Vegetables at the Garden of the Sun

I was at the Garden of the Sun (the Master Gardener demonstration garden) Wednesday to finish up some required hours, so I took my camera and got some pictures of what's growing in their vegetable gardens. This picture shows cole crops, and some bok choi.

This lettuce mix looks really happy, growing nice and green.

Here are more cole vegetables, probably planted later than the first picture's crop.

This shows a nice mix of vegetables that grow well during our winters.

National Eat Your Vegetables Day

This morning in the newspaper I read some quotes that were from comedians. One in particular caught my eye: "It's 'National Eat Your Vegetables Day.' It's the day America puts aside foods they like and eat vegetables."--Craig Ferguson

I said to myself--Not me, I like vegetables! Then I found a great recipe that I wanted to try: Sugar-Crusted French Toast! Oh, gosh, there are no vegetables in that--I guess I'm guilty of liking the goodies, too!

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Today is the official first day of summer---now it will get hot! This is also the longest day of the year, and from here the days will get shorter until we get to December 21, which is the shortest day of the year. That means less daylight for working in the garden. Now I'm depressed.

Seed Starting List

Yesterday, I planted the following seeds in little six-packs:
---Sumter Cucumbers (pickling)--18 seeds
---California Wonder Bell Peppers--6
---Marconi Red Peppers--5
---Black Hungarian Peppers--5
---Utah Celery--8
---Russian Tarragon--6
---Safflower--5
---Dill--7
---Comfrey--3
---Kudzu (for bio-mass)--6
---Fennel--6
---Amish Melon--4
Some of the seed numbers are small, because that's all of the seed that I was given by my son, Bryce, who has purchased a huge (really huge!) number of vegetable and herb seeds (all open pollinated or heirloom seeds). Many of his seed packets have less than 10 seeds in them, and I am growing-out some plants to increase his stock of seeds.