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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
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
Harvest Monday!!!

Harvest Monday!!!

Happy Monday, everyone!This week brought more tomatoes (thank goodness), the last of (the second round of) spinach, a couple of carrots and a few more snap peas......and the very first summer squash of the year!!!Yay for a little variety (even though I didn't get pictures of everything)!!! This weeks totals:Snap Peas = 4 ouncesTomatoes = 14 ouncesCarrots = 2 ouncesSpinach…
August 1, 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
Harvest Monday!!!

Harvest Monday!!!

This was an exciting week!  We harvested our first, second, third, fourth and fifth tomatoes!  That's right, a total of 5 tomatoes in one week!  Looks like all the patience has paid off and I couldn't be happier!  These are Yellow Taxi Tomatoes and are super yummy.  The skins are a little thick, but that's to be expected here.  We've…
July 25, 2011