This past week's harvest

Perhaps not abundant in quantity but definitely rich in freshness, colour & flavour:

Beet greens (with a baby beet), kale, and shelling peas

The first 'Kootenai' tomato

(I'd planned to use the peas in a risotto but I ate half while shelling them and then nibbled on the rest throughout the rest of the day.)

Beets, freshly picked, ready to be roasted, and then used in a salad (thanks, @kathrynelliott, for the tasty suggestion)

First harvests

Baby beet with greens, chard & kale from the community garden

'Glacier' tomato from the balcony

A rainbow from the community garden

"[i] don't think there's anything as exciting as pulling your own produce from the soil
~ Lucinda Dodds

Sweet, spicy & the first tomato...

...these are the most exciting crops on my balcony this week:

Sweet Greens & Reds (Renee's Garden) - a mix of 'Little Gem', 'Tango', 'Cimarron', & 'Outredgeous' lettuces

California Spicy Blend (Renee's Garden) - a blend of Arugula, Curly Endive, Red Mustard and Mizuna

The first berry on my 'Glacier' tomato plant (seeds from Tatiana's TOMATObase) - I've named him Harry Little Tom.  {Lucy will know why ;-).}

Short & sweet reading list:

The balcony gardener's Edibles post

Consider the lettuce (thanks go to @Kathryn for tweeting this link recently)

Spicy greens for your garden

Tomato - An Anatomy Atlas