Happy Monday everyone! First off, we’ve broken the 100 pound mark!!! WooHoo!!! OK…now that I’ve done my Happy Dance, we can get down to business 😉 This weeks highlights include: The first butternut squash Actual Blue Corn The second wave of Roma Tomatoes The first Italian Heirloom! A mini CSA-type box of goodies for Brother The first (and possibly the…
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Have you ever wondered how you can tell which of your flowers might become an actual squash? I sure have. Because, while the flowers sure are pretty, I’d much rather have a meal than a few flowers. This is a male pumpkin flower… This is a female pumpkin flower. How do I know? Because she is pregnant 🙂 When her…
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Garden Happiness(es)
The first cosmo! “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up! So…I guess I’ll just hang out down here with the squash…” Bush beans Broccoli! The bush beans are out of control! The butternut squash is getting huge and starting to change colors! More sunflowers! These guys are about 10 feet tall! Honey Boat Delicata squash This is supposed to be…
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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 Peas Mystery tomatoes coming along. I transplanted this guy and forgot to write…
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The first pie pumpkin The first (ever) acorn squash I love the texture in this bed…Sunflowers, tomatoes and acorn squash Ashes made her way outside, Bo was not happy about it… Baby tomatoes…not suffering from butt rot The first lemon cucumber…the previous few mysteriously disappeared… The first bush snap pea The first rain water harvest!!! Silly puppies AKA Mika &…
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Hilled up potatoes! A corner of our back yard Fantastic sunset shot from the back yard Chickens like beets 🙂 The Butternut Squash is starting to run! Snap Peas and beans starting the long climb! Beans make for a pretty cover crop Spinach (second planting) under a tree in the front yard Mint and a transplanted tomato…couldn’t tell you what…
