June has brought a mix of sun and rain this month and the weather is so different than last year. The rain has crops looking fantastic this month. Just walking the garden makes me hungry. You can't say that about a flower garden, now can you? Kale is now available in so many varieties. Being a biennial vegetable you get two seasons from this crop if you leave it all winter. The second year it will flower and produce its seed pods. Be sure to taste the new flower buds as they are delicious. I am so jealous of these salad greens. Look at the size of them! The peas in this allotment garden are the most interesting vegetable I have seen. Both the flowers and pods are a deep purple making it a striking colour in the garden. This one is called Purple Mist peas and its a shelling pea but young pods can be used for eating while still tender. Below the peas this allotment gardener has Swiss chard, red lettuce and a new crop on the go. Its important to never leave ba
We are a community garden located in Delta, British Columbia. We are passionate about growing food organically.