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Up until these past couple week, not much has changed throughout our Food Forest - our trees and ground crops have continued to grow and thrive at a steady pace throughout another small heat wave and infrequent rain. Within just the past two weeks or so, many of our tomato plants have finally started to produce fruit! Although still green, these baby tomatoes are expanding at a healthy pace as more yellow flowers begin to follow suit.

Green tomatoes growing on the vine
Tomato flowers and young tomatoes growing in the garden
Green tomatoes clustered on a plant

Our trees are looky very bushy and happy as well!

Bushy fruit tree growth at the food forest
Leafy tree canopy in the food forest
Fruit tree growth in late summer
Healthy tree leaves in the food forest

Many of the onions that we’ve planted around the trees to serve as companion crops have sprouted tall as well!

Onions sprouting as companion crops

Our new posters have survived the last several weeks as well!

Phoenix Farms poster in the food forest
Food forest poster still standing after several weeks

And finally, a new visitor was recently seen on one of our plants - a Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) Butterfly! Look at those big eyes.

Fiery Skipper butterfly on a plant

Until next time!