Now we’re well into summer, the backyard looks a lot different. All those empty veg beds are nowoverflowing with green!

The small beds in the foreground areour herb garden. Several varieties of mint trying to escape the firstone, then what we call the “poultry bed” - sage, rosemary, thyme,oregano amongst others. Parsley, green and red onions, and chives,and several varieties of lettuce spread out among them all.

The long bed next to them holdsraspberry canes – no fruit this year but hopefully next summer –and strawberries. Then we have 8’ high archways of wire mesh acrossthe last two beds supporting a variety of beans. Runners, Frenchbeans, and a purple variety, along with snap peas, broad beans, andseveral tomato plants, and a monster zucchini taking over one corner.

It’s been marvelous in the last monthpopping out to pull a lettuce for salad, or handfuls of herbs toliven up a meal. One thing we’ve sorely missed since moving outhere is our fresh beans. French beans are available but usually notvery good, and we love fresh tender runners, which I’ve not seenhere at all.

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