Not tired of salad yet!

We're enjoying salads of mixed greens (red and green leaf lettuce, mesclin mix, beets, the last of the spinach and arugula), eating fresh spring onions every day, and salivating over the sugar snaps which are filling out nicely.

I've cut all the central broccoli stalks, but I do expect to continue to get plenty of side shoots to keep us satisfied through the end of the month.

I planted summer squash yesterday - "Early Yellow Crook Neck" and Burpee's "Fordhook" zucchini. About 55 days to maturity, so we can look forward to squash around the 4th of July.

Would love to find space to plant some winter squash. I have seeds for Burpee's "Butterbush" butternut squash. It's supposed to be a compact plant, taking up 1/4 the space of regular vining types. 80 days to maturity, so I better get going. I may plant it right between the yellow and zucchini squashes, hoping there will be a place to transplant it when all those plants grow up.

It's a challenge to figure out the most efficient use of dirt... getting the most out of spring crops before replacing them with summer crops; pulling the summer crops in time to plant the fall garden. We have only so many raised beds!