Garden in late June

The garden exploded overnight. Two and a half inches will do that. The sunflowers are four feet high now, and some of the tomato plants are three and a half feet. Some have blooms. Others have tiny green orbs. Tomato season is still weeks away. The wet summer has made weed season constant. Luckily, the soft ground makes hoeing easy. After tackling the weeds, I turn my attention to the lettuce. Nature is telling it to go to seed. I pull the plants and pluck the leaves. I won't have lettuce again until the fall crop comes on toward the end of August. But I'll have cucumbers. I lift the leaves and find dozens of three-inch cucumbers. Let the season of cucumber salads begin.