Back from vacation

Here is what we pulled after a week away. Unfortunately, the rat-squirrels realized my sweet corn was ready and pillaged most of it. Very sad for us (tear runs down my cheek).
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Cucumbers- fingersized

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Mid Summer- What to plant?

This is a quick list from the University of Minnesota Extension office of what might be planted now, in mid-summer. Oak Park is (ever-so-slightly) more temperate than Minnesota, so I think I'll be safe with the frost dates listed. I'm gonna pull up the old lettuce and lay something else in. What should it be?

Topped the Broccoli

I just cut off the terminal head of my broccoli - new shoots have already developed! See how to do it here at Veggie Harvest.

Corn is hip high and it is the 5th of July!

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Rutgers tomato

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Oak Park Urban Gardening

Oak Park: Cheney Mansion's Head Gardener Charlie Ruedebusch demonstrates how to make a raised garden bed.

And here is another recent article from the Wednesday Journal.