Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts
Friday, August 17, 2012
Tomatoes!
After years of tomato failures we finally have success! Beautiful, luscious, juicy tomatoes! Okay, heirloom tomatoes never really look beautiful, but they taste it. I planted 6 Brandywines, thinking that was a modest amount. Well we now have 6 tomato "trees" with hundreds of fruits. Salsas and sauces and soups, oh my! At this point were just eating them straight off the vine for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Yay for homegrown tomatoes!
Friday, June 3, 2011
Radishes
I've been neglecting my garden a bit lately, I must admit. We have had rain almost every day so I've not had to water for a while. But I went out today and was pleasantly surprised to see all the radishes popping their bright red heads out of the ground. I'm not a huge fan of eating radishes by themselves (they are too spicy for me!) but I do love growing them because they grow so darn fast and with minimal effort on my part. And they are so pretty, all shiny and red. I will put some in our salads for a nice crunch and a little zing.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Time to Dig
It finally feels like spring around here. The sun is shining and daffodils are up in full force. There are rumors of another frost (noooo!) but I'm hopeful things are warming up for good. My garden last year did not turn out so well. Between weeds and the deer, we lost a lot of produce. This year we have a dog to hopefully keep the deer out of the yard, and I'm building some raised boxes with some free wood from our neighbors to help keep the weeds out. But first we have a lot of digging to do to clear all the weeds and grass that have taken over my poor garden. We spent a good part of yesterday out there and I'm heading back out again today to work on it a bit more. Luckily the ground is so soft and the hula hoe is so awfully handy, that it is actually going pretty quickly. My body is protesting from the unaccustomed exertion, but it is a good tired feeling. You can crawl into bed after you've scrubbed the dirt out from under your fingernails and feel like you've earned a good night's sleep. So I'm off to dig some more!
For breakfast this morning I made one of my favorites, quiche with spinach, bacon and onions. So yummy!
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