sugar snap peas

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Garden Happiness(es)

Garden Happiness(es)

The beginnings of a jalapeno!This bed is 4 feet wide & the fence behind it is 6 feet tall.  This means, officially, that our tomatoes are out of control.Buddha hanging out with the blue corn .How can something so green bring one so much happiness???Bush snap peaAnother bush snap pea (flower).  They're just so pretty!The first sunflower!!!!!Lettuce figuring out how…
July 20, 2011
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!!!This weeks harvest was very exciting because it was another first for us!  We harvested all our onions!!!We also had our first harvest of our second round of spinach!  While a few of the plants have gone to seed already, most of them are quite happy in the shade!This weeks totals:Onions - 8 pounds*Spinach - 2 ouncesCarrots -…
July 18, 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
Seed to Seed

Seed to Seed

A few months ago I decided to take the four season garden challenge hosted by Melinda over at One Green Generation.  The challenge is all about growing at least one new item in your yard each season. While some of the crops I mentioned in the initial posting about this challenge have failed (peanuts and echinacea) due to the incredibly hot and dry spring…
July 9, 2011
Harvest Monday!!!

Harvest Monday!!!

This has been exciting week in Harvest Land for us!  We've finally gotten some color in the mix!!!Snap Peas (Round Two) = 14 peas (almost a whole ounce!)At the beginning of last week, our beet bed was full...Then, after I harvested every other beet, it looked like this...Beet total = 4 pounds 9 ounces!!!Basil = 11 leaves (not even measurable…
July 4, 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