BLTs Tomorrow

We just got back from another fun week of camping around the peninsula. This time around we explored the Olympic National Park with Great Grandma Oma. It was a lot of fun!  

When we got home I noticed a little something red peaking through the mess of green in our front boxes. How these giant treasures were not stolen, I do not know! So juicy, round, and appealing. Plump, ripe, and ready to be devoured. A perfect handful. Mmmm.....

Radishes!

We have large leafy greens in the garden and attached to those greens are yummy red radishes! We are patiently waiting for them to plump up. 

Boo-Ya

And that, my friends, is how you harvest some strawberries. 

Pretty potatoes!

Our potatoes have pretty purple flowers blooming amongst all that green! I don't remember them from last year, but I think they are from the Red potatoes and not the Yukon Gold. We only had YG last summer which explains why I don't recall the purple.  Flowers or no flowers, I can't wait to boil the tiny and tasty new potatoes!  

Almost there!

Well, this berry anyway, but where there is one there will soon be many! Matilde has already "called" this one, so the rest of us will have to wait to taste the sweet juice of an organic homegrown strawberry. 

Grapes

All of our grapes are growing this spring!  The last vine has really taken off and has reached up to the wire. The middle grapes are slowly catching up. Our transplant of Grandpa Smith's concords have blossoms!  We thought they were done for, but they're still growing!  

Beets taste like dirt.

Last year they didn't grow, but these suckas are looking good. Other than pickling, what can I do with them?! 

Still Growing

This lone plant is still growing strong!  It's from the salad mix that Andy dumped out in the box last fall. Matilde yanked the other plant that survived thinking it was a weed, but I was able to stop her before she pulled this one too! 

The last of the tomatoes. I promise this time.

Ha!  

This is all that is left of the five large tomato plants we grew in our front garden beds. I will miss seeing them grow wildly about. *sigh* 

It's almost time!

We are another vegetable closer to salsa! 

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

One of the last strawberries of the season. Very sweet.  Very red.  Worth the wait. 

Our first taste of the corn we grew. It was so sweet and delicious!  Thank you Gary for advising us to only pick when we are ready to eat it in order to retain the natural sweetness of the plant. We appreciate the tips!  Everyone is welcome to pass them along! 

Jen has been begging for some salsa.  We are another small step closer to filling her order! 

Ding dong!

A light at the end of the tunnel.

We have been patiently waiting for a change, and today we saw this scarlet colored gem in our garden!  It is a very exciting time and a very positive sign of things to come. I am especially anxious to see the heirloom tomatoes and tomatillos change colors!  

I spy...

I spy with my little eye something RED!