As I get ready to take a quick road trip to see a friend, and then a longer road trip to see another friend at the end of the month, here’s a brief view of the garden coming on like gangbusters.

Red Zebra tomato. I’m also growing a green zebra. Good thing the plants are well marked or I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference at this stage.

Early melon. This was grown from seed collected last year. The original variety was a hybrid, so I have NO idea how these are going to taste.

Tropea onions. An Italian heirloom. Not my favorite personally, but hoping they sell well in the sea of Walla Walla Sweets.

Spaghetti squash. Always a good seller. For the love of God, don’t put tomato sauce on it. Butter, salt and pepper. Done. Any questions?

Sunshine Kabocha squash. They start out yellow, so clearly well named. Note the accidental action bee shot.

Pie pumpkins. I don’t bother growing the big ornamental ones. Lots of those available. Mine are actually pretty AND good to eat. My try at Cinderella pumpkins is going to be a fail. The plants have succumbed to squash bugs.

The clean up crew. Always at hand and happy to eat any weed or oversized zucchini or cucumber that goes over the fence. And they cry and cry and cry in hopes you will throw them something. Note: there is much better pasture available to them. They LIKE it out there in the scraggly grass.

Charlie, out in the field with his girls. They are getting BIG. This was a pretty extreme camera zoom, so not the best shot, but they were so cute out there together I couldn’t resist.
Miles Away Farm Blog © 2013, where we’re going to drive about 2,500 miles in the next two weeks, at the height of the garden season. Thank goodness for my husband (who is staying home). Because as much as it seems like it sometimes, life is not ONLY about the farm. Sometimes its about seeing old friends.
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July 22, 2013 at 9:29 am
Lauri
Now I know why you say you are always weeding! You have a beautiful garden and that corn is stunning. Can’t wait to see what the ears look like. Love the wall of tomatoes. I plant and grow mine like that also, on a strip of ranch fencing for support, and people always question my spacing. But it WORKS and I don’t lose tomatoes in the midst like I used to in tomato cages. Okay, garden envy. Wish mine looked half as nice.
July 22, 2013 at 11:31 am
melanie
Great pictures, Jennifer! I beg to differ regarding spaghetti squash. I love tomato sauce on mine ,but then, “there’s no accounting for taste, said the farmer…”
July 22, 2013 at 1:01 pm
Ursula Curran
It is a delight to find your blog in my inbox.
July 29, 2013 at 7:33 pm
Kathryn Ann and Jack Moore
Dear Jennifer: Thank you for making the effort to visit Camella … she was thrilled, and so were we all. So nice to see you! Good growing this summer… love your garden and your blog. Ann and Jack (Camella’s parents)