A Bouquet of EdiblesThree wonderful sunny days this week tell me that the darkest days of winter are behind us. The seed catalogues landing in my inbox and in my postbox are filled with possibilities to make even more colourful and tasty edible bouquets than the ones I created last summer.
BetterBoy Or TallBoy Tomatoes?These are BetterBoy tomatoes being grown in 5 gal. buckets. Silly me, after pulling all the ripe ones, I think of taking a picture. There are tomatoes at 5 ft., 6 ft., 7 ft., and 8 ft. At 9 and 9½ ft. there are blooms.
Edible PurslanesThere are several different kinds of Portulaca. Probably the most often grown by the home gardener is Portulaca pilosa. It's common name is Moss Rose. With a 25¢ pack of seed from a local dollar store, you can have a pretty, multi colored display of low growing, almost carefree flowers from Spring to late Fall.
Escaping PumpkinsDo you think pumpkins know we want to carve them up? These three look like they did and wanted to escape from my garden! Ha ha ha.
My Two Garden HarvestersMy two harvesters in our home garden. My husband and our loyal cat Annie, who follows us everywhere on the property (our Guard Cat..lol) harvesting a bumper crop of Brussels sprouts, green beans, peas, zucchini, tomatoes, cukes, and more!
Hillbilly TomatoHere is a really odd looking tomato from our plants. My son Steve is the gardener.
Garden: Jalapenos From Blossom To YumMy veggie garden is limited to a few pots on a patio instead of in a yard garden now. No matter where you grow your veggies or herbs of choice it's inspiring, intriguing and beautiful to watch them grow from infancy to maturity.
Garden: Bees Pollinating the CornEarly in the morning when I was out picking in the garden, I heard a lot of buzzing going on in the corn. I decided to see who was so busy. I noticed not only bumble bees, but also honey bees working hard on pollinating our corn.
Garden: Giant CabbageMy husband and I live in extreme northern California. We live off grid and our home is powered by solar panels and a wind generator. We have recently erected a large green house to grow our garden in since the growing season here is so short and harsh.
Strawberries from the GardenThis is the first year I have been able to grow more than a small handful of strawberries. What a treat to eat them fresh from my own, pesticide-free garden!
Hanging TomatoesI recycled my milk jugs by planting tomatoes in them upside down, and fed them used coffee grounds, they are thriving!
Garden: Pumpkin and Watermelon HarvestWe had a really good garden this year, which supplied us with an over abundance of abundance of peas, beans, carrots, peppers, corn, cabbage, tomatoes, watermelon, cantaloupe, pumpkins, squash, cucumbers, and beets.
Growing Three SistersTesting three sisters mound with sunflowers and pole beans.
Sweet Potato PlantSweet potato plant, beautiful and easy to grow.
Flower Bed Okra PlantsThese are pictures of my okra plants. I purchase seeds from a man in Texas who developed this strain and have been using his special seeds for years. . .
