From left to right: a mountain of basil, a bowl of onions, a mountain of lemon cucumbers, three zucchini and a patty pan squash, a couple of “Hottie” peppers, a fairytale eggplant, a handful of green beans, a pile of 4th of July tomatoes, a few Rainbow Blend tomatoes (one’s green and will go on […]
Labor Day
I’ll admit, I crashed out over the weekend. I was so tired. I took naps. Repeatedly. I don’t do that. But when Labor Day itself finally rolled around, I had enough energy and to spare, so while Uncle Pasto was barbecuing some fabulous smoked brisket, I spent most of the day working on the garden. […]
I may never buy another grocery-store wa...
This beauty is from my backyard. Sweet, crisp, delicious, with a sugary afterglow that lasts … mmmm. It’s so good you can chew practically down to the green rind. These are Sugar Baby watermelons. We only got two, because I accidentally stepped on one. /: The other’s larger and will be picked and eaten shortly […]
[CSA Adventures] Winding down
Well, folks … My garden has been so abundant with produce that … er … well … I sent an email to my CSA today, canceling our service for the next quarter. I really enjoyed it, but at this point, I’m growing more food than we need. I’m growing so much that I took extra […]
Operation: Ladybug
For some reason, aphids love yard-long beans. No, I don’t know why. All I know is that my yard-long beans are covered with ’em. Yuk. A massive aphid-and-ant invasion. Guess the compost pile was no longer enough for the ants …. If that weren’t enough, the quantity of honeydew the aphids are secreting is attracting […]
So I went away, and my garden exploded.
For reals. (: This is what happens when you take a three-and-a-half-day vacation. So with all that growth, there was lots of picking that needed doing. And lots of pruning. We’ll get to that next post …
Today’s Harvest
I feel so proud to be able to post this, finally. (: This is what I harvested today! Check it out! Four fairytale eggplants, aren’t they cute? One white eggplant, six black pearl cherry tomatoes, three zucchini, a couple of pattypan squash, a “sweet pepper Mohawk!”*, a lemon cucumber (actually two, but I found the […]
And sometimes things don’t always go wel
I didn’t realize when I finished watering the pots by hand on Thursday that I turned off the water at the tap instead of at the hose. Ooooops. /: What this meant is that I got home to a slightly peaked-looking garden, and a bunch of my San Marzano tomatoes had gotten a case of […]
Garden Update
I am SO backlogged on posting. To be honest, the summer is the busiest time of the year for me — and not just because of the yard! Here are pictures of how my garden’s grown from the last time I posted to … er … about a week ago when I took these photos, […]
The Mini-Farm
I want to ramble about my yard for a bit. Well, actually, I want to ramble about a bunch of things, but it all ties into our berry bushes, fruit trees, and most recently, the three veggie boxes we’ve been putting in over the past few weekends. I got interested in growing my own food […]