Early summer in my garden

Another week, another gardening post... It was raining a bit last week, and my garden took off. I don't only mean the produce, but the weeds too. I knew this moment would come when I was cleaning the garden in spring and saw the seeds spreading all over the garden while removing old dry weeds. It was impossible to avoid it. It took some time for them to germinate as it wasn't raining and I only water the soil around my plants, but as soon as they got the chance they all started popping up and annoying me. I keep them for now as they are too tiny and my patience for them is too thin, so I let them grow a bit before removing them. From my experience it won't take long for them to grow and I only wish that my vegetables would grow as fast as the weeds. I try to ignore them for now and focus on my plants. Let's look at the progress! I didn't plan to grow radishes, but when I had a few moments I took some seeds and spread them all over the raised bed. I didn't even expect them to germinate as the seeds are at least 3 years old, but to my surprise, I am able to harvest a few radishes every day. I don't need many as I only like them with bread and butter, so delicious! Well, I like to bake them in the oven with a little bit of olive oil and maple syrup too, but I only do it when there are too many of them.  --- The beauty of our garden is that we have a well with drinking water, so I don't need to take dirty produce home. Saves time and money too. I love those rainbow radishes so much. I thought most of them would be red, and I was pleasantly surprised to see many yellow, purple and white ones too.  ---- Our garden is planted for continuous harvest (as much as possible), so our strawberries are finishing while our red currants are taking off and soon raspberries will be ripening too. I'm not a big fan of red currants if they're too sour, but our variety is a bit sweeter and yummy!  ----- A small bowl full of goodness... I take chives home every day. The more I harvest, the better they grow. You might also see a tiny dill in the bowl. It was growing so well until a slug decided to eat its 'heart' which means that it can't grow anymore. The side leaves were left alone, and I harvested at least that. I can only plant dill on the balcony as the slugs love it and I can't seem to be able to protect it. This year, I surrounded it with heavily thorned blackberry branches, but those little monsters don't mind. I thought they would turn around when they would feel pain, but it looks like they have some sort of armour.  ---- This is the most delicious lettuce that I have ever eaten. It stays crunchy in fridge for 2 days, and it is kind of sweet, not bitter at all.  --- This variety is amazing too, but it doesn't last that long in the fridge. As every summer, we eat plenty of lettuce every day. Next year, I will only plant these two varieties as they are my favourites.  ---- They are a bit crowded, but look how pretty. I think we'll need to share some with our friends as we won't be able to eat all the lettuce I planted before it bolts. ![7.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/plantfuljourney/EoEpaCYMGksv9dQyp5U […]