Summer In Colorado

So the garden has taken off from all the rain we have had. I have an overgrown abundance of oregano, thyme, tarragon and chives. The 8 tomato plants are huge, yesterday I staked one of the tomato cages back up because the huge tomatoes were taking it down.

I have already had several tomatoes, red, yellow, cherry and roma, and a lot of peppers from the garden along with the lettuce that will not die! Spring lettuce is great, nice and fresh and tender, but by the end of June, I am tired of baby greens and want something more substantial like Romaine, but this year with all the rain, the lettuce will not die off. I should pull it out, but I hate to kill something that tastes good. Fortunately my friend Linda will keep taking it so I don't feel bad.

I have some multi-colored carrot seeds planted and they should be ready to start harvesting soon. I am looking forward to white, red and purple carrots.

I have a tomatillo plant this year. It flowered right along with the tomatoes, but seems to be a very slow growing fruit. Where the tomatoes are large and starting to ripen, the tomatillos are tiny, about pea size, still. I hope they are ready before the first frost, I was thinking about tomatillo salsa when I planted it. Yummy.

I also saw that the Hatch Chiles are in at Sunflower Market today. It must be time for some Green Chile if that is the case. I'll check it out and see how they look. Might have to do some roasting this weekend...