jalapenos

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Garden Happiness(es)

Garden Happiness(es)

Sunflower & blue cornWinter squash, morning glories and a rouge sunflowerBlue corn...so close to harvest ready!Lemon cucumbers!!!JalapenoA single tomatillo flowerWhat's growing in your garden this week?
August 25, 2011
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

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 growth is slow this year!) squash and a few handfuls of beans.In…
August 22, 2011
Garden Happiness(es)

Garden Happiness(es)

The beginnings of a jalapeno!This bed is 4 feet wide & the fence behind it is 6 feet tall.  This means, officially, that our tomatoes are out of control.Buddha hanging out with the blue corn .How can something so green bring one so much happiness???Bush snap peaAnother bush snap pea (flower).  They're just so pretty!The first sunflower!!!!!Lettuce figuring out how…
July 20, 2011
Garden Happiness(es)

Garden Happiness(es)

Massive, over-wintered spinach (in one of the now uncovered wagons)The massive spinach is now starting to go to seed...finally!Baby spinach in a pot on the front porch to replace the massive spinach once I pull it all out :-)Here we have lettuce and arugula which was planted in the bed right outside the front door.  The lettuce is looking good,…
June 7, 2011
Transplants

Transplants

Today was a fairly busy day, in a calm sort of way.  I woke up before anyone else (even the dogs stayed in bed when I got up!) and decided to have my tea in the front yard.  I thought I could just relax, enjoy the sun, the tea and my current book (Stephen Kings Bag of Bones). No such…
April 17, 2011