Carrots I harvested carrots; I ate a sweet crunchy carrot right out of the ground! Note for next year: just like my turnips, the carrots were small to medium sized and could have benefited from additional growing time. Kale Aside from partial shade, growing conditions were good. I also harvested kale recently to make chips. I put the leafy vegetable crisps in the oven with kosher salt and pepper — it is a nourishing snack with a similar texture to potato chips. Kale grows well in partial shade, and you can harvest it as needed all summer long. By the end of the summer, the plants will be about three feet tall. The plants actually grow best in cool weather so their season extends well into the fall and their leaves store very well in the refrigerator. Tomatoes 
Tomatoes usually do well in my garden. Tomatoes are one of the most common garden fruits in the United States, and likewise, I have three cherry tomatoes and three mountain tomatoes. Like most gardeners, my tomato plants will outproduce my needs, but I will deal with that then. For now, the tomato plants are coming along nicely, and several plants are already setting out fruit, with several others flowering, and one cherry tomato ripening! I mentioned in an earlier post that I’ve trellised all of my tomatoes. Trellising involves taking the plants down to a single stem, removing the suckers, and forcing them to grow vertically to take advantage of light. I’ve got tomatoes growing in trellis structures and tomatoes growing on wooden stakes. You can identify suckers because they grow in leaf axils below the leader and the first set of fruit. Trellising is a lot like espaliering in that both methods restrain the plants to focus growth in specific areas. Squashes My squashes are flowering and they are beginning to set out fruit. I have zucchini and yellow squash growing, as well as an eggplant that is still immature and far from producing fruit. Summer squashes are technically harvested in an immature state during the growing season (winter squashes are harvested later in a mature state) and they were a staple crop of the Native American diet. Did you know? The English word “squash” is derived from the Narragansett Indian word “askutasquash” meaning “a green thing eaten raw”, as documented by Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, in 1643. Photos: 
Tomatoes usually do well in my garden. Tomatoes are one of the most common garden fruits in the United States, and likewise, I have three cherry tomatoes and three mountain tomatoes. Like most gardeners, my tomato plants will outproduce my needs, but I will deal with that then. For now, the tomato plants are coming along nicely, and several plants are already setting out fruit, with several others flowering, and one cherry tomato ripening! I mentioned in an earlier post that I’ve trellised all of my tomatoes. Trellising involves taking the plants down to a single stem, removing the suckers, and forcing them to grow vertically to take advantage of light. I’ve got tomatoes growing in trellis structures and tomatoes growing on wooden stakes. You can identify suckers because they grow in leaf axils below the leader and the first set of fruit. Trellising is a lot like espaliering in that both methods restrain the plants to focus growth in specific areas. Squashes My squashes are flowering and they are beginning to set out fruit. I have zucchini and yellow squash growing, as well as an eggplant that is still immature and far from producing fruit. Summer squashes are technically harvested in an immature state during the growing season (winter squashes are harvested later in a mature state) and they were a staple crop of the Native American diet. Did you know? The English word “squash” is derived from the Narragansett Indian word “askutasquash” meaning “a green thing eaten raw”, as documented by Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, in 1643. Photos: 
