The pole and bush beans are finally getting enough sun for the pollinators to do their thing. Tiny little beans in purples and greens can now be seen. The scarlet runners have joined the cardinal vine (morning glory family) in enticing hummers to take one more sip of nectar from scarlet flowers. Heavenly Blue morning glory blooms have opened in a blue that is indeed heavenly and happens to match the blue of the bedstead gate.

I've begun digging mounds of potatoes in white, yellow, red, brown, and dark purple. I love washing the dirt away, revealing the wet colors like beach pebbles in the surf. These we'll eat and sell. The later 'taters will be cured and stored for our winter larder.

I'm freezing the Julie grape tomatoes whole for making sauces. They're really more of a small Roma paste than the usual grape tomato. One of our favorites this year is "Lemon Boy" with sunlit yellow, large, low-acid fruit. I'm anticipating Garden Peach and Black Cherry, both with amazing flavors and beautiful fruits. They were the latest to be planted, and will be moved into the greenhouse if necessary to get their delicious fruits ripened.