August 2nd, 2010 by Busy Mommy

July 28th, 2010 by Busy Mommy

This is probably already over a month old- that’s how behind I am on posting- hence my author name “busy mommy”.  I decided Nolan was big enough to come and sit outside with me while I did a bit of gardening.  It came as no surprise that he tried to eat the woodchips…

I took that out pretty quick, but I did let him have the first bite out of our first ripe tomato…

May 14th, 2010 by Overallgirl

How does our grow right now in May?  Well- we’ve got some lovely little items just popping out that will get bigger and ripen in ensuing months….

First off Ben’s new growlight system and heat pad- to get certain items like Tomatoes and Basil off to a quicker start earlier in the year….

Figalicious….

Dino Kale- my one true love….

Cherries….

A Monstrous Chard that has no business in our garden anymore because we’re just not eating it but we don’t have the heart to take it out yet because it’s become this beautiful, huge, tree-like thing….

As I said, tree-like…the chard if you’ll notice is almost as tall as the plum tree behind it which is about 8 feet tall now

Bush Cherries– first cherries to show up since we planted this little guy- interested to see what they taste like….

Thornless Blackberry blossom buds….I’m looking forward most to the fruiting and ripening of these…I can see the blackberry stains on my hand already….

Apricots…I think these are my next favorite out of what we have in our garden

Teeny tiny apples…well they’ll get much bigger but not till late summer

Santa Rosa Plums…Ben awaits his favorite fruit to ripen

Nectarines on tree in front yard- the tree that last year a specific neighbor stole most of the Nectarines from (and there were like 100- we ate like 5).

Mulberries…these are the ones on the technically “just for looks” tree- but honestly I think the berries still taste pretty good.

These are the mulberries on the “meant to be eaten” tree- the berries on this tree are much sweeter and have a dynamic sour taste lacking in the “just for looks” tree

Limes…so tiny still, but already I have committed them to use in my carne asada tacos….

Gooseberries- we just planted these this late winter and are interested to see what they taste like