We're finally beginning to harvest vegetables from the garden. Our seedling's growth was definitely challenged by all the rain and cooler temps earlier this spring. I was really concerned that many seedlings may not make it.
The 'Bullnose' bell peppers are growing nicely. Half a dozen tasty and crisp emerald peppers have been harvested and enjoyed. Cucumbers are starting to come in daily and as they do they're either eaten or added to an herby brine to become pickles.
Tomatoes are beginning to steadily ripen, but not ready daily just yet. Soon! Soon we'll be able to make pico de gallo, salsa, and gravy with our own tomatoes. Many will be canned, too. Having home grown tomatoes available to eat during the winter months is a must.
Tomatillos are hanging heavy from the branches, melons and squash on the vines, Georgia Flame, jalapeno, pasilla, and serrano peppers, carrots, beets (golden and red), kale, beans for drying (Brockton Horticultural, Cherokee Trail of Tears, Good Mother Stallard Pole, and Hidatsa Red Indian) and onions.
Garden expansion plans for next year are being made. More food, less grass!
Tomatillos are hanging heavy from the branches, melons and squash on the vines, Georgia Flame, jalapeno, pasilla, and serrano peppers, carrots, beets (golden and red), kale, beans for drying (Brockton Horticultural, Cherokee Trail of Tears, Good Mother Stallard Pole, and Hidatsa Red Indian) and onions.
Garden expansion plans for next year are being made. More food, less grass!
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| 'Cherry Glow' heirloom poppies that were successfully grown from seed! |
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| Ganzania twins |
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| Wright Gardens looking lush. |
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| Pasilla peppers |
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| 'Carl's Glass Gem' corn. |
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| The silks of 'Carl's Glass Gem'. A silk for every kernel of corn. |
Pollen thighs.
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| The Brockton Horticulture beans are turning a brilliant pinkish-red color. The beans within are really plumping up! |
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| A small butterfly enjoying cosmos nectar. (Click the photo to enlarge and then zoom in to admire its striped antennae.) |
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| Two beautiful muskmelons. Hopefully animals don't devour them before they ripen. A watermelon has already suffered this fate. |
No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the Earth,
and no culture comparable to that of the garden.
~Thomas Jefferson
The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature.
To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.
~Alfred Austin
~Alfred Austin
All gardening is landscape painting.
~William Kent
