{"id":8238,"date":"2014-07-13T18:34:54","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T01:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infusionfibers.wordpress.com\/?p=8238"},"modified":"2016-02-29T21:07:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T05:07:12","slug":"early-summer-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/early-summer-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"early summer garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s crazy how fast things are changing in the garden right now. Zucchinis are growing inches in days, eggplants and peppers are suddenly sprouting many little baby fruits, peas are going nuts, cucumbers seem to be magically appearing every day, tomatoes are starting to show a flush of color and new seeds are germinating with ease. I am always in awe, come July, at the rate of growth and change out there, but this July seems truly exceptional.<\/p>\n

I have to keep reminding myself that summer has just begun (thankfully! please stay forever!), as by pure observation there are so many signs that it’s late summer.<\/p>\n

We are eating more and more garden based meals. Most meals include lots of greens, fresh herbs and snap peas, and more recently,\u00a0 garden tacos and burritos have been a favorite… taco shells or tortillas filled with fava beans and zucchini, roasted with last years tomatoes and topped with\u00a0 greens and herbs, pesto, feta, avocado – so fresh and delicious! I think we might have frozen tomatoes up until we start harvesting this year, which is pretty satisfying. Somehow we made the pesto last as well, which is hard to imagine. I think having forgotten about it for a most of the winter helped.<\/p>\n

The photos above span the last couple weeks, with the majority of them taken on July 9. This week I am thinking about what to start doing with cucumbers, and will make my first batch of pesto.<\/p>\n

And I think it’s almost time for a zucchini crust pizza<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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What’s happening in your garden where you’re at right now? I wonder if a lot of west coast folks are ahead of a typical year, and northeast coast folks a little behind?<\/p>\n

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