Spring? Summer? Well. Hmmm. I got a funny email from Sue Goetz, one of our garden writers and the talent behind Creative Gardener in Gig Harbor. She reports she has two mismatched crops, spring peas and summer corn... at the same time. Geesh. Sun? Hello?

Funny note from Sue and photographic evidence here:

Ok...so first here is the proof of a very bizarre garden year...two shots taken today August 1st. The close up shows the peas on the vine are now just ready to pick...while the corn is starting to silk in the background. A cool weather spring crop ripening with a warm weather summer crop...go figure.

A question: What are your vegetables doing? Anyone seeing success like Stacey Mulick, with her tomatoes (scroll down for that post). My herbs are little-shop-of-horrors abundant (like they could eat me as I harvest them), but my tomatoes and zucchini? Eh. Lame. Will we just have to contend with a frosty harvest in late October this year? Thoughts? When was the last time summer was like THIS? I don't even remember.

Note: Craig Sailor is off this week, so I'm blogging solo here, and also blogging here. Anyone have any garden events I can write up? Email me. You know you wanna.

This just in from Laura Pittman-Hewitt, of Ambergardens, a regular nursery vendor at the Tacoma Farmers Market:

Hey, I'm going to be making lavender wands at my booth this Thursday 8/7 & will have materials & instructions for people who want to learn. People can just come watch, make one, or take stuff home to do later. There will be a $5 charge for complete "lavender wand" kits that includes fresh lavender, ribbon & instructions.

I also now have culinary lavender available, both bundled flowers & dried buds in a spice jar with recipes.

Also, I'll have fresh garlic bulbs, as well as several varieties of fresh & dried lavender.

hope to see you!

I'll be there. How about you?

UPDATE: Laura emailed to tell me what lavender she'll have for sale at the market tomorrow. She says:

I'm getting pretty low on plants now. I have 20 or less each of Grosso, Royal Velvet, Blue Cushion, Loddon Blue, Hidcote Giant, Silver Frost. Have 40 or more of Jean Davis, Hidcote (some are newer cuttings though so not very big yet), Spanish, Alba (not ready for another week or so). I have small quantities of Provence, Cascade Velvet, Victorian Amethyst, Spanish viridis that will be available in a few weeks.
I have a number of lavender cultivars on my property so if someone wants a particular variety, they can contact me - I may have it to grow from cuttings for them.
I am bringing lots of Grosso fresh cut lavender bundles to market tomorrow.