Garden Happiness(es)

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Garden Happiness & Harvest Monday

Garden Happiness & Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!I am incredibly happy to report that this week has brought us a variety of small and delicious harvests!  But first, let's look at how a few things are growing...The cucumbers and bush beans are doing very well!  The cukes aren't yet reaching for their support, but they do all have their true leaves.The tomatillos are growing in…
June 10, 2013
Garden Update

Garden Update

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that the garden was almost completely in...Well, apparently I'm having a rough spring in the garden because I still have a couple of things to do (mainly, plant out our pallet beds).  However, after pulling together several loose ends today, I'm feeling pretty good about it all!  Here's a little update, in pictures...I…
May 28, 2013
The Garden Is In!

The Garden Is In!

...well...mostly!!Teeny tiny LuffaTomatilloShishito PepperBroccoliFuture sunflowers, lemon cuc mbers, soy beans & pie pumpkinsFuture Three Sisters(Sweet corn, pole beans, summer and winter squash)Tomatoes and peppersWe spent many hours in the garden today transplanting tomatoes, peppers and eggplant and pushing a few seeds into soil but there are still many more seeds that need to find their way into ground (as soon…
May 13, 2013
Planting Time?

Planting Time?

I've spent several hours in the garden over the past few days pushing seeds into soil and hoping against hope that we are done with our hard freezes.  It seems that I was in the same mental place a year ago and everything did great, but last years weather was incredibly different than what we're seeing this year.The Farmers Almanac…
May 8, 2013
Spring Freeze

Spring Freeze

Our cherry tree.  I do believe our last round of freezingtemps killed all of this wonderful potential.Echinacea & strawberriesBecause of our fluctuating temps this spring, I do believe we have lost most (if not all) of the fruit on our fruit trees this year.  I may be jumping the gun a bit, but it doesn't look incredibly hopeful. Our cherries…
May 2, 2013
Today…

Today…

There will be soap making...Hop tying...Drip organizing...Pool-turned-potato-patch removing...And up-potting...If we get all of that done, there may also be some movie watching, popcorn eating, adult beverage drinking,  and crocheting to fit in :-)xoxo,MEnjoy this space?  Please vote for me by simply clicking here. Thank you!
April 28, 2013