Nice! Yes wait for about half of the foilage to die back, the top of the bulb will be papery looking.
Thank you so much! I have some that are much smaller since they were planted much later so I should have a staggered crop.
,jam tarts,scones ,veg stew
Yum! Especially scones with melted butter and raspberry jam...mmmm
My okra buds are still growing @NewBoots. So hopefully I'll get some okra out of them.
I have a few okra! Here is one:
I'm so excited!
@NewBoots I love to see others gardening in flip flops.

It's too hot for socks & sneakers.
Heh, you caught me, going to wear them again today once I head out again. I'll also be wearing my shabby home-cut jean shorts.
I might try fritters with my yellow squash since I'm swimming in it now.
Lots of the yellow ones here now too and the fritters sound awesome. All the leftovers from the 4th are eaten so I need to cook again anyway.
Good afternoon gardeners, no rain and likely none from now until September other than a few light misty evenings so I'll be watering just about every day till then or the crop of whatever ends. I have to say I am amazed how long the snap peas are producing, cutting the tops out to keep them from tipping over seems to have really spurred the lower growth and production. The strawberries are starting to color up and we've about eaten all the raspberries. Some friends with mature bushes are going to bring us some of theirs. Can't wait! The blueberry bushes are so young that there are only a few ripe berries and I'm still waiting on the gooseberries to get ripe.
Have a few more tomatoes to stake, I did thin out some of the suckers and crazy growth. My carrots are not impressive but the radishes look nice. Here's the current view of the planting deck:
I'm going to have to take out the marigold I planted in the middle of a big pot of peppers, it's turned into a monster and taken over the pot.
Has anyone ever canned kale or other greens? Is it possible? I have a ton of delicious kale but we can only eat so many and I hate giving so much of it to the chickens (who dearly love it). It's just that when I cook it, it cooks down a lot like spinach and I can't see how that would work for canning. Kale chips are delicious but again you can only eat so many and they tend to pick up moisture from the air and lose that crispy texture. Time to hit the internet I guess.
Oh and here's my dill (and my crazy kale too) and a native campanula we transplanted from the old house.
The campanula is so happy, it's finally getting what it wanted for years. I have some seedlings so we'll hope to get a good clump of them going eventually.
Have a great day everyone!