Today's harvest

Look at what we harvested today. A good amount of kale along with some radishes. Mommy said she'll use the radishes for her daily lunch salads. The kale will go into the pawrents morning green smoothies. We're not big fans of the green stuff but it sure smells healthy. We feel healthy just being next this super food.

Week twenty nine in the garden

Our kale really is making a comeback. We are plucking off leaves almost everyday for Mommy and Daddy's green smoothies. I sure hope the buggies don't move back in too soon.

So it turns out we were all wrong about what kind of tomatoes were growing through the fence from our neighbors yard. These little "toms" quit growing and turned red way before we thought they were going to but I know Mommy is pleased to have few extra for her salads or sauces.

I just love to watch our peppers turn different colors as they ripen. This one is a "Baby Bells" mini bell pepper and it will soon turn bright red. The weather has been kinder to us by cooling about ten degrees over the last week. We hope this week stays cooler for our garden. Thing just grow better when it's not so hot. Don't you agree?

Week twenty eight in the garden

Happy Labor Day. We finally arrived home after a long weekend of camping at Eagle Lake. Once we were unpacked we all ran to the garden to check what had grown the most. The Baby Bells,

and cherry tomatoes are growing so well that Mommy has been using them in all of Her and Daddy's lunches and dinners.

We are all out of store bought kale so as long as it keeps growing like this we will be just fine.

All four of the zucchini growing are still pretty small but I'm betting that they will make it to the dinner table this week.

Even though there are too many for me to count, Mommy said we can never get enough cucumbers. If you didn't already get enough of our weekend camp stories, tomorrow Sierra will tell you her scoop about our Labor Day trip.

Week twenty seven in the garden

We still have not been able to guess what kind of tomato's are growing through our fence but I think they are starting to look like roma's, what do you think?

After only a couple weeks, can you believe our kale already has fresh new growth that is completely bug free.

After a late start, the basil is looking really great. We keep pulling off the flowers that are growing and still eat all the leaves we want. Thanks little basil plant.

We are also starting our second week of Mommy going to work so I hope everyone understands that we will try to read and comment on as many blogs as we can during our hectic new schedule. I hope every one will be patient because we love our blog friends all so much.

Week twenty six in the garden

It looks like our heat wave is finally over and we are so pleased to see that more strawberries are ready to eat.

We lost the battle against spider mites, so Daddy stripped all the leaves off of all our kale plants. It's only been a week or two and there is already new growth. We have had a real kale shortage around our house so Mommy is eagerly watching it grow.

Oh boy did we pick a really big cucumber this weekend. It was a little too big for our taste so we will definitely have to pay more attention to all these little ones growing.

After a half a dozen failed attempts, Daddy gave up on me sniffing a lime for this photo. Sorry Pops, better luck next time.

Today we...

...harvested tons of kale, radishes, and cherry tomatoes. We can't believe how big the cherry tomatoes are getting. Mommy and Daddy eat them every day with their salad. The kale is used for green smoothies. Mommy also likes to sautee the kale with some garlic to serve as a dinner side dish. The radishes are great with tacos but Mommy said we can't have tacos every day. She likes to add them to her daily salads. What veggies are you enjoying right now?

Week eighteen in the garden

Happy Father's Day to our wonderful Daddy. Mommy said he was the best Daddy Doggy, but he quickly corrected her by saying he's the best Doggy Daddy. As you can see, we are eating lots of tomatoes lately. These extra sweet little cherries go well with a salad. Mommy loves her San Marzano's. She is going to make lots of yummy Italian sauce with their red fruit. This kale makes great smoothies. At least that's what Mommy and Auntie Kim say. Daddy is still on the fence as they say. He likes fruit in his smoothies way more than veggies but we're still trying to change his mind about that. Yay for zucchini flowers. That means lots of zucchinis to eat. Daddy said the flowers on the chives remind him of fireworks. I kind of see what he means. Maybe he is just looking forward to Fourth of July festivities. They are in just a few weeks. We hope everyone had a great Father's Day.

Wordless Wednesday: Today's harvest

Week thirteen in the garden

As you can see, our potato plants are doing very well. They look super healthy and are sure to reap a heavy harvest.

The same can be said about our tomato plants. Daddy was wise to space out the plants like this, giving them plenty of room to grow is definitely going to pay off. I already see flowers in bloom so I know tomatoes are on the way.

I know the broccoli plant doesn't grow very fast but this broccoli flower seemed to have appeared overnight.

All hail the kale. The mightiest in all our garden. No matter how much we eat, it just keeps growing and growing.

Ok, so here's the weird thing about our "sparsely parsley" plant. It has been really stretching out the last few weeks, and that's fine with me as long all those branches start filling in soon. Mommy wants some parsley already.

***HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the beautifully amazing mommies out there!!!***

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 Ten in the garden- Earth Day

The kale is growing quiet well. Nothing around it even compares.

This little squash plant is already starting to grow little zucchinis. How exciting!

Our yukon golds are finally coming up. So that means it is time for some hilling.

Today Daddy mulched the tomato bed with fresh bark. Boy does it looks nice.

Strawberries are always better the second year around and judging by the size of these plants we will be enjoying more of these these little berries.

In honor of Earth Day we are planting a persimmon tree.

First Daddy dug a really deep hole and then he planted our new tree in a circle of bark. We think it looks great. What did you do for Earth Day?

Week eight in the garden and a Happy Easter!!!

Can you say kale explosion? Mommy made kale twice this week and there is still an abundance.


All of the tomato plants are slowly growing. We had some cold weather last week but we hear that warmer weather is on its way. We know tomatoes love that heat.


Flowers mean that the strawberries are on their way!


The mint looks pawfect.



We hope your day was filled with lots of fun family time, hunting eggs, and tasty foodies. Happy Easter!!!

Week seven in the garden

The potatoes are coming along nicely. It looks like we're not the only ones who are interested in seeing our Yukon Golds grow. Someone has been munching on the leaves and that doesn't make me very happy. We hope the neem oil will keep that someone away.


The San Marzano and Cherry Gold tomato and zucchini plants are looking very healthy. All the leaves look very thick and green.


Is the kale ready to be harvested again after just one week? As always, we are very impressed by this super green garden gem.


The parsley and chives are looking amazing and ready to eat.