• Grow,  Harvest

    Garden Happiness(es)

    Summer and Winter Squash, making friends. The potatoes have almost completely recovered after their battering by the hail a week ago!  Thank goodness! The tiniest sunflower EVER… …See how tiny it is in comparison to the morning glory??? I love the variety our chickens give us in the size, shape and color of their eggs! Our very first Brandywine!!! It…

  • Uncategorized

    Garden Happiness(es)

    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 tall! Honey Boat Delicata squash This is supposed to be…

  • Grow,  Harvest

    Garden Happiness(es)

    The sweet corn in the back yard seems to be confused…it’s not even 3 feet tall, but it’s starting to try to produce corn…weird! The German Butterball Potatoes  are getting ready to flower! The Butternut Squash is getting some color texture! Bush Beans, Pole Beans and Snap Peas Mystery tomatoes coming along.  I transplanted this guy and forgot to write…

  • Grow,  Harvest

    Garden Happiness(es)

    The first pie pumpkin The first (ever) acorn squash I love the texture in this bed…Sunflowers, tomatoes and acorn squash Ashes made her way outside, Bo was not happy about it… Baby tomatoes…not suffering from butt rot The first lemon cucumber…the previous few mysteriously disappeared… The first bush snap pea The first rain water harvest!!! Silly puppies AKA Mika &…

  • Grow

    Garden Happiness(es)

    Hilled up potatoes! A corner of our back yard Fantastic sunset shot from the back yard Chickens like beets 🙂 The Butternut Squash is starting to run! Snap Peas and beans starting the long climb! Beans make for a pretty cover crop Spinach (second planting) under a tree in the front yard Mint and a transplanted tomato…couldn’t tell you what…

  • Harvest

    Random Garden Happiness(es)

    Here’s what’s happening in the garden this week!  It’s been so incredibly dry (and cold up until a couple of days ago) that I’m still waiting on the sweet corn, squash, zucchini and peanuts to peek (along with a few other veggies), but all these other happenings make me very happy… The Honey Suckle is so happy!!! The first pumpkin…