Radishes and Weeds

Hope you're enjoying your first week's share of veggies. More is certainly on the way as the weather continues to heat up and we approach the summer solstice.
But the weeds also love the heat and light, so we've been hitting the beds hard with hands and hoes over the past couple of weeks pulling those wild little plants out by their roots so all your tasty, chemical-free veggies can grow without too much competition. Lamb's quarters, pigweed, and purslane are the main soil trespassers at the moment; although they are tasty and nutritious in the their own right, these feral little pains in the ass want the soil nutrients that we've worked hard to naturally give to all those greens you're enjoying at the moment.

Salads are no doubt on everyone's minds and plates right now, but this week we're also focusing on getting some of our heat-loving crops going. Tomatoes are getting trellised and otherwise pampered, and you'll be happy to know that some already have little fruits forming. Summer squash and cucumbers are on the list to go in the ground soon.
Elsewhere around the farm, we seeded another succession of those spicy little French Breakfast radishes. Carrots are growing like mad, the hardneck garlic is shooting out its sinuous scapes, and the potato plants are beginning to flower—which means tubers are gonna start plumping up in short order.
Besides all that, we're harvesting away, savoring the recent food bounty, and relaxing a bit at night while enjoying the recent emergence of lightning bugs.