Grow Despite the funny summer we’ve had, we are still seeing a few new items trying to get in their production before the nights get too cold… Luffa A baby Butternut Squash, trying to ripen before the cold weather descends. I’m not sure that the luffa or the butternuts will…
Just when I thought that summer was on it’s way quickly into fall, we’ve had two steady weeks of heat. Go figure, right? The garden is in full production mode, though everything is later than it was last year, and even the year before that…I still haven’t even harvested any…
Grow I fear that the garden has reached its peak and it’s all downhill from here. Why? Well, for the past couple of nights, it’s been cold enough for me to sleep with long pants and a long sleeved shirt on. Yep, that’s my science 😉 Really, though, the days…
The last two weeks have brought us both sunshine and flooding (or flooding concerns, depending on where you are in relation to burn scars from all of our fires this summer). There has been hail, very intense lightening storms, tornado like conditions and crazy wind whipping around central and northern…
Happy Monday, everyone! The garden is officially starting to explode! With so many (very) hot days, followed by a few days of light drizzles and a few heavy downpours (finally!), the garden is happy, beginning to produce and filling in very nicely! While harvests are still pretty sporadic and small,…
Happy Monday, everyone! Grow The garden is, with the exception of one single tomato plant, doing amazingly well despite the record breaking temps we had over the past week. I anticipate many tomatoes and peppers in the coming weeks and cannot wait for our tomatillos to begin forming their cute…
Happy Monday everyone! Small (as in teeny tiny) harvests are still harvests right? Yeah…it’s that time of year again! But hey, at least there’s some color involved, right? 😉 Harvest totals for the week: Mint = 2 oz Radishes (Easter Egg) = 5 oz Strawberries = 2 oz Tomatoes (2 Yellow…
Happy Monday, everyone! Looking back on last years June harvests, I’m feeling more than a little behind. I am , however, trying to keep in mind that weather is a mysterious thing. Last year we had a mild winter and a very warm spring which led to early germination, happy…