Potato Harvest Part One

Look at what we harvested today! Yukon gold and purple potatoes. After waiting all summer, we could hardly wait to see what was beneath all that dirt. We see lots of baked fries, baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, potato soup, pierogis, potatoes au gratin, scalloped potatoes, and hash browns in our future.

P.S. The cute little Papillon from yesterday's post belonged to a customer who visited Mommy's work. Her name is Angel and everyone at Mommy's work was in love with her.

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 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!!!***

Today's harvest

All the potatoes are harvested.

Daddy hopes to make some seed potatoes and plant them for another harvest before winter. We finally harvested some tomatoes today. Mommy was very happy. Mommy and Daddy enjoyed fresh tomatoes and cucumbers tonight. I am still waiting for my cantaloupe.

Week thirteen in the garden

This is what Daddy built yesterday. A lettuce box. Mommy loves it. We all can't wait for the seeds to start sprouting.

Daddy guided me through the garden today. I can already taste the strawberries.
The zucchini plants grew a lot this week.
Can you believe this tomato plant came from a seed that we started thirteen weeks ago?!
We thinned out the turnips earlier this week and I think they already grew back.
The mint plants look pawesome. Mommy says she needs to order some tea so she can make mint tea.
Checking in on all the potato plants. I think we're going to have a lot of potatoes!!!
The corn and bok choy grew a lot this week too!
And so did the cucumbers.
P.S. I am very happy to report that we did get a great long walk today.

Week twelve in the garden

Most of the seedlings in our greenhouse are growing!!! We are still waiting for the sweet potatoes to sprout.

Daddy transplanted the strawberry plants today. He also bought a golden strawberry plant. We can't wait to see what those will look like.
The bok choy grew a little this week.
The turnips grew a lot this week.
Since none of our bell pepper sprouted, Daddy finally broke down and bought a plant.
Look at out bear keeping watch over our heirloom tomatoes.
The mint also grew a lot this week.
And so did the potatoes. We wonder how big these plants will get???
The beets, corn, and zucchini are all in the ground and coming along. Happy gardening, everyone!!!

Week eleven in the garden

Remember the two boxes from yesterday? Well this is what was inside. Sierra and I were really hoping for Greenies or beef tendons but we're happy that Daddy bought a new compost bin. Our homemade one finally gave out and Daddy said it was time to buy one already!

All of our seedlings are doing great in the greenhouse! We haven't seen the avocados or the japanese sweet potatoes sprout so we are eagerly waiting for them.
The strawberries are doing great. We harvested a few today.
Look at how much the potatoes have grown since last week!
I think the mint plants grew just a bit.
The turnips are growing nicely. Daddy says we'll have to thin them out pretty soon.
And here are the first signs of life from the beets. Mommy loves beets.
Look at the bok choy. They are really starting to grow.
We transplanted some of the cucumber plants into bigger pots today.
And this is my view of the garden for now. Daddy says I can go in once everything starts growing.
Happy Mother's Day to all the pawesome mommies out there. I'm SO thankful for mine.:)

Week ten in the garden

We couldn't believe how much our potato plants grew this week. Sierra and I counted twenty seven plants!

We transported some of our seedlings into bigger pots.

The turnips are beginning to sprout.
I think our mint plants have grown just a tiny bit.
Look at these gorgeous strawberries. We harvested these today. We didn't get to eat any of them today. It was a busy day. I'm keeping my paws crossed for tomorrow.
Here is a glimpse of Grandma and Grandpa's plum tree. It's a huge tree and we can't wait to harvest all the plums. We are very excited!!!
It was Grandma's birthday today. All the humans went out to dinner to celebrate. Can you believe there weren't any leftovers? Ugh! Mommy made a homemade vanilla cake with chocolate frosting for Grandma. It was served wit vanilla ice cream. Did I mention it was delicious? So delicious that we forgot to take pictures. But all the pups had our share of vanilla cake (minus the frosting) and ice cream. Hurray for birthdays!!!

Week nine in the garden

Mommy kicked things off with a batch of applesauce. Daddy, Sierra and I thought it was delicious. Mommy uses it mostly for our cookies.

Then we got to work. Daddy transported our seedlings into bigger pots. We hope to see them grow quickly.
Look at all our seedlings!
We didn't harvest the two strawberries that were ready. I'm happy to report that there are lots of strawberries growing. I hope they turn red soon!
The potatoes are thriving. I just wish we could see underneath all that dirt.
This is all of Daddy's hard work. Starting a garden from scratch is not easy. Daddy paved a walk way where we'll put pavers. Can you see the mint plants? Daddy planted bell peppers, turnips, and beets behind them.
I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!