Friday, May 30, 2008
More Tomatoes....
These are some Roma tomatoes I planted from seed. My favorite seed company is Seed Savers. What can I say, they just come up!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Chocolate mint
This plant is as tasty and fragrant as it is lovely. The rich chocolate stems and veins embrace the eye and add to the overall texture of this invasive herb. Are you asking yourself, "Did she plant it in a container like we all know one should?" Well, the answer is no, I did not. This stuff is coming up all over the place. After last years drought I didn't know if any of it would survive. It is as hardy as it is beautiful!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Okra!
What a nice, healthy plant! I started these little fellows from seed and have ever so carefully nursed them. I transplanted them way too early. Every evening I would place pots over them then every morning I would take them off and hope for the temperatures to rise. Finally, they did. I don't suspect it will be long before I get my first blooms!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Beet update
Latest project
This is one of my many projects for the summer. The pole used to house one of those big satellite dishes from many years ago. We sanded it down, painted it with a 97 cent can of paint and added the bird house I received for Mothers Day. I have to admit this is one of the fastest projects I have completed in a long time. The flowers are bachelor buttons (a member of the cornflower family) that I planted from seed. Amazing! 3 flats plus a few or about 36 bucks give or take if purchased from the nursery. I really enjoyed the process of growing from seed and will make it a point to do it every chance I get.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Maters!
This is the 'after' picture. Still we have tomatoes that I will have to find a home for. I have learned one valuable lesson on my first attempt to start plants from seed. You really don't have to plant every seed in the pack......
This is the 'before' picture. We have a few cucumber and a couple of rows of okra. This is a small plot that is a work in progress. I should have started preparing the soil last fall.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
My first squash blossom!
I am soo excited! The red wasp on the timber was gathering some pollen when I arrived. He don't like my company or was finished because he left. Today's garden chores will be to transplant tomatoes into a larger garden I have tilled. Will post pictures of before and after later today or tomorrow.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Yawn....
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Dinner tonight!
I love kale! We never grew this when I was a child and I would love to know if my great grandmother has ever had it. She dearly loved turnip greens. I think she would have liked kale, too. I miss her - all the wonderful knowledge she had about gardening, sewing and just life in general. She lived to be almost 100. Just thinking of her makes me smile. :)
Friday, May 2, 2008
Radish harvest
I've been harvesting radishes, lettuce, kale and spinach for a few weeks now. These are the Cherry Belle variety from Burpee. I've been wanting to try the Easter Egg variety and never think about it when ordering seeds. I think the grandchildren might try them. They did try these and found it a bit too hot for their liking. I think they are GREAT and am munching on them right now!
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