Wendy, Wendy, Lazy Blogger,
How does your garden fare?
With chard, kale, beans and lettuce,
And cucumbers hanging in the air.
(My take on an old nursery rhyme...do you recognize it?)
I haven't been blogging much, but thankfully, the garden has been doing it's thing! Here are some photos sure to amaze. Well, they amaze me. Really...how can a person NOT be amazed at the miracle of Creation and how things grow?
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| The whole garden...mid-June. We thought it was looking great! |
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| Some of the tomatoes in mid-June |
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| Same tomatoes on August 2nd. |
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| My garden buddy, who is over 3 foot tall, next to tomatoes on the right and squash on the left. |
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| Last week, the tallest zucchini I've ever seen! The fence post is about 4 ft. high. |
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| The cucumbers on August 2nd. We've never grown them going up before. I love it! I'm also proud to say that I made those trellises with the help of Zach, the happiest kid on the planet. And, yes, I may have planted a few too many cucumbers. This week all of the plants are now ABOVE the supports. We've been eating cucumbers every day for over a week. In the foreground, you see the lettuce and kale bed. |
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| Another shot of the kale, isn't it gorgeous. It's a mix of varieties. We are really enjoying them. I even made all of my in-laws eat some when the 10 of them invaded our house for a week. |
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| The sweet peas and carrot bed in front, chard and aramanth in the middle, and kale and lettuce in the back. Again, mid-June. Over to the right side you can see the bush beans (in the front of the bed) and the pole beans (along the fence) just peaking up from the dirt. |
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| My attempt to add color to the Little Farm. Ruby Red Chard (on the left), Golden Chard (on the right) and Aramanth in the center. Considered a weed by some, an ornamental plant by others and a grown as a grain in South America, Aramanth was new to me. I was mostly going for the ornamental use. However, being the cheap and adventurous gal that I am, I'm sure I'll be giving the edible grain thing a try, too. If the human residents of the Farm don't eat it, I'm sure the Gals will. |
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| The Spaghetti Squash are actually growing! This is a first. We have never been able to grown many (read 2 or 3 each year) squash. My helper and I counted 20+ growing inside and (mostly) outside the garden. In the past week, the big on ealong the ground has grown at least 50% more. Oh my! |
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| The beans. Bush in the front, Pole in the back. We've been eating Bush beans for a week or so now. The Pole beans are taking their time. |
We've been eating lettuce, sweet peas, chard and kale for weeks now. The beans, zucchini and cucumbers are starting rolling in just over a week ago along with a few yellow/orange tomatoes. Hopefully, the tomatoes will get a move on! They huge and viney and green, but I'd like a few more actual tomatoes on the things. Time will tell!
So fellow "farmers," how do your gardens grow?
