June 19, 2019 A few notes: The tomatoes started from seed looked terrible after transplanting but hung on and are now fine, just smaller than the couple I bought, which is good to space out the harvest. Peppers started from
In the Garden Year 1-June
In the Garden Year 1-May
On a sunny late May day (5-25-19), we planted the majority of our garden. This is in no way a “how to garden” story, more of a journal of a beginner. This is what we planted: Veggies we bought starter
The Sungrown GARDEN
Last summer, we built our garden, and yes it took the whole summer. Now that we have a bigger yard, I want to grow more food. We took down an old willow tree that was storm damaged and were left
Garden Bruschetta
It’s not quite tomato season yet, but I made this recipe last year and am just getting around to it now (we have another new baby in the house, so cooking has taken a backseat and writing about cooking has taken
The Summer Lunch
If its not last night’s leftovers, this is often my lunch in the summer. No recipe follows…its fresh and light and can be different every day. Fruits drizzled with honey, vegetables, cheese, some kind of meat-salami, prosciutto, or smoked salmon-bread,
Little Free Garden Disaster
As you can see we’ve hit a little snag. The city is doing something or other, electrical work, and just has to take out the sidewalk along with my boulevard tomatoes. Nice guys though, they actually attempted to transplant them-just
July Garden Update
Things are going well in the backyard…and on the boulevard. We’ve been eating a little but the best is yet to come, mainly tomatoes and zucchini on their way. I took these photos a week or so ago and already
Little Free Garden
I’m undertaking a new gardening project. Our backyard garden is underway with tomatoes, squash, a couple experimental corn stalks, some peas and transplanted strawberries, a few pots of herbs, and a little bed of lettuce….I thought I was done. The
Backyard Garden
Our backyard garden is finally planted and starting to grow. This year we’ve stuck mostly to tomatoes (a few different kinds) and squash (zucchini and patty pan squash) because I know they are easy ones to grow and good ones