Spoke to a farmer friend the other day when I was wandering aimlessly around Wally-World.  I felt better when he told me this year his garden was disappointing him.  He's had to replant beans when some did not germinate and other seedlings look as if they need geritol.  I thought I had done something wrong.......I may have........but don't feel as badly now.  Due to the mild winter, we have more insects attacking our leafy vegetable and one of the cauliflower plants looks like Swiss cheese.   The other night we had our garden broccoli with grilled turkey breast........not our turkeys!  Wild turkeys are too hard to catch.  Sunday afternoon bought the first dozen Tennessee peaches and cream corn sold  from the back of the farmer's truck along the 4-lane.  It's been a busy Memorial weekend in Murphy.......lots of tourists experiencing white water rafting, motorcycle rides, zip-lining, hiking trails, eating.............

 Swiss cheese cauliflower

Sweet peas and cukes vining on bamboo trellises.  Fourteen tomatoes staked in back of the cucumbers.

Garlic blossoms are just fascinating.  I walk down to the garden with composting materials 3-4 times a day and always smell the garlic.  

A few weeks ago I started cutting basil, some mints, and other herbs that are full and ready to be hung and dried.  Later in the summer we'll work on the area for our root cellar in the crawl space.  Right now the refrigerator is full of lettuce, kale, and spinach and chard.  The kale will go into soups while spinach and chard will be put in the quiches and everything frozen.