“We love this weather!” exclaim the tomatoes, squash, melons, corn, and beans. “About time!”
Oh, don’t forget the baby basil, starting to plump out their true leaves.
Oooowee! Tomatoes enjoying freedom from their red jackets, and lots of things rejoicing in warmth.
Do we gardeners get bonus points for our patience?
Yes, finally we have been graced with several days of real summer weather, so that the logarithmic growth rate is very visible. Rumor has it that consistently warm days will not be with us until late July or August, and we’ll be bouncing around with cooler weather again, possibly this coming week. But, it finally feels like we’re in the real month of June, albeit near the end.
With the longest days of the summer solstice at hand, as if on cue, the spinach has bolted, as well as a couple of beets and some lettuce. Time for a big greens harvest.
Great hidey-holes in the towering sugar peas; Juniper is out, where's Aspen?
Although we’re not tracking the pounds of bounty going to the food bank, per se, I think it would be fairly realistic to say that at least 75% of June’s bounty is going to help others. At least 7 pounds of greens were harvested this morning, headed directly to a food bank.
Over 7 pounds of luscious greens headed for a food bank
Prediction: no knee-high corn by July 4th; maybe shin-high. Will report!
High Vibe Bounty 
My, that is a tidy garden. Nice work. 🙂
May I ask where you take extra produce to donate to the food bank? I am drowning in peas (upside to all that awful weather!) and would love to donate them. Thanks.
Thanks Nancy! I’m not sure of the physical drop-off location, because one of the other CG members takes the produce, but in Corvallis it is the Linn Benton Food Share program w/in the Community Services Consortium. Sometimes another member takes bounty to a drop location at St. Mary’s Catholic church. Happy gardening!