Tomatoes are coming along as the weather warms and the days lengthen. Fruit has set and I’m thinking of all the ways I’ll use tomatoes.

In small gardens, crops shoulder up against each other. Here the climbing honey nut butternut squash was planted earlier and is climbing up the trellis. The first half of the corn was planted a few weeks ago. The screen protects the sprouts from marauding birds. In a few days, I’ll plant another three rows.

Three ‘Chelsea Prize’ cucumber plants reach for the trellis.

Behind the butternut squash trellis, ‘Jericho’ and ‘Lollo Rossa’ lettuces grow with some shade and under a row cover.

More lettuce is tucked into a shady spot near the zucchini plants.

Scrappy, winter kale was holding up the drying sweet pea vines. Soon, I’ll cut the top bouquet of leaves and give the damaged lower leaves to friends with chickens.

With the sweet pea vines removed, the ‘Emerite’ pole beans went in last week and emerged today.

And I’ll be waiting for these.