Rain and the garden wait for no man

I took a walk in the garden before work this morning in between rain storms.  We have been hit pretty hard with wind and rain.  There has been plenty of storm damage keeping my co-workers in the district offices busy in to the wee hours of the morning.  The rain has kept us out of the fields.  We are so close to finishing the tree planting that this is an unwelcome roadblock to that completion.  The walk this morning was a welcome diversion.  I found my garlic forming scapes (seed heads) which were ripe for the picking.  These saute up well in dishes and are best picked early to continue good garlic bulb formation.  Seed formation tends to diminish the rest of your plants in general.
I took another gander around the yard on my return from work and found a bountiful crop of those beautiful Alpine strawberries.  So packed with flavor in their marble size miniature form.

They will be a tasty addition to a spinach salad for supper.  I made up some bacon to make it an official spinach salad.  The cool weather has produced the best crop of spinach I have had in my garden in years.  I have taken note that planting on the north side of my raised beds helps to keep it from bolting early.  This will be the first spring I have had success with this crop.  I planted in square foot fashion and popped about 3 seeds per dibble hole to ensure success.  The first round was thinning out the extras and now I take out the largest of the plants.  Lettuce has also been a terrific crop this year.
If you are experiencing rain, take the time to see how truly beautiful the garden is with the moisture brightening all the colors.  It's worth the damp feet.