Harvest Monday

Here’s my cute little harvest from yesterday afternoon: Lots of tomato varieties!  I think I’ve gotten at least one tomato off of all my plants now, with the stars being the Black Sea, Black Sea Man, and Sungolds.  That big, gorgeous yellow one is the Azoychka, but this is only the third tomato I’ve picked so far.   [...]

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Amazing!

Last night I got home late from work and went to do my usual scan through the garden walk.  I was shocked- shocked- to discover that five of my full-size tomato plants had ripe fruit on them!  First of all, pretty crazy that 5 plants (and 4 varieties!) all ripened on the same day, but [...]

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Wineberries!

About two weeks ago my friend Anna, who lives in Western Virginia, posted this on her Facebook status: “Dear wineberries:  I love you, I love you, I love you.  I wish I bought more of you.” Now I had never heard of a wineberry, so I asked her what on earth they were.   She [...]

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Harvest Monday!

I spent an incredible 5-day weekend in Vermont (and yes, it was quite hot even up there) and came home to a nice harvest!    Not only did I harvest my first zucchinis (8-Ball and Plato- the Cashflow’s have a few small fruits on them but not big enough to harvest just yet.  Disappointing, considering [...]

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Garden horror

So, I have a fear of snakes.  And I don’t mean that I don’t like them and a get a little squeamish, I mean I have a legitimate phobia of snakes.  Full on panic attack if I see one.  Even pictures of snakes make my palms sweat and I have to take a few deep [...]

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Growth

A snapshot of my garden on June 6th: That same spot, one month later, on July 6th: See what I mean about the weeds?  Yeesh.  You can also see two of my trellising methods for the tomatoes.  Maybe one day I’ll get around to posting about them, you know, when I finish the weeding (hahahaha!).

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Weird year

I’m sure it is somehow my fault, but this has been a weird year in my garden,  to wit: I harvested my first tomatoes at the end of June, and I have yet to pick a single squash or bean.  Soooo bizarre. Look:  Tomato: And my beans: Look up at the top of the image- [...]

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Harvest Monday!

Well, I actually forgot it was monday until I checked my feed reader and saw all of the Harvest Monday photos out there!  Whoopsie! Not too much to report this week except for one big victory:  Dah da da dahhhh! Yup.  I got maters!   These are, of course, Sungolds- the ever reliable.  But I [...]

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Got jam?

Hi guys!  I’m looking for a good, simple jam recipe.  I’ve picked and frozen enough berries now to start preserving them.  Anyone have a good berry jam that they make?  I’d prefer no pectin.   Thanks!

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