The last of the spring leaf vegetables. After pulling these plants up the soil is kept cultivated; in late summer, spinach seeds are sown for an early fall harvest.
A welcome visitor to the Veggie-Bed, this little honeybee has the honorable distinction of being the world’s most important pollinator of food crops. 
Unfortunately, because of industrial agriculture, parasites/pathogens, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity global bee populations are declining.
With all the lite rain, these peas and beans (legumes) are starting to thrive. Legumes have nitrogen-fixing bacteria in underground structures called root nodules. The root nodules convert nitrogen into ammonia (NH3) or related nitrogenous compounds.
Next season this 10 by 10-foot legume crop plot will be rotated to the root crop plot, and a leaf crop will be planted here in the old legume plot. This process of rotating crops is part of the crop rotation practice at the Veggie-Bed.
This is the compost bin at the Veggie-Bed. By recycling various organic materials such as kitchen scraps and grass clippings, the compost bin decomposes the waste products into a compost that is rich in nutrients.
Found this ladybug on a tomato plant; actually, ladybugs are beetles (aka: “lady beetles” or Coccinellids). Some folklore considers the ladybug as a sign of good luck and good things to come. At the Veggie-Bed they are thought of as beneficial insects for consuming plant-eating insect’s larvae and eggs.
Cooking up some turnip greens for dinner at the Veggie-Bed. Highly nutritious and fights fight inflammation, which can lead to heart disease and cancer, turnips greens are a superfood. These greens will be sautéed with olive oil, red onion, and garlic.
Caught this varmint in the turnip patch at the Veggie-Bed. This is Lucy Lou, a Walker Hound. Her breed originated in the United States and descends from both the English and the American Foxhound.
Lucy Lou loves people; however, she is quite vocal and voices her opinion without hesitation when it comes to other dogs.
