When we first set up our grow lights, we planted a few flats of greens, sprouts, micro greens and wheat grass just to see what would happen. Well, it’s actually been really great! We’ve harvested enough for several meals (salads and greens for sandwiches) and have juiced wheat grass several…
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…
Happy Monday everyone! First off, we’ve broken the 100 pound mark!!! WooHoo!!! OK…now that I’ve done my Happy Dance, we can get down to business 😉 This weeks highlights include: The first butternut squash Actual Blue Corn The second wave of Roma Tomatoes The first Italian Heirloom! A mini CSA-type…
Happy Labor Day everyone! This week brought us a bit of diversity in the form of the first winter squash!!! I have been biting my nails in anticipation and just couldn’t take it any more! There are still several ripening on their vines, but here’s the first peek!!! I also…
A cold front is moving through and our temps are about 20 degrees below where they’ve been for what feels like forever. It’s raining lightly right now and I’m happily drinking a cup of hot tea in the middle of the afternoon. Tomorrow is the unofficial last day of summer,…
Happy Monday everyone!!! This week was a jumble of harvesting and non-harvesting due to guests being in town and then a cold that caught me. Some highlights are: the first blue corn that was…er…not blue, lots of tomatoes, the very first lemon cucumber ever, lots of beans (these are all…
Happy Monday everyone!!! The Yellow Taxis have continued to bless us with their presence in the garden…which I am grateful for since not many of our other varieties are near ready for harvest! We’ve harvested about a pound a day of these babies! We also harvested our second (yes, their…
The first cosmo! “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up! So…I guess I’ll just hang out down here with the squash…” Bush beans Broccoli! The bush beans are out of control! The butternut squash is getting huge and starting to change colors! More sunflowers! These guys are about 10 feet…