Happy Summer Solstice!

Strawberries from our garden

Happy Solstice Everyone! It’s Summer Solstice here in the northern hemisphere, and we’re enjoying warm days and the first garden harvests of the season: strawberries, chives, rhubarb. Other goodies like tomatoes and peppers have been planted and are ready for the hot and sunny days ahead. We like to try some new veggies or herbs each year. This time we’re experimenting with brussel sprouts and collard greens. Yum!

In addition to harvesting and planting, it’s also time to look at how things are growing, consider what might need to be pruned, thinned, or replaced and what just needs a bit of extra attention. Our chives are pretty prolific, but our garden plot is part of a community garden and can’t be expanded, so we’ll most likely be removing and freezing or drying a bunch. We’re considering putting bush beans in that spot, although we may decide to let it rest and replant next season, or hold off a bit and put in a fall kale crop later this summer. There are options.

We hope you enjoy this Solstice and all the blessings and bounties of the season.

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