  Am I complaining?  Not at all!  It is just part of the lifestyle called farming! 

So this is a quick post to give a glimpse of what we've got going on.  Cucumbers are into the 4th leaf today (only the third leaf in the photo), tomatoes, peppers, beets, lettuce, and a scattering of self-seeding dill which seemed to get everywhere!

Our previously flattened greenhouse is now up and in service, but 10 feet shorter due to the extensive truss damage.  It will still serve us well and there is still some space left in it to trellis a few cukes and squash.  Enjoy the photos and we will be back in a week or so.  Farmers Markets are coming up soon!