I knit, I frog, I knit again…

Zucchini plant: Zucchini: Eggplant: Pepper: Chard: Tomatoes: Beans: Cucumbers: Technorati Tags: Garden, gardening

Our local stitch n bitch group met this morning – there are usually 2 or 3 members who meet on Monday mornings, but since it’s a holiday, there were about a half dozen of us, and the usual good time was had by all.  I can’t believe that 1 week from today will be our [...]

No pictures today, but here’s what we’ve got: teeny green beans, tiny cucumbers, lots of small green tomatoes, flowers on all the squash, at least 1 pepper on every pepper plant, flowers have appeared on the eggplants, and lots of lettuce & swiss chard… Technorati Tags: Garden, gardening

Wow-this is today’s salad made entirely from the garden-arugula, romaine, bib and other lettuce. Too bad the cukes & peppers aren’t ready yet! Technorati Tags: Garden, gardening

Uh-oh… There was a spot on the cucumber leaves when I took the picture the other day. A (as in single) spot. Now? Many of the leaves have spots, so I went to my trusted local garden center & found out it’s a fungus. I sprinkled the powder they recommended on the leaves (also good [...]

Things are growing like gangbusters! Beans: Squash: Blackberries: Oooh – a ripe one hiding! Peppers, eggplant, squash, cukes, beans, lettuce, chard: Look! A pepper: More blackberries: Tomatoes: Tomatoes, squash, lettuce: Tomato: Cukes: Technorati Tags: Food, Garden, gardening

2 weeks ago today we put the vegetables in.  This is how they look today: Cucumbers Green beans Peppers, squash, lettuce, chard Squash, lettuce, tomatoes Future pepper! Future tomato! And? What would this blog be without bird photos? “Hey, guys – is this restaurant hosting a private party, or can anyone join?” Technorati Tags: Garden, [...]

Granted, it’s not much more than a mouthful, but it’s fresh, tender, and tasty! Technorati Tags: Garden, gardening

92 degrees today, but the plants are doing well. Our son was on watering duty this morning, and gave the soil a good soaking.  This afternoon when I got home, things were looking parched & a little droopy, so I gave the garden another good soaking. Fingers crossed… Technorati Tags: Garden, gardening

Well, 24 hours have passed, and everything still seems to be alive… Technorati Tags: Garden, gardening