strawberries

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Strawberries!!!

Strawberries!!!

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 juicy, ripe, gorgeously red strawberries?  It's amazing how wonderful a…
June 8, 2014
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

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 transplants and many early harvests (you can read a little about the…
June 17, 2013
Garden Happiness & Harvest Monday

Garden Happiness & Harvest Monday

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, but they do all have their true leaves.The tomatillos are growing in…
June 10, 2013
Spring Freeze

Spring Freeze

Our cherry tree.  I do believe our last round of freezingtemps killed all of this wonderful potential.Echinacea & strawberriesBecause 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 the gun a bit, but it doesn't look incredibly hopeful. Our cherries…
May 2, 2013
Harvest Monday

Harvest 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 for a couple of weeks in April and May, getting a…
June 18, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest 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 dill, the last of the over-wintered carrots, and some more kale, peas,…
June 11, 2012