We built a willow stick teepee around each tomato cage because we've found in past years that our windy hill can topple the tomato cages when they are heavy with foliage and fruit. 
A super productive morning! 
Picked all the ripe strawberries. 2 1/4 cups when mashed. Made 2 half pints and three half cup jars of jam! Delish! Yesterday Paul and I picked all that were ripe which was about a dozen. And son any more were ripe today Ripe strawberries only last a day. Tomorrow there will be lots more ripe ones! Makes me realize that the ones in the stores must be picked far from ripe in order to last. That's why they are white inside instead of red. These are red all the way through and oh so sweet!
The new Maple is growing fast. The very green first bed in this photo is the oldest strawberry bed. Planted early spring 2012. And it's still going strong. I think the reason is that we've used the technique of cutting back the runners to favor the "mother plants." Strawberry beds are supposed to wane after the second or third year. 
Busy time for the gardeners and the garden! Everything is growing so fast with this hot weather. Most days in the 80's! And a few rains plus lots of watering. Carrots looking good! Thanks to Bill's weeding. And Jean Catania weeded the mints! And we planted 18 holes of corn. 2 seeds each which we'll need to tho to one each if they both grow. 
Garlic and onions growing fast!
One of my favorite photos each year. The purple chive flowers with the red barn!
