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Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!!!We're starting to see a little more color in our harvests, though not as much as I'd like!  Turns out that one of the mystery tomatoes that was transplanted and not labelled is another Yellow Taxi!!!  Ah well!  A tomato is a tomato and I am grateful for the taste of it regardless of its color!Our biggest single…
August 15, 2011
Harvest Monday!!!

Harvest Monday!!!

This weeks harvest is both exciting (the first Roma tomato) and redundant (tomatoes galore).We've continued to enjoy an abundance of Yellow Taxis, a few cherry toms here and there, several Romas, a sprig of mint (as a gift for Brother & Brother's girlfriend Eliza) and a very few snap peas (although I am grateful they are even still producing).Harvest Totals:Tomatoes…
August 8, 2011
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!!!This weeks harvest was very exciting because it was another first for us!  We harvested all our onions!!!We also had our first harvest of our second round of spinach!  While a few of the plants have gone to seed already, most of them are quite happy in the shade!This weeks totals:Onions - 8 pounds*Spinach - 2 ouncesCarrots -…
July 18, 2011
Garden Happiness(es)

Garden Happiness(es)

Hilled up potatoes!A corner of our back yardFantastic sunset shot from the back yardChickens like beets :-)The Butternut Squash is starting to run!Snap Peas and beans starting the long climb!Beans make for a pretty cover cropSpinach (second planting) under a tree in the front yardMint and a transplanted tomato...couldn't tell you what kind it is though...it will just have to…
July 13, 2011
Harvest Monday!!!

Harvest Monday!!!

This has been exciting week in Harvest Land for us!  We've finally gotten some color in the mix!!!Snap Peas (Round Two) = 14 peas (almost a whole ounce!)At the beginning of last week, our beet bed was full...Then, after I harvested every other beet, it looked like this...Beet total = 4 pounds 9 ounces!!!Basil = 11 leaves (not even measurable…
July 4, 2011
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

I missed last weeks Harvest Monday due to computer glitches and a crazy schedule.  It's OK though, because there really wasn't much to report.  This week, however, I'm back in the saddle :-)This week we harvested:15 oz of Kale1 oz of mint1 pound of GarlicThe kale and mint were dried and stored and the garlic is still curing on the…
June 27, 2011