Today in the garden

This year I am off to a shot gun start in the garden. It is April and I am eating fresh from the garden and even supplying my first share this weekend! Over wintering food in the garden, starting early (risking that the mild weather would continue), having raised beds that don't really require much work to get them going in the spring have all contributed to great success already!

Take a look at the garden today

Chickadee has moved in!

 

Asparagus

 

Potatoes and raspberries

 

Spinach and swiss chard

 

Swiss chard, broccoli, garlic  and onions

 

strawberries

 

the orchard

 

Lettuce, kale  and peas

 

 celery

Harvesting

As summer comes to an end we begin preparing to store our harvest for winter.

The hurricane left us lots of firewood...

Onions braided....

this sunflower actually survived the mice, hiding it in with the asparagus worked!

potatoes drying...



the melons didn't get big but...

they were delicious!

Always lots of little helpers

Happy Harvesting

The garden May 4

The garden is coming to life!

Last year we put in a few strawberries, bought at a yard sale. We were thrilled that they provided us with yummy berries from June 'till September! We bought, from a neighbor down the street, another 60 plants for $10.00!

We had to create a new bed to fit them all into the yard.

This is an easterly view of the garden. The fruit tree's are in and pruned. Apple, peach, plum and cherry. The raised beds have asparagus, cucumber, squash varieties and swiss chard. Already peeking out of the dirt are potatoes, broccoli, onions, lettuce, parsley and raspberry and blueberry bushes.

The birds are moving in!

A pair of orioles sang to us.

I couldn't let this house stay at the dump. Some child spent time on this masterpiece and some birds are sure to move in.

This is the wedding hill. We spent months getting grass to grow here, and it did. Satinka and I traveled down together on my wedding day, it was beautiful. Unfortunately the grass won't stay. The rain just keeps washing it away. We are going to try to plant grass over there rocks, in hopes that it will drain the water through and let the soil stay. Stay tuned!