Wordless Wednesday: Oh shucks!

Week twenty five in the garden

Today was kind of hot out and tomorrow is supposed to be even hotter. At least the garden is getting a lot of sun.

Mommy wants a cherry tree but so far all we have are cherry tomatoes.

I wish Fall wasn't here already because the cantaloupes need as much sun as they can get.

We have a very small Asian pear tree and are so glad it produced a few this year.

Daddy said the corn is ready and he is finally going to harvest them. We will have to take some to Grandpa and Grandma's house next weekend for a barbecue.

Week twenty three in the garden

We've seriously have a basil and kale field. Mommy has been so busy lately that she's hardly had the time to harvest some yummy kale for dinner. She's promised Daddy that it will be on this week's menu at least three times.

The oregano looks ready to be harvested and dried up for use in the winter. Don't ya think?

Can you believe how small our tomatoes still are? (Insert sad face).

We all think the purple hair on the corn is pretty cool.

The swiss chard is doing quite well despite the warm weather we had last week.

Does anyone need any green onions? Mommy says we have an endless supply of them...so please, if you need any, feel free to come on over.

Week twenty in the garden

Happy Sunday everyone. Here is our weekly edible garden update. Mommy was very pleased to see a few of these baby bell peppers growing.

Growing next to the peppers are these beautiful cherry tomatoes...

and of course we can't forget about the kale and the basil

and oregano.


Oh boy, oh boy. Doesn't it look like this broccoli is almost Ready to eat? I think it's doing quiet well for a plant that doesn't like the summer heat.

The cucumber plant has made it to the end of our little fence so now we'll have to wait and see where it is going to grow to next.

I don't like to say I told you so but the corn started peaking over the fence this week just as I had predicted. I can't wait till next week to tell you more about our wonderful little backyard garden.

I hope everyone has a great Monday.

Week nineteen in the garden

Wow oh wow, it is August already? I can't believe how crazy of a year it has been. Weather has played a major role in delaying all of our crops this year. Thankfully until now the bugs haven't been too bad but recently something has been invading our garden and munching on our strawberries before I ever get to... Grrrrr. What's going on, Daddy? Put up that bird netting already. Sierra and I can't watch the garden all the time.
The cucumbers are finally getting big enough to harvest.

And the tomatoes are bearing plenty of cherry sun golds for all you can eat fresh garden salad.

I love the way corn grows so fast. It will be peaking over our really high fence any day now.

Our oranges still look like limes so Mommy says it looks like they will still be a while.
Kale, lettuce, basil and all of our other herbs are doing excellent in this wonderfully mild summer we're having in Northern California.

Week eighteen in the garden

Today might have been the best Sunday of the summer. The weather was not too hot, most of the yard work was finished yesterday, and Mommy and Daddy were both home all day so we had lots of together time, lots of snack time, and even more belly rub time than ever. As you can see our garden is doing very well.

The cucumber plant keeps spreading out and is now crawling across the little fence around the garden.

They sure are growing slowly.

I really love the colors of our lettuce. They might be the prettiest edible plants out there.

It looks like some little black bugs found the broccoli flowers before Daddy did.

We also harvested all of our beets and carrots yesterday so today we planted more beets, and carrots, and also some spinach.

These little pepper plants are finally starting to come back after Daddy almost killed them by not watering them enough during our last heat wave.

Our corn is starting to flower already so we will definitely be enjoying corn on the cob very soon.

Our cherry tomato trellis is starting to really fill out with little green balls.

Our oranges are almost full size so we hope they will start turning color soon.

Week seventeen in the garden

We're sad that we haven't seen any peppers on our pepper plant yet. We're not giving up hope though!

Look at how much the corn grew this week. There should be ears growing in no time.

There are tons of green cherry tomatoes. We are patiently waiting for them to turn "sun gold."

You know what all those pretty flowers mean. We've got tons of cucumbers coming!

We're very happy to see lots and lots more strawberries.

Once Mommy feels better, Daddy can't wait for her to make him some sun brewed tea so he can use some of our lemon balm.

So far we only have one sugar pumpkin...(insert sad face). We sure hope to see more before the season ends.

We hope everyone had a great weekend!

Week fourteen in the gargen

Hi there, baby sugar pumpkin. We can't wait to see more and more of you.

The spaghetti squash is getting really big.

We are more than ecstatic to see our first cucumber.

The lettuce is doing extremely well in the raised bed. They look ready to be eaten.

These tomatoes should go very well with the lettuce for a yummy salad tomorrow night.

The swiss chard looks ready for harvest. We don't really like swiss chard but Mommy and Daddy seem to love it.

We think the corn grew about eight inches this week. They must really like the hot weather.

Look at the size of the oranges. We wonder when they'll start turning orange?

We hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend.