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Herbs, Herbs, Everywhere Herbs!

Herbs, Herbs, Everywhere Herbs!

Welp, last Friday I finally spent some real, glorious, much needed time out in the garden! Sprout happily gnawed on fresh beans and I just puttered around until we were both hot, hungry and tired. It was absolutely divine! During my time outside, I finally decided to give our poor herb bed a little TLC. I really hadn't realized how…
July 27, 2014
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!I missed you all last week since we went out of town for a bit of a vacation!  We're back now though, and so happy to be home and able to harvest all of our veggies while they're at their peak!  That means it's catch up time...here in the garden and with my canning pots!Before we left for…
August 13, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!As the veggies are really starting to roll in, I keep finding myself thinking about how amazing it is to actually be able to grow our own food!  Despite the sunburns and torn up hands, the long waiting periods and ridiculous weeds, every single harvest is a gift.  Even if I only pull a single tomato out of…
July 23, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!!!The past week was an incredibly busy and quite exhausting one...but I don't think I really realized how crazy it was until I looked back on my harvest photos and found...one.  Ah well, such is life sometimes!The good news is, we harvested our first bush beans and zucchini of the season, the cherry tomatoes are starting to trickle…
July 16, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!Thankfully, the past week finally brought us some much needed rain!  Not only has it helped to calm our spirits a bit, but the garden has loved the respite form the heat as well as the moisture from the skies.  Rain water must have some magic in it because it affects our veggies unlike any water we get…
July 9, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!Things are, happily, continuing their slow roll out of the garden and into the kitchen! The Yellow Taxi Tomatoes are slowing their production and there are only a handful of them left on the plants.  It's OK though, because there are many other varieties that will follow them shortly.  I'm thinking the Romas will own the next wave.We…
July 2, 2012