First beets

Last Saturday night, we had a nice family Italian dinner, with all of Aaron, Nora, and Nathan attending. Our antipasti comprised three types of bruschetta and, on the right, the first garden beets of the season--two types of golden beets.

The last tomato plants

'Tis a sad sad thing to have to discard any of the tomato sproutlings that have been nurtured so assiduously all spring...but we have run out of room to plant. We culled the last 30 plants (~20 varieties) from the remaining sproutlings, and we're looking for a good home for them. The word has gone out to family and a few friends: Would you like some heirlooms for your garden?

And the remaining 100 or so sproutlings that didn't make the cut? Into the compost pile with you!