what's new in the garden?

space-alien inflorescences of hardneck garlic "Music".

Thai basil "Siam Queen", pimiento pepper "Fire Cracker", and at left, rhubarb. The newspaper mulch I laid in the path to keep weeds down is visible under some hay at the top of the photo.

an unnamed variety of muskmelon: first fruit

garlic harvest, "Inchelium Red", a softneck garlic. I think the all the bulbs might have grown larger if they were all planted in full sun, as only half of them were.