Vegetable Garden Early June Update

 It has been a nice warm spring and the vegetable garden is looking good.  The end of May was cooler and we had two very cold mornings on May 30th and 31st.  The garden temperature at 6am was 38F and there was some light frost on the roofs, but I had covered everything for several days because the night time temperatures were below 55F and warm season plants don't like that.  There was no evidence at all of cold damage.  But we only got 2.8" of rain in May.  On Tuesday I was digging in the landscape beds and there was no moisture left in the soil.  Everything was powder.

Penelope Peas planted April 15th beginning to bloom

Cucumber bed prepared for transplants and carrots and celery

First seeding of pole beans were crisping around the edges in the hot, dry days. 
Second seeding under burlap.

Early Girl Tomato and Dwarf Tomatoes

Dwarf Tomato Project Adelaide Festival plant putting out tons of buds

Broccoli, Cauliflower and Cabbage

Indeterminate Tomatoes
I am trying the Florida Weave method of support this year.

Bell Pepper Plants

Havasu hot pepper plants

Butterfly Herb Garden
Sage, Feverfew, Valerian, Parsley
Dara beyond tall parsley

Dill
I want to try some fermented dill pickles this year and the butterflies can have the rest

Sweet Potatoes

Honeoye Strawberries year three.
Producing very well but may need to be replaced next year.

I left some parsnips in the ground to bloom just for fun

The apples are thinned and bagged.  105 so far and that is most of them.
The other tree has very few.

My method and reasoning for bagging apples in this older post.

Bagging Apples

I took all of these photos yesterday before it began to rain.  Thankfully we got over an inch of steady, gentle rain last night.  That will top off the water tank which was only down about eight inches.  We have more cool and drizzy weather coming for the next few days so the plants will have plenty of time to enjoy the water without getting steamed in sudden heat.  Over the next few days I will go through and give everything a good dose of liquid fertilizer and then relax and watch it grow for a few weeks.