My Aunt Emily called them Wax Beans

I learned all I know about veggie gardening from hanging on the apron strings of my Aunt Emily. It was summer in Maine, long days around the garden...the fifties. Yellow beans, wax beans--whatever you call them, please come by and pick'm now. They are in the main bed as you come into the garden from the brown house side. They're bush variety, so a little unruly and falling over when they get loaded! Salad Nicoise would be a wonderful reciepe with these guys...Farmer Billy

CROOKNECKS

Summer Squash are in! Not just those pesky zukes either, tasty yellow crooknecks. They are sweet and make a great saute. Look in the bed under the apple tree and on the driveway side of the brown house. Enjoy! Farmer Bill

Rhymes with zukes...

CUKES!!! You can't buy the taste of fresh cucumbers and they're in now. We've been having one for dinner each night. There are two wonderful plants in the patch next to the corner bench. And there's a whole patch over on the walk to the brown house. Also, a whole new round is coming up--so my goal to keep us in cukes til fall! Enjoy. Farmer Bill

ZUKES

Ok, it's time for zucchini! Our goal here is for you come by and pick one or two...and ensure that we don't reach the baseball bat size phase. My favorite recipes for zukes are in Molly Katzen's Moosewood Cookbook--great fun, already two dishes this week! We do our part.

"Black Beauty Zucchini" Heirloom. More to come, planting for late summer soon! Farmer William

Travlin' Farmer Seeks Home Pickers

Ok, we're on the road with the whole fam damily and what a time in Seattle! But...the garden still needs pickers, so get out there and find some veggies quick before their too far gone! We've got--

broccoli, carrots, beets, scallions, lettuce in the center bed, and raspberries!

See you soon, the Northwest is wonderful, cool and wet! Farmer Bill

Farm Livin'

Hugo, the neighborhood cat, takes advantage of our easy lifestyle porch furnishings. This is shot at 6am after a tough night. He's there almost every day when I wake up. Our farm supports all types of wild and domestic life! The birds absolutely love our lettuce. But hey--it's all about habitat! Farmer B.

Carrots, Carrots, Carrots

Ok, time to get out there and pick carrots. Tasty, still small...we're having them every night in salads. They're a little hard to pick out if you don't know what you're looking for...but along the main path in the broccoli forest and between the strawberry tubs. Farmin Willie