Garden Updates August 2010: Tomatoes & Peppers
The summer gardening season definitely started out slow. It took forever for the tomato, pepper, and melon plants to get…
Growing Tomato (& Tomatillos) from seed without artificial light (Pictorial)
Hey everyone, This will be my second year gardening and I decided to try growing plants from seed. Last year…
2010 Garden: Planning in process
I just started receiving all the gorgeous catalogs and am so excited for my 2010 garden. I think I have…
Vegetable Garden Update: November 2009
I can’t believe we are still picking ripe tomatoes in November. Granted, they are not as sweet as they were…
Garden Update: August 23, 2009 (4 months)
I have started to neglect my garden as well as my blog. Having 2 boys under the age of 2…
More tomatoes
I really don’t get sick of taking pictures of my harvest. I am like a proud mother hen. I just…
Ugliest Black Krim?
My Black Krim has been producing these big tomatoes. Some of them are quite interesting looking. I think they are…
Salmon Nicoise Salad
Made this delicious salmon nicoise salad for the family on wednesday. It is a great way to showcase your harvest.…
August 9, 2009 Updates
Sorry I have been too busy to update the blog. It has been a great season and we are harvesting…
Tomato Harvest (3 months since plant out date)
It has been 3 months since I planted the garden and we are having great harvests so far. These are…
Garden Update: July 25, 2009 (3 months)
Here is the 3 month garden update. Cinderblock garden: Is really taking off. The tomato plants are over 6 feet…
Garden Update: July 14, 2009 (2.5 months)
Just a little life update…our son was born last week. We are just so in love with our little guy.…
Lemon Cucumber: female blossom
It is petty easy to differentiate betwee the male and female blossoms if you know what to look for. This…
Tomato Update & Harvest: Stupice, Cherries, Oaxacan Jewel
Here are some tomatoes I picked the other mornng. They are Stupice, Sungold, Sun Sugar, and Sugar Snack. The cherry…
When life gives you lemons….or green tomatoes…
so I posted below about my son picking a green tomato off of my marvel striped plant. I was so…
Stupice FINALLY blushing!
The Stupice set fruit at the end of May and grew to about golfball size. They have not grown much…
Jack Strikes Again!
I was waiting for one of my bigger tomatos on the marvel striped to start ripening. It has turned from…
Hornworm infestation June 5, 2009
So a few days ago I found the hornworm below on my sungold in my cinderblock bed. Today when my…
Cherry Tomatoes are RIPE!
The Cherry Tomatoes are all ripe and have been for the last week or so. We have probably had about…
Lemon Cucumbers are HERE!
We never got around to building a trellis for our lemon cucumber. We have been so busy with parties, family…