Week fifteen in the garden

Just look at these beauties. I think we're on track for lots and lots of tomatoes this summer. (Mommy is doing a happy dance).

Our second crown of broccoli looks just about ready to harvest.

Looks like someone likes our basil as much as we do. Maybe we'll have better luck next year.

We were to excited to see our first zucchini today!

Week eleven in the garden

The broccoli leaves look amazing and huge. We hope the broccoli crown will show up before the weather gets too hot.

As always, the kale outshines everything else in our garden.

Can you believe this is the flower that's on top of our green onions right now? Mommy thinks it is very pretty.

Our tomatoes were a major fail last year. (This was common with a lot of backyard farmers we know). But this year they look well on their way to producing lots and lots of fruit.

We are thrilled to be seeing tons of strawberries. We can already taste them.

The chives had a rough start last year. We've heard people say that everything does better the second year. We're so glad the chives stuck it out. Mommy loves cooking with chives...creme fraiche quiche, herbed eggs, mashed sweet potatoes, roasted veggies...the possibilities are endless.

Week nine in the garden

Does anyone need thyme? Ok, good because we have TONS of it.


We transplanted one of our baby bell plants today. This is our first time growing bell peppers from seed and we are very excited!


We can't believe how much the mint grew in just one week. We are ready for some mint in our smoothies.


Just look at all of those flowers on the strawberries. We can already smell them. Hurry, strawberries!


The tomato plants are looking healthy and strong.

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.

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?

Week twelve in the garden

Do you see what I see? It's our very first zucchini of the season. Daddy almost did a backwards cartwheel when he saw the baby zucchini but I told him to restrain himself.

We are seeing more and more baby tomatoes every day.

We hope our newest crop of lettuce will be much better than our last.

We finally have snap peas!!! Mommy says she'll harvest some this week for dinner.

We could hardly believe our eyes. Our new lemon and lime trees are flowering. And you know what flowers mean...fruit. We can't wait to see how big the lemons and limes get this year.

Happy Father's Day to our pretty amazing Daddy and to all the pretty amazing Dad's out there!!! You are loved!

Week eleven in the garden

We love snoopervising Mommy and Daddy while they're working in the garden.

Our squash/zucchini/pumpkin patch is in full bloom. Look at those huge leaves!

We've harvested strawberries almost every day this week. And we hope to be harvesting more and more.

Daddy had to thin out the carrots today. Mommy thought the baby carrots were so cute.

It's always exciting to see flowers on plants. Flowers mean that baby bells are just around the corner.

We wonder how big the pears will get this year.

It's very exciting to see so many baby tomatoes.

We hope everyone had a pawesome weekend!!!

Week ten in the garden

Well hello there little zucchini flowers that are starting to take shape.

After months of harsh weather, not a lot of sun but plenty of rain, look what we finally saw today!!!

We've got a kale forest in our garden right now. Mommy has been using it to cook all sorts of goodies. This week she'll use it for zuppa tuscana.

We are so excited to already see tiny peppers coming.

The garlic is really taking off.

We want to wish our Daddy the bestest birthday ever!!! He and Mommy went out for a special dinner tonight which we'll tell you about tomorrow. We hope you all had a great weekend!

Week four in the garden

We were enjoying the cool, breezy day while Daddy was working hard in our garden.

Well hello there, garlic. It's very nice to see you.

We are very excited to see the potato seedlings!

The heirloom tomatoes have finally arrived on the scene.

Mommy thinks the snap peas look very pretty.

What are some of your favorite things to grow?

It's almost the end of gardening season. I'm still hopeful that we will still get a few more days of sunshine before the rest of our garden dies off completely. We had a few nights of freezing temperatures but that was enough to kill the tomatoes. Almost all of our garden is dead.

Our cucumber plant did not make it.

We're thankful our parsley did.

The jalapenos look pretty good.

And so does the broccoli.

And the kale.

And the lettuce.

Do you have anything growing in your garden right now?