"........and Pretty Cabbages All in a Row"

After all the rain and wind we've had lately, the garden is a little slow.  But at least the cabbages are doing well!  I have planted 3 different varieties:  small early heads that get about 1 or 2 lbs each, medium sized mid season ones, and the big 10-15 pound sturdy  Danish Ballhead cabbages, which are the ones I use for making homemade sauerkraut.   In the photo below, you can see that some of our corn is just beginning, too.  Other garden stuff has sprouted but that's about it.   It's just been too cold and rainy.
     This year, as we did last year, we will be selling honey and veggies at the local Farmer's Market.   It begins on June 13.   I don't expect that many vendors will have a lot of fresh vegetables, but probably home canned goods and baked goods.   We will have honey and eggs to sell, and probably some honey cookies and honey 7-grain bread.  Every week a local chef is going to highlight a different vendor's produce and do cooking demonstrations.   This week, for the opener, the chef will highlight our honey!   So I hope we sell a pretty good amount of honey.   As the season unfolds, we should have quite a few veggies and herbs to sell.  We did very well last year.
     The busy season starts now!  There is so much to do in the garden right now as it seems that weeds always get a head start.  As the summer progresses, I usually end up putting about 4 hours (sometimes more) a day out in the gardens.  Add to that the daily processing of produce with canning and freezing, keeping up with the yard work, doing chores and baking, and spending Thursdays at Market.   There aren't enough hours in the day!  But we DO have all winter long to rest, and this winter was especially long!

Early, mid and late season cabbages.  Bok Choy is planted in the blank space.