Strawberry and Greens Harvest

The first of the June strawberries are in! And, as in previous years, the fruits are weird looking. As you can see, they are small and more oblong than circular. Despite their somewhat grotesque appearance, they are very tasty, both a little sour and sweet, and juicey. The ones we have been getting in the store are large and dry.

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Our other early harvest are some of salad greens. Spinach and arugula were sown directly outside on May 7, and they are now ready for the salad bowl. I had my first home grown salad, with a sprinkling of our strawberries, yesterday. Delicious!

Here is what one of the vegetable beds looks like now. Up top is the spinach and the arugula is next. The middle of the bed is mache, another one of our favorite salad greens. In front of that, and barely visible, are bell pepper plants, which have just started sprouting.