Our first harvest

Look at all this kale that we harvested yesterday. Mommy loves to use it in soups, in salads, as a side dish, and in green smoothies. We love green smoothies too.


While Mommy was busy harvesting, I (Teddy Bear) was busy crossing through the garlic bed to get to the fence. Oopsie. How was I to know that raised beds are off limits?

Week eight in the garden

Where's all the lettuce? I don't even see enough for a side salad.

Thankfully we have lots of baby greens from our other raised beds to keep our salad bowl full. Mommy said she loves how the little rows of different veggies are so pretty in this bed.

Wow, we have never grown such big strawberries. Sierra keeps checking to see if there are any turning red, but sorry little Sister, not yet.

We officially have a potato jungle in our backyard. The little yukon gold plants aren't so little anymore. Can you see me? There I am hiding behind all those monster potato bushes. I think I'm gonna have to do some digging pretty soon because I can smell those little spuds growing already.

What a...

...beautiful basket of greens. Mommy thinks all the colors are very pretty. It was time to thin out the bok choy, swiss chard, kale, and beets. Mommy and Daddy enjoyed the yummy greens in a salad tonight with homemade bleu cheese dressing. We didn't care for the salad but there was plenty of chicken for us to enjoy.

Azure Monday

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!!! Look at all our goodies from Azure Standard this month. Oats for my dinner (and homemade granola). Emergen-C for Daddy. Zukay salad dressing for salads. Soap to get us clean. Vanilla for baking. Honey for our cookies, tea, granola, and yogurt. Avocados for salads, sandwiches, and guacamole. I've never had it but Mommy and Daddy love them. They love avocados so much that they sometimes eat them plain. I think I need a snack now. How about you?

Week thirty nine in the garden

Going, going, gone! After thirty nine weeks, our wonderful veggie garden has come to an end. Today we helped Daddy break down the tomato plants to turn them into compost. Our veggie garden brought us bountiful harvests for the last thirty nine weeks. We've been blessed with great weather and with Daddy's green thumb. Tonight we had the last of the bounty from our garden. Mommy made mashed sweet potatoes with parsley to go along with steak and salad. We still have a lot of parsley left. We are already looking forward to gardening next year.

Today we...

...went to a family dinner at my auntie and uncle's house. Daddy's Grandma was there, Daddy's Daddy was there, Daddy's sisters and their families were there. One of my aunties and uncle have 2 fur babies in addition to their five daughters. They have an English Bulldog named Patches and a Beagle named Lolli. They are both super cute but Sierra and I are not allowed to play with them. Patches is very protective of Lolli (like a Mommy would be of her daughter). They stayed in a separate part of the house while we were there. Auntie and Uncle's new house has a HUGE backyard, close to an acre. We had so much fun running around in the HUGE field. For dinner the humans had lasagne, garlic bread, and salad. Sierra and I had our share too. There was an array of desserts but Mommy only let us have some of the pumpkin bars that she made. We had a blast today. The only bad thing was that Mommy forgot her camera.