Garden Update July 2012
This year's garden is well on it's way. We've enjoyed many delicious salads this year, but it's too early to harvest much else here in Bellingham. It's been said that summer in northwest Washington state doesn't really begin until July 5, and for the few years we've lived here that has been true. We have a much shorder growing season here than any other place I've lived, but that doesn't stop me from trying to grow fresh vegetables for my family. You can read more about why I grow food here . This year I have lettuce, green onions, zucchini, tomatoes, fingerling potatoes, shelling beans, and pole beans. Potatoes? My grandfather is probably rolling over in his grave, wondering, "Didn't we raise her better than to waste good land growing potatoes when you can buy a whole sack of them cheap at the store?" I love potatoes! And of course I can buy them at the store, but I especially like those long, skinny fingerling potatoes, a