Can't beat it. Got my first real tomatoes (not cherry) yesterday, first blueberries today and there's enough blackberries my kids let me have some. Everyday brings a new bounty. Just wishing I was in Dennis' boat eating brebas.

So what are yall enjoying for the first time since last year?

Ya, I hear ya.  I've had brebas off one of my trees, picking blackberries,   squash and cutting swiss chard.  I got a late start on tomatoes this year...so they're probably another 5 weeks off.

We've had several 100+ days here in Northern Arizona already, and bracing for some more.

I just love walking our garden with the two cats and checking it all out in the mornings.

Up until today, just lettuce.  But today I got an early taste as a few blueberries ripened, yum!  And I had my first Swiss Chard of the year.

Blackberries are forming, and small tomatoes, but here in DE 4th of July is about right for the first tomatoes.

Went to a U-Pick apricot orchard today. Earlier than usual, but they are yummy!

This time of year mostly anticipation for me here in PA. I'm just watching everything grow.

Black Raspberries should be ready any day.
Blueberries are swelling nicely, another week or two I think.
Peaches are still a month off.
Tomatoes are coming along nicely, though I may have been heavy on the nitrogen fertilizer...maybe some cherry types soon.
Zucchini is growing like a weed with lots of flowers, probably some small guys soon.
I did get some broccoli earlier in the week, that's about the only early crop I bother with.

But the icing on the cake is I think I see my first homegrown fig developing! Pinching really does work!

Strawberries! I'm picking about a pound a day from our little patch. The chipmunks aren't getting any this year!
In a couple of weeks the blueberries will start ripening.

Edit: photo added.

Gina, I dug a trench 16" deep and stood 4"x8"x16" cement blocks into it, making an almost 16" deep foundation with them.
I then made a 2 by 4 base, using pressure treated lumber, directly on top of the blocks. The wood doesn't rot as quickly, because it's up ever so slightly off the ground.
The netting I used in previous years got chewed through by those little beasts, but the thicker stuff really holds up.
Your friend might want to use chicken wire all around the base, and drape regular bird netting over the top, to prevent the aerial attacks.
I didn't cement the blocks into place. I back filled the trench with small rocks and soil, and watered it really well, basically packing the soil into something impenetrable.
It was a lot of work, but I hate that these freeloaders are all over the place, taking two bites out of everything they see, and setting up a permanent summer home.
I gave them their own patch, about 10'x20', away from my patch, but they don't understand the concept.

The cement blocks are cheap, about $1.30 a piece.
I may do a vertical strawberry setup next year though, I still get a lot of damage from slugs. Almost half of the fruit gets damaged, and I don't go where the escargot!
There are some videos on youtube with ideas for vertical strawberry growing.

Wild black berries end down here in april. I can fill up a 5 gal bucket in just a couple hours right behind my house. Some of the peach trees are ripening and Santa Rosa plums. I haven't had any figs yet but my guess would be that they are not too far off, I noticed that some of the rdb ' s are starting to get a little darkness to them. I'm really looking forward to them.

I went on vacation for a week with a bed full of strawberrys just starting to ripen. When I got back I see someone had quite the strawberry party, or food fight, not sure which. I'll get a few but not much, they are June bearers and most are gone or destroyed. Coulda been birds, tree rats, coons, or maybe a combination of them all.

On a side note, my strawberrys are in a raised bed I made from cedar fence posts. I have heard slugs don't like copper, I bought enough bare copper wire to put up a tiny barrier elevated about 1/8'' off the wood to turn the slugs away from the berry patch. I was hoping to test the theory, now I guess I'll have to wait until next year. Anyone ever heard of this or done something similar?