The sun is now setting earlier, yet it feels that summer has only begun. That the peak of summer sunlight does not coincide with the peak of summer is a celestial twist, an affirmation of the skewed order of things. And here a divide in the vegetable kingdom, more pronounced this year than others, and maybe due to the warm spring and wet month of May.
The lettuce have peaked, with outer leaves folding down toward the soil. We've only 5 heads remaining, but wow, what a productive 20 square feet.
Cilantro now fully bolted and flowered, the young to return in a month's time. I wish I cooked enough for all the cilantro that can be grown in 2 square feet.
Snap peas, slow to start, but invigorated by the month of May, are finally letting go of the cucumber trellis. Fennel,
finocchio romanesco, is close to flowering and bulbs are being pulled. Carrots here?
The French beans, first planted in the Turban garlic beds. Second planting was last Saturday.
Asclepias syriaca in bloom; scented evenings at the beach farm.
Always worth a closer look.
Your little slice of heaven so full of cilantro. Sweet.
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