We had our first real strawberry harvest late last week! After a very long day at work, when I was ready to, literally, get in bed by 7:00, Kim found them and called me outside. Is there a better way to cap off such a day than with 10 ounces of…
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Happy Monday, everyone! Looking back on last years June harvests, I’m feeling more than a little behind. I am , however, trying to keep in mind that weather is a mysterious thing. Last year we had a mild winter and a very warm spring which led to early germination, happy…
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Happy Monday, everyone! I am incredibly happy to report that this week has brought us a variety of small and delicious harvests! But first, let’s look at how a few things are growing… The cucumbers and bush beans are doing very well! The cukes aren’t yet reaching for their support,…
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UncategorizedSpring Freeze
Our cherry tree. I do believe our last round of freezingtemps killed all of this wonderful potential. Echinacea & strawberries Because of our fluctuating temps this spring, I do believe we have lost most (if not all) of the fruit on our fruit trees this year. I may be jumping…
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UncategorizedHarvest Monday
Happy Monday everyone! Well, the past week has been full of tomatoes! 18 to be exact! 17 of those were Yellow Taxis and 1 was a Cherokee Purple…an itty bitty Cherokee Purple. While it was quite a pain to carry all those tomato starts in and out of the house…
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UncategorizedHarvest Monday
Happy Monday everyone! Something very exciting happened this week! We harvested our first three tomatoes!!! Yep, you read that right…two Yellow Taxi Tomatoes and one cherry tomato! Oh man! I guess that starting those seeds under the grow lights in February really paid off 🙂 We also harvested our first…
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UncategorizedHarvest Monday
Happy Monday everyone! I couldn’t wait to announce our very first strawberries as they were harvested last week so I posted about them on Wednesday! They were absolutely divine!!! There haven’t been many of them, but the few we have eaten have been so sweet and juicy and well worth…
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UncategorizedCherry Carnage & Strawberry Protection
Whelp…after all the excitement and promise of cherries last week, it looks like I was worried about the wrong pest. This is what has happened over the past few days… Do you see the two almost ripe cherries?Now, do you see the devoured cherry above them? Yep…all our beautiful, ripe…