After we were given cucumber from a friend’s garden (thanks Eric!) a couple seasons back, Laura was inspired to try growing cucumber this year. It’s amazing how fast they grow once the fruit sets up. This beauty harvested in at 11” and just over a pound. Some of our tomatoes are […]
Spring has Sprung here……..
Winter Dendrobiums
Mother Nature was having fun with the last two bell peppers we bought….
…Each had a tiny bell pepper growing inside, complete with seeds inside the tiny ones.
It’s hard to believe that the garden has been going for over six months now. We’ve enjoyed all sorts of homegrown goodies, and have been able to share some of the bounty too. A couple of tomato plants are still producing, and the radishes and daikon are just finishing up.
Garlic and potatoes have […]
Helen shared a ginormous zucchini from her garden (Thank you Helen!)… it weighed in at over 4-1/2 pounds!
Such a bounty screamed for zucchini bread!
Even after having some zuke for lunch and grating 2 cups for zucchini bread, there’s still a lot left to enjoy.
We were gifted some sourdough starter (Thanks Eliza!) and after feeding it for a few weeks it was time to try baking something. With basil, a few small peppers, and Roma tomatoes growing in the garden, pizza seemed like a perfect choice.
The flour, salt, sugar, and water get added to the starter and […]
The basil plants in the garden (Cinnamon, Thai, Sweet, and Lettuce Leaf) needed a trim, so we ended up with a lot of basil to use. No problem…
We already had homemade homegrown tomato sauce in the freezer, added a bunch of the basil and some of the last of the fresh cherry tomatoes and […]
We grew a new-to-us kind of radish in the garden: Watermelon Radish. It really does look like a watermelon when you slice it! Both the radish and the greens are very tasty.
The first of the radishes are coming in! We’ve got assorted small radishes (Crimson Giant, French Breakfast, Watermelon, Easter Egg), as well as Daikon. The radishes are crisp and tasty, and we’re trying out eating the greens too - they’re very “green” tasting and a little bit sharp. It’s fun having enough […]
Critters were sampling the tomatoes, so we picked a bunch that were oh-so-close to fully ripe.
A bunch for us to enjoy, and some to share with friends (which is one of the most fun things about gardening)
There’s a critter in the garden helping himself to our tomatoes. Forensic evidence of tomato-napper. Much […]
Hummingbirds in our Garden
Our Kitchen Scrap Garden is really taking off. The celery, potatoes, and romaine are putting out flowers, and ginger is getting another leaf. If Farmer Google is right, potato flowers should mean that the plants are making potatoes under all that soil, to be harvested after flowers and most of plant have died off. […]
Monarch in the Herb Garden
We see the first glimpse of red on the tomatoes. The eggplant is going full force, even after a sneak attack of little green caterpillars (who have been summarily evicted). A couple of bell peppers are ripe. We had to stake up the jalapeño plant, it fell over from the weight of the peppers.
We’re […]
**Week 5** - Tomatoes are appearing!
Our first eggplant has set up, and the mini-pepper plant is more peppers than plant. The windowsill gardening continues.
The space that looked so empty just over a month ago is full now.
It was scary to take those first snips, but the herbs have settled in nicely and we needed a little something to go with our lunch. Parsley and chives are the first harvest of our garden
It started like this….
In the main plot: 4 tomato plants (Sweet Million, Early Girl, Indigo Rose, Better Boy) 2 bell pepper (Better Belle, Lunchbox Red mini), 1 eggplant (Millionaire), and 1 jalapeño.
In the herb planter: parsley, thyme, tarragon, rosemary, chives, and not showing yet is cilantro (planted some coriander seeds out of the spice cabinet).
One […]
(No Fooling)
Amaryllis In Bloom
Christmas Cactus Blooming in Spring (It is still cold?)