tatume squash
hardly any make it into the house
still more to come…
lucullus chard continues to produce
first year trying okra
beans galore
finding the bottom of the barrel?
sunflowers!
kazakh melons
pigeon peas still young
love his homemade gates
always adding more mulch
What’s happening in your garden?
He calls me Ma and asks if it’s okay if he and his brother live on the land adjacent to us when they grow up. “How about this?” he says with wide eyes and upturned hands. “How about I grow apple trees and we have pigs and we bring you apples and lard from the…
I’m sure at one point we were talking about other things related to food and babies and agrarianism and sustainability. And I’m sure it was all very pertinent at the time. But right now I think there’s nothing more exciting going on than beans. I’m not canning jar after jar and we’re not bringing in…
After we expanded the Chicken Field last year, we had talked about planting potatoes. Originally we thought we might do it last spring but couldn’t get the garden prepared in time. This year it seemed the way was made for it to happen so a few weeks ago we began preparing rows. Then just the…
It sort of feels like the garden off-season even though things are still very much growing. We haven’t had much frost to speak of and it is actually in the 80s today. But because most everything is greens and roots, we are simply eating loads of it every day and I am taking a break…
Oh Texas June, you befuddle me with your shiny garden produce set to the backdrop of triple digit days. Summer technically hasn’t even begun yet but the green beans and squash and tomatoes are needing extra water and mulch to survive the heat. Whereas I was once picking strawberries and peas on warm Midwestern June days, I…
The first real freeze came through early this week. There were even a few flurries one night which excited the children into running out into the cold, dark night to catch a glimpse. It almost seems laughable to say such a thing, having family in both Minnesota and Alaska, but cold weather is exciting news…
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Our garden is doing well this year – but my tomatoes are all still green. The colder than normal winter delayed everything this year. Okra – one of my favorite things to grow. Hope you have good success with it. We grow Clemson spineless okra. Enjoyed your pictures as always.
How I wish I could grow melons up here! We have some local farms that do, but they never seem to grow in my garden. It looks wonderful!