potatoes

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Garden Happiness(es)

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 PeasMystery tomatoes coming along.  I transplanted this guy and forgot to write down what he was!!!…
August 3, 2011
Garden Happiness(es)

Garden Happiness(es)

The first pie pumpkinThe first (ever) acorn squashI love the texture in this bed...Sunflowers, tomatoes and acorn squashAshes made her way outside, Bo was not happy about it...Baby tomatoes...not suffering from butt rotThe first lemon cucumber...the previous few mysteriously disappeared...The first bush snap peaThe first rain water harvest!!!Silly puppies AKA Mika & Mr. peeking past the not-so-tall sweet cornAnother Orb…
July 26, 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
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
On Preparation

On Preparation

Let me start off by saying that I have Spring Fever in the worst kind of way.  For real.  All I want to do is play in the yard/garden, hang out with the chickens and plan, plan, plan how my garden will grow.  Instead, I have to work.  Stinkin' responsibilities.  Oh well.  When I come home from work, I am…
April 28, 2011