Week twenty five in the garden

Our potato plants are starting to dry up now so it is finally time to harvest these little tater tots.

Our neighbor's tomato plant is growing through a crack in the fence. It is starting to grow little fruits and Mommy said they don't look anything like our toms.

We are still waiting for a cucumber to grow big enough so that we can eat it. This cuke plant is still stretching out so things are looking good.

Hello little zucchini. We're glad to see you while you're still so small.

Add some sour cream and these chives to those dirt nuggets that are almost done and you will have a yummy meal.

Can you tell by looking at this little basil plant that it is really producing some flavorful leaves? Mommy tries to put them into everything. My favorite so far has been basil chicken.

Week twenty four in the garden

Oops, we let this zucchini get a little too big. It's amazing how much they can grow in just two days.

Green tomatoes...

...red tomatoes. They're everywhere right now.

We started the cucumbers a little late but we're hoping to see a lot of these before First Frost.

Wordless Wednesday: Today's harvest

Week twenty two in the garden

I am ready to shuck some corn, is it ready? How can you tell when it's done?

Heirloom alert! Looks like better late than never is going to prove to be true.

This is still my personal favorite. I can't wait for Mommy to slice one of these little peppers.

Mommy said there are never enough cucumbers growing but Daddy said that one was better than none.

I wish Daddy could make these San Marzano tomatoes hurry up and grow big already. Instead we'll have to wait!

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 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 sixteen in the garden

Sixteen long weeks and we've only harvested a small basket of cherry tomatoes!What is going on around here? We've got basil on the way.Let's get with it Daddy. Mommy needs to make some marinara sauce already. Since we were still packing for our big move when we should of been sowing seeds, our garden is a little behind schedule. The San Marzano plants keep growing and growing but have yet to bear any fruit.
On the other hand, it's starting to look a lot like Thanksgiving around here. We have ripening sugar pumpkins and mini stalks of corn growing oh so well.
Speaking of things growing well, look at our romaine.It is really doing better than we ever expected. Daddy has finally redeemed himself in the lettuce growing department. It only took him a few seasons to get it right but you know what they say...better late than never.
I love how fast zucchini grows. I bet if I just stared at it all day long I would totally see it get bigger.
On the other hand, it doesn't look like the cucumbers have grown a bit since last week so we will have to wait and see how long they take to grow. Hopefully it's not too long.

While Daddy is busy...

transplanting these baby seedlings,

I'll be bathing in the sun since it's much cooler than it has been all week.

Mommy is in the kitchen baking lots of goodies and Sierra is napping on the couch. How are you spending your Saturday?

Wordless Wednesday: Today's harvest

Today we...

...harvested lots of heirloom tomatoes and two cucumbers. We had more than an inch of rain this past weekend and it was still pretty muddy out there. Needless to say we had to watch our every step since this was really our first time in the garden since the big storm. We had to double check everything to make sure all our plants were ok. After tying up a few tomato branches and staking the basil plant, I must say it felt like we really had to work for our harvest today.

Today's we harvested...

Several heirloom tomatoes, two cucumbers, and 1 giant zucchini.

What do you love most about Mondays? I love Mondays because it's a good day to catch up on rest from the weekend.

Week thirty in the garden

Has it really been thirty weeks? Time sure flies when you're having fun. I think Daddy should start a zucchini business. What do you think? I think we've harvested more zucchini than anything else this summer.

We were so happy to see more cucumbers. There was a clog in our drip system and the cucumber plant didn't get watered for two whole days. You can tell from the dry, crunchy looking leaves.

I'm ready for this watermelon to be ready.

Look at how tall one of our heirloom tomato plants has grown.
And we're happy to see lots of tomatoes. They'll start turning a pretty golden/reddish color soon.
Our sweet potatoes are thriving!
Our thyme is definitely trying. We hope it grows and grows so Mommy will have a lot of it to store away for winter.
P.S. Daddy got home before Mommy did today. Daddy and Grandpa had a great weekend away...relaxing, golfing, and eating lots and lots of good food and dessert. I think he forgot my doggy bag. We'll forgive him this time since we were so excited to see him after almost three days.