This is one “harvest”. I have a cucumber and some french onion dip too. Yum! The cucumbers are coming along nicely. Two quick facts for those that didn’t know (and I only recently found out) the bumps on the cucumber at this point are thorn-like. And those “hairs” you can see on the stem of … Continue reading
Last Friday: Today: Today I harvested 4 thick sprigs of sage, side shoots from the broccoli, a bowl full of cherry tomatoes and a sprig of lemon balm for my tea. (It smells soooo good!) Last night I had fresh chives on my baked potato. There are cobs forming on my corn and later tonight … Continue reading
At least the heat is good for something… We got red and orange tomatoes, ‘Bright lights’ swiss chard (which I’ve never had before), a massive zucchini, yellow squash, some sort of squash that looks like an albino zucchini, an onion, zucchini relish, strawberry preserves, banana bread and zucchini bread. I am quite happy.
Gardening seems like a hassle sometimes (especially when it’s hot, or I’m not feeling well like now). But invariably once I get out there and start doing some clipping, or weeding, or rearranging I feel so much better. There really is something soothing about getting outside, in the sun and preforming the simple task of … Continue reading
I was going to do a post about the herbs I’m growing complete with pictures of how great they’re doing. But as we left today I went out back and discovered the dog had knocked the pot off the table and I was lucky I could get the herbs inside before they burned in the … Continue reading
Here, have some pictures! We went to the library’s summer reading kick off party Saturday and on the way we stopped and took a few pictures. This is Theater Square on 4th Street. Why is 4th street so popular with me? Well Jason works at an office there. A block away there’s 4th Street Live … Continue reading
