Raspberry Patch

Our garden is finally coming in, slowly but surely. We had a very cool and wet spring so it's taken a while for the plants to really start growing and flourishing. This time last year we already had corn and onions and peppers and tomatoes - we're still a few weeks away on most of that stuff, although we've gotten a few little tomatoes and our lettuce and spinach did really well. I think our potatoes are a bust - again. They seem to be growing up, with big leafy tops. I thought one was a weed and pulled it up and, well, things aren't looking good. Everything else looks fine.

The raspberries are coming in well right now. The other day William and Tessa kept running out into the garden to pick and eat them. Tessa even took a bowl to gather some to share with Jay after work. We will have lots to freeze for cereal and oatmeal and smoothies this winter. If I feel adventurous, I might even attempt some jam.

Here is Tessa showing off a raspberry that she picked. You can see William in the back, right in the middle of all the raspberry plants. All of the big, green bushy area is raspberries.
William really, really loves to pick raspberries.

If anyone wants some raspberries, come on over. We seem to have lots this year. Just don't ask for potatoes. At those we've failed.