This time I also picked more semi-ripe as well as ripe, and they'll be all going into making jam. Some of the largest and ripest will be eaten for breakfast and snacks but the rest will be cooked.
Saving strawberries from storm
There is a large tropical storm on the way and it's already raining outside. It will rain all Friday and Saturday and so far meteorologists predict 3-4 inches of water. That much rain will effectively turn my strawberry patch into one muddy puddle full of molding berries. So the only thing I could do was to pick, pick and pick some more. I picked a large basket of them on Tuesday already and was really surprised by the size of my new variety - Cabot strawberries. They were much larger than my Tristar.
Now we'll just have to wait and see how the garden makes it through the storm and hope for not too much damage. Thankfully I have everbearing variety as well as June bearing so even if I lose some of the current berries I will be expecting more in the fall.
Harvest June 3rd
This has been very hot week and I've picked more greens, plenty of strawberries to eat for breakfast and snacks, some young garlic, few snow peas for salad.
and one thing I couldn't wait to try and see if they're here yet - baby potatoes! this was one of the fingerling plants that I dug in. They were planted mid-April so will have to wait at least couple more weeks before picking any more of them. They are in bloom now so that's a good sign.
Around the garden June 1st
Here are some pretty flower pictures to enjoy - love garden in bloom! 
And of course greens are doing pretty well and roots are forming nicely.
This is more of an interesting comparison - next two shots are red and green cabbage that refuse to grow in the new garden - soil is too poor for them. so they're just sitting there.
From the same set of seedlings these two were planted in the old small garden where soil has been amended with lots of manure and compost. You can see the difference. 
Strawberries
Every day I go into the garden and snatch ripe strawberries and eat on the spot. But today it was first day that they made it into the house! Not many of course, but it's a good start.
Summer is just starting and I have both June and Ever-bearing strawberries so I should have decent harvest in June and then few for snacking throughout the summer time. And now that it got really warm they'll grow even better without any interruptions like frost.
Memorial Day harvest
This week we have greens overload. I picked many salads, arugula, kale, and lots of herbs like parsley, thyme and oregano to dry for later. Also picked spring onions and one smallest garlic that I could find - just to see if the head started to form.
Totals for this week were:
Alliums: 3.7
Salads: 49.5
Kale: 10.4
Herbs: 27.6
And some things were not weighted in - this salad was growing in our hydroponic system.
First two ripe strawberries were picked and eaten on the spot! but more are ripening for later. It was too good to wait. And a first snow pea!
End of May Frost!
This year weather is definitely throwing us up for a loop. First we had VERY late winter and it spring was not in a hurry to get here. Then it's a roller-coaster between 80+ and down to 30s, with wild storms, very high winds and very cold nights. Last week two days were in upper 80's and had to turn on A/C to get some sleep at night. Then 4 days of rain and freezing nights. Today finally sunshine but few minutes ago we got another frost advisory alert. At the end of May?? It is really beating up all my plants outside, with tomatoes, peppers and melons all planted this frost is the last thing I need. I already lost most of my carrots and climbing beans to bugs, so would really be nice if Mother Nature would cut us some slack already!
Harvest May 19
Garden is doing so-so these days, some are growing nicely like greens and onions, but some are not so much. Peas are definitely lagging behind, beans and asian greens were ravaged by bugs and carrots are non-existent this year, with only a handful growing instead of a full bed. But we do have enough greens and such for meals - mizuna, arugula, salads, spring onions, kale and radishes.
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