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.

Week twenty one in the garden

We were given this lucky bamboo starter plant by one of our friends. Daddy is still trying to figure out where to plant it. In the mean time, it's growing very nicely.

Daddy could hardly believe his eyes when he peeked through the strawberry plants today. Is it possible that we'll be having a strawberry harvest soon?

There are so many little bells on our pepper plant. We're still waiting for them to change colors. We're anxious to see if they'll be red or orange or perhaps another color.

These little cherry tomato clusters make Mommy very happy.

Wordless Wednesday: Last strawberry harvest of the season

Wordless Wednesday: Today's harvest

Wordless Wednesday: Our first strawberry harvest

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 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 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 thirty four in the garden

Look at what we call Sunday fun. Working in the garden was our playtime activity today. Sierra and I helped dig up dirt while Daddy pulled out some remnants of our once plentiful garden. Their are a few things still growing despite all this muggy weather. Mommy is already planning for Spring and wanting Daddy to mix in our compost into the topsoil. The best part was finally putting up a row cover for our strawberry plants. Good job Daddy, it looks great! Now where are the strawberries?

Wordless Wednesday: This is our biggest strawberry yet

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 fifteen in the garden

Our lettuce is just about ready for a salad and
Another row of beets look to be almost finished.

Sweet corn is shooting up towards the sky more and more every day.

Our cucumber plant has little ones growing so maybe next week we will feast on those too.

We harvested lots of strawberries, zucchini, and kale this past week . Our first sugar pumpkin is turning orange so we are very excited about that. I cant wait to tell you about the really exciting part of our weekend. We went on a trip and had so much fun but Mommy made promise to not talk about any of that until tomorrow. Wow, I can't handle the suspense...
OH FOR THE LOVE OF BLOGS! I have said too much already. O.K. I have to go now. Sweet Dreams.

Week thirteen in the garden

It looks like we're going to have zucchini coming out of our ears.

Well hello there sugar pumpkin!

We love seeing red strawberries.

Can you see our first red cherry tomato?

Mommy really needs to harvest these snap peas tomorrow.

The lettuce finally seems to be doing well now that we're trying it in one of our raised beds. Daddy plans to make the lettuce box bigger with hopes that it will help the lettuce grow better. Our lettuce has never done too well in the lettuce box.

We hope everyone had a great weekend!