The Obligatory Giant Zucchini Post
If you have a garden, you are familiar with this scenario. Late in the spring, you start to get the fresh veggie fever. One of the easiest plants to grow is zucchini... Read More
Zucchini Blossoms
Summer is in full swing, and as anticipated, the zucchini is too: We have a few giant fruits out there, and need to start doing some serious baking! But right now, we... Read More
Tomato Season!
Today’s Pick: After months of waiting, the tomatoes are finally ripening! Our small purple eggplants are still producing like crazy, and we are now getting large purple eggplants as well. The zucchini... Read More
It’s zucchini season…
Last night, we had 70 mile per hour winds (according to some storm reports from our county), which delivered half of a tree onto a section of my sunflowers and zucchini. The... Read More
Grilled Rattitoulie
My niece and nephew spent the night at our house last Thursday, and while they were here, we watched the Disney/Pixar movie “Ratatouille.” There was a two-year-old and a three-year-old, and Puck... Read More
4th of July
We spent much of the day out in the sun, and went for a nice bike ride. Beautiful weather this weekend, and rain possible tonight. I always hope for rain over night.... Read More
New Compost Bin
Last weekend I was getting kind of sick of our composting system (piling up compost behind the garden and blocking it off with skids so that Puck won’t eat it), and so... Read More
Today’s Pick
Jessi’s half of the garden is reaching full-harvest mode! I probably should have picked the broccoli a couple days ago – it’s just about to flower. There are some nice cauliflower heads... Read More
Grilling Summer Squash
You know it’s summer when every meal looks something like this:
First summer squash of the season
I’ll have to get up early tomorrow to pick the rest; there are at least 15 more where those came from! I should add, these were from Jessi’s half of the garden... Read More