June 21, the first day of summer

A few things going on in the garden but much is the same, loads of salad and I hope that will continue. Most of the radishes that I planted did not do well, I will add manure to that bed for fall and see if beans will grow there. I moved the radishes to a pot where I can watch them to see what grows better. I still have collards growing although I removed the red kale after it flowered. The finches love the flower buds and were fun to watch.
I have only one pea planting that did well, mostly something is eating them to the ground. I don't see signs of slugs so perhaps it is cut worms..ick!
Basil is tiny and with the heat today I hope it will grow a bit. I can see the Romano beans growing daily and it makes me understand the Jack in the Bean Stalk story:-).
All the herbs are doing well and growing and getting some fullness to their presence in this second year.
For something new I set out some brussel sprouts and they seem to be doing well.
The most fun thing is a new visitor; a rufous hummingbird loves the water from the garden hose and will bathe and play for quite sometime, I get tired of holding the hose before he gets tired of the water....very sweet.