Coming home to summer

I had to spend about five days away from the garden. When I returned it was clear we had moved from reluctant spring into impending summer. All kinds of flowers were in bloom … the rhododendron … the clematis. Among the vegetables were

Radishes

My first garlic scape !

Potatoes that needed hilling

Tomatoes that needed staking

And a whole crop of spinach that needed to be pulled and washed