Raspberries and Radishes

To celebrate the first day of summer, I picked fresh raspberries and radishes from my garden this afternoon.

Sadly, I don't have much of a garden this year. The weather was not at all co-operative for weekend gardening, and I was too busy stressing about work. Then we took a 2 week vacation to Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks right as it got really hot at home. So right now, I have a small section of corn, a few hills of yellow squash, spotty rows of bush beans, very spotty rows of beets, and just two basil sprouts. The radishes and tomatoes are volunteers from last year's seeds, which is always fun to see.

I'm happy to say that all of my fruit is doing well though - apples, asian pear, grapes, blueberries, cold hardy kiwi, and raspberries. Also ground cover strawberries, which are spreading like crazy (despite being newly transplanted and not watered at all) and are blooming, but I don't think are really intended to be edible.
The raspberries are trying to take over the entire hillside, which is a good excuse to not mow down there; if I mow the grass, the raspberries won't have any competition.

I rinsed the radishes and ate them straight out of the garden. The raspberries will be gobbled up later on top of a bowl of Greek yogurt. Small pleasures from the yard, even when I neglect it.