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

Berries, berries, berries.  In other words:  BEST HARVEST EVER!   The cultivated blueberries are ripening, the black raspberries are in full gear, and I am in heaven.  I adore berries.  They are my favorite fruits.  And I buy them exactly never, because I cannot believe how expensive they are (and they are usually gross from the [...]

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Harvest Monday and a question of ethics

First, the ethics. So just say that there is a stand of magnificent, overburdened raspberry canes about 300 yards from your house.  Say these raspberry canes are behind a stone wall in an obviously disused and abandoned farm, complete with derelict heavy garden equipments and the skeleton of a greenhouse.  Say these raspberries have been [...]

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Tomatoes tomatoes tomatoes

So here’s my big, dark gardening secret:  I hate tomatoes.  I mean I loathe them.   I think they are the most repulsive, awful thing in the world.  And oh my, do I hate myself for it.  I want to like them so badly.  They are so beautiful, and healthy, and versatile.  They are easy [...]

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What’s growing?

Not much here in zone 6A.   Our garden is almost exclusively hot weather plants- tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, zuchinni, and beans- which makes for a lot of waiting around.  Not that there aren’t a MILLION things to do this time of year (especially when SOMEONE decides it is a good idea to gallivant off to Europe in [...]

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Fruit!

One of the BEST things about this little farm is that there is already a lovely berry patch that is well-established.  I don’t have to to anything- just walking through it occasionally while wistfully sighing about the prospect of fresh blueberries.  It’s hard work being a gardener, let me tell you! The blueberries are covered [...]

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Harvest Monday!

Yep- we’re actually getting fresh food out of the garden already, but it isn’t really my doing- these are all plants that went in way before me. That asparagus bed was REALLY happy about our recent weeding, and it is rewarding us with an impressive harvest even this early.  Now I’ve never grown asparagus before, [...]

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Garden truths

I have learned many truths since I started gardening, and this is certainly one of them: Nothing, but nothing, is as lovely a sight as this: I’ve taken to walking around the garden every day when I get home and every morning before I leave, in an attempt to get familiar with the land.   Last [...]

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First Harvest

Pitifully small and shockingly late, I had my first harvest yesterday.  I picked two small 8-ball zuchinnis which were promptly sauteed in a little olive oil and happily eaten.   They were excellent- I do love that variety so very much. Things are finally turning into summer around here, though we are still having 60s in [...]

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