Last spring we tried our hands at growing blue corn. It grew well…strong and tall…and we wound up harvesting about 15 ears from our tiny experimental patch. The thing about blue corn is that you don’t eat it fresh, you dry it and then grind it up into a flour. We were thinking it might be something fun and different…
This nasturtium is to be expected at this time of year… …but this little rose is quite a nice surprise! The fall snap peas look happy and healthy…just waiting for blossoms Kale and beets in the raised beds A little bit of lettuce 🙂 The tips of what’s left of the blue corn stalks Gorgeous garlic – before it went…
Happy Monday everyone! This week brought us the last of the acorn and butternut squash and blue corn, many more tomatoes and lemon cucumbers and the first of the fall kale. Oh, and I can’t forget the single, tiny jalapeno. I am trying to find my balance between my new school life and the rest of my life, so I’m…
So many tomatoes still on the vine!!! Yellows and greens and … …gorgeous reds! The ladies do love their Scratch! Lemon cuke, Brandywines and Pole Beans Love really is all around… This is the only one of it’s kind in our yard… …but the Morning Glories have officially taken over everything I’ve let them! Our potatoes are still very much…
Happy Monday everyone! Well, with Fall officially upon us, I am feeling extremely grateful for each evening that passes without the gift of frost! Not sure how much longer we will squeek by, but I’ll tip-toe as long as I have to 🙂 This week brought us the excitement of our very first bell pepper and some long lost carrots…
Happy Monday everyone! This is try #2…something funny happened on the way to posting this today…everything I wrote turned out in weird Computer-Speak once posted! I am hopeful this time will be better! Anyhow…I was out of town most of last week attending Orientation at Prescott College (hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s back to school I go). Thankfully, Tool Lady did all…
