Today we nearly cleared the seedling table of the plants we started and purchased.

Snipping off garlic scapes lets the garlic plant use all resources — sun, soil nutrients, water — for growing bigger garlic bulbs.

Garlic scapes are delicious in salads, stir fries, and pesto. They also freeze well for a winter blast of summer flavor.

New beds are prepped. In the background, tomato plants hung with string so they’ll grow up on those metal trellises.