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Onion Harvest
Yesterday I noticed that some of the onion stalks were falling over and many were turning soft, so I harvested them. I left the firm ones in the garden to give them a little more time to grow. I always expect gargantuan onions but get little tiny ones. This year I fertilized them better, and the bulbs look more defined than they have in previous harvests. I’m not sure how to get larger growth, so if you have any tips,…
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A Little Pickin’
This morning’s walk through the garden gave me a couple handfuls of produce. It’s always awkward when there is just one okra pod to pick. Seriously, what do I do with one pod? The okra have been slow getting starting, but a time will come soon where I have a nice pile to chop, batter and freeze for frying later. I am still eating down last years harvest! The potato plants were all yellowed and the new leaves were yellowing…
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Matt’s Wild Cherry Tomato
Matt’s Wild Cherry is the tiniest tomato I have ever grown, and yet it is one of the most vigorous plants. I have two of these indeterminate bushes, and they are sprawling into other plants’ territory. It is a great tasting tomato that I don’t even bother rinsing before popping in my mouth – the joy of not using pesticides! Today I need to go tie the branches up to the fence and start training them upwards, but I must…
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Purple
While I don’t use any purple in the house to decorate (which I might just have to change), it seems I have a weakness for purple in the garden. This evening while the boys were in the kiddie pool, I took some snapshots of the growing eggplants, okra and butterfly garden. Here’s a shot of the majority of the veggie garden. There is a low spot in the garden where water stands, so the plan is to convert it…
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Squash Talk. Climbing “Trombetta”
This morning, which happens to be the Baby’s first birthday, a female blossom opened on the Climbing “Trombetta” Squash, an Italian summer heirloom from Renee’s Garden. There have been a couple other blossoms that never opened and eventually fell off. I had two squash vines and one gourd vine on this trellis, but I lost my other Trombetta vine to pests. I was beyond thrilled to be greeted by this one. Not wanting to risk it going to waste, I…
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Discovery: Succulent Blossoms
