Harvest Monday 7/18/11
This week the harvests continued to broaden. Here are the harvest photos. Monday: Peas, Raspberries, Sungold Tomatoes & the last strawberry. Pea harvest has slowed down this week. Tuesday: Kale,...
View ArticleHarvest Monday 7/25/11
There were fewer harvests this week because we traveled to a wedding this past weekend. Monday I picked the first cosmonaut volkov tomato and some lettuce for a BLT Tuesday I sampled a head of the...
View ArticleHarvest Monday 8/1/11
The harvests continue to broaden each week. This week the new arrivals were red peppers, patty pan squash, swiss chard (finally!) , purple calabash tomatoes, and green beans. Here are photos of this...
View ArticleHarvest Monday 8/8/11
This week was another week with lots of cucumbers. It’s time to make pickles again! The zucchini and patty pan have not been producing that much. We’re still looking forward to each one that ripens....
View Article2011 Garden Reflections: Peas, Beans & Corn
As I look back on this second year in this garden, some of last year’s successes were repeated, others were not. Some of last year’s failures were corrected, others were not. Here are part of my...
View ArticleMarch Garden Work
Yesterday was the beginning of a week of forecasted record warm temperatures. It was in the 70s here in Mid-March which is unheard of. Usually we’re watching for a late snowstorm at this time of year....
View ArticleEarly April Garden
A package arrived in the mail two days ago which got me out into the garden to dig yesterday. I received a Redhaven Dwarf Peach tree. So yesterday morning I went out to dig a big hole for it. Then...
View ArticleThe Garden is in!
With the warm weather this past weekend and this week, I decided to go ahead and finish planting the garden. It took some work to get the last two beds prepared, I ended up using the lasagna garden...
View ArticleHarvest Monday 6/18
The star of this week’s harvests were the strawberries. So far I’ve picked 5 and half pounds of them. Here was the first picking last Monday. And then every other day since, I picked this many. I could...
View ArticleHarvest Monday 7/1/12
I’ve neglected to post about the garden very much lately. I write blog posts in my head as I walk around the yard, but my big project this summer is painting the outside of our house. Maybe I’ll share...
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