Still on the hunt for laying hens, but the egg numbers have been steadily rising since Saturday, so I think the new girls are FINALLY starting to lay for us here. We've been eating from the garden at long last (we could have gorged oursleves on radishes weeks ago, but we're not radish fans, so those go to the appreciative customers at the farmer's market). Mesclun topped with fresh sea bass caught by our neighbor, and last night broccoli rabe with pasta. Broccoli rabe is ridiculously easy to grow, and matures SO MUCH faster then broccoli - ours is just starting to think about heading up now - we'll definitetly plant it for the farmer's market next year. This year we just have two small patches - an experiment, since we'd never grown it before. The sugar snap peas are coming on storng, with the snow peas close behind. Not sure if we'll have enough to sell at market - we'll see how they look in a few days.

We have the weed wacker fixed so in between the frequent rain storms, I'm out there clearing the paths around the cabbage and kale - almost three quarters of the way done, and the veggies appreciate the breathing room. We have a mess of baby kale that I'd like to space out a bit better, maybe transplant to the fenced garden, but we'll see. I'm trying to really stick to the adage - take something out, put something in - this year. We'll be cutting the mini cabbage any day now, and I have some tomato and pepper starts waiting to take their place, and I'll space out the now half grown leeks since some are a little too close together already.  Busy, busy. Internet's down at home, so I'll be posting when I can.