Our relatively mild and wet spring has got the garden off to a good start. Now we could use a little rain to go with the summer heat. this is a zucchini bloom.
Cucumbers are also blooming. And climbing up the trellis we provide for them.
We have a raspberry patch. Although you really can't tell in this photo we have two types of raspberries. One are Bristol native raspberries (sometimes called black caps) which turn deep purple or black when ripe. We also have a traditional raspberry which is red, bigger, and mostly thornless. The black raspberries have a stronger flavor but also the tiny seeds are more noticeable than the commercial varieties. We are harvesting raspberries and blueberries each day now.
Snap peas are also being harvested each day now.
I shoot photos on my phone often to check plant IDs. This is water hemlock. Lots of it growing in the swampy areas of my yard.
Also plenty of Joe Pye which is just starting to bloom.
This crayfish caught my eye in the yard. I didn't see a burrow so it might have just wandered up from the creek.
Lots of activity on the lake this time of year. Fortunately it has calmed down a bit from the 4th of July weekend.
