• Grow,  Harvest

    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 Peas Mystery tomatoes coming along.  I transplanted this guy and forgot to write…

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    Garden Happiness(es)

    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…

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    Garden Happiness(es)

    Random happy happenings in the garden over the past week… The beans, sunflowers and blue corn are starting to peek! The snap peas are flowering! I think this might be might very first tomatillo sprout! The radishes are looking happy! Tool Lady is looking happy, too! One of the Newbies has been “roosting” on the edge of one of the…

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    Potato Seeds and more seeds!

    We got our seed potatoes in the mail!!!  Last year we purchased our seed potatoes from one of those big home supply stores.  They did really well at first and then just died 🙁  Hopefully this years will survive! Now they just need to sprout their eyes… We plan on planting them in an old kiddie pool we purchased for…