A brief report from the garden in June

I'll try to keep the report short :)
There's a lot going on and a lot being done on a daily basis, so I could write about the garden every day or maybe every other day so I don't bore you.

And this is the third day I've started writing a post.
I've been out for two days with power outages. The first time was when a neighbor was pruning his walnut tree and a branch snapped and connected the wires to the mains. The second time was when there was an overload. The heatwave arrived and the systems were crashing.

We have pulled out the first batch of beets. We sowed two batches, one early and one later variety. Although even from this early batch there are still plenty of beets left to grow.

The parsley has also arrived for picking. Actually, the wife cut it with scissors. It will still grow. So now she has put it to dry. She will put some of it in the freezer and the other part will be dried.

The first figs have arrived, extra large. Barely three fit in my hand.
For those who don't know, the white juice that oozes out when you pick a fig or tear off a leaf, the so-called fig milk, is phototoxic, so you shouldn't pick a fig in the sun or use gloves. It's not dangerous, but skin smeared with this milk on the skin can cause serious blisters and spots.
Although they also say that fig milk itself is extremely strong and can cause irritation, redness or burns on healthy skin.
I don't have those problems, but a reminder for those who don't know.

The gherkins have arrived, but I can't wait to get my turn from my wife and son. These are the two I caught :)

A little bit of shade netting survived from last year. My wife hung it on the tomatoes.
But we have a lot of peppers and more tomatoes so I decided to make a small investment in shade netting. I bought over 150 square meters of 40 percent shade netting. It cost me about 60 euros.

We added arches and wove a net of twine to hang this green shade net from. We'll do that tonight when the temperature drops. Today it was over 34 degrees Celsius. We'll probably use the spotlight too. Because we've become real night gardeners.

Thanks for reading.
Until next time.
Stay healthy.
Markone85.