Week Twenty in the garden

Looks like Mr.Basil was not one to just lay down and die. After a near death experience this hearty little herb plant is finally growing well.

Mommy is always happy when we are picking tomatoes off the vine. Look at them all, it is never ending.

This Teddy Bear doesn't care for beets too much but they sure look pretty in the garden.

Now that there is an abundance of zucchini Daddy wants Mommy to make it into a loaf of his favorite bread.

Come on little bell peppers, we're still waiting for you to turn red. This was the very last week of June so now we are all anxious to see what July has in store for us.

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!!!***

Wordless Wednesday: Are you sure this isn't a toy?

Today's surprise...

...was great! Daddy decided to take a play-cation day today. That meant playing all day with Daddy. Yayyyy! But first we worked on cleaning the garden. We pulled weeds. We cut down the tomato plants. We stirred up the compost and spread the dirt around our yard. Now there is hardly anything left of our veggie garden. We cleaned up everything except for the parsley and the strawberry plants. Daddy said they will soon be going into pots to keep them safe until next year. I could still smell some of the goodness left behind by all our veggies from this year. I decided to double check the strawberry plant to make sure there wasn't any fruit. I felt a rain drop and it made me blink. Daddy said it was time to go inside. Our work for the day was done and it was time to wait for the rain to go away so we could go for our walk.

Week thirty eight in the garden

Mommy went out back to the veggie garden today. She couldn't believe the devastation first frost had left behind. It almost made her laugh. Good thing the parsley is still going strong. Mommy will need lots of it to make chicken and beef stock. Daddy says parsley is like the Energizer Bunny...it keeps going and going....

Week thirty seven in the garden

Daddy said that first frost will hit sometime this week. I wanted to help Daddy and check to see if there were any tomatoes ready for harvest. I had to look hard. There were so many green tomatoes out there! I found four red tomatoes that were ready for harvest. They might be a little green but we'll take them! The parsley is still going strong and Mommy is very thankful for that. I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Week thirty six in the garden

First frost is quickly approaching. I thought I'd give Daddy a hand and see if there were any edible tomatoes to harvest today. I had to look long and hard but alas, I found one! Our tomato plants have a lot of spunk. It was once full of life and gave us an endless supply of beautiful red tomatoes. Now it is beginning to show the affects of the cold weather. The leaves are starting to dry out and die. There are lots of small green tomatoes. Mommy still doesn't know what to do with them.

Week thirty five in the garden

Thirty five weeks, friends. Can you believe it? We helped Daddy harvest the Japanese sweet potatoes today. We were all SO excited to see what was underneath all the dirt. We were very happy to find lots of Japanese sweet potatoes in all sorts of sizes. These sweet potatoes are so tasty. If you haven't tried them, I hope you try some soon. Grandma and Grandpa love these so we will be giving most of sweet potatoes to them. We also harvested our cantaloupe. We hope that it will be sweet. Mommy says we'll have it for breakfast tomorrow. We also harvested one tomato today. We hope it's not the last of them since we have a ton of green tomatoes left. We went on a great hike today. I'll leave you with one picture that Mommy took of me in the leaves. The more exciting photos will come tomorrow.

Week thirty three in the garden

I am happy to report that we still have a ton of green tomatoes. We did harvest about ten big ones this week. Mommy already stewed them and put them into the freezer. Daddy was sad when he harvested the Sweet Spanish Yellow Utah Jumbo Onions today. They weren't jumbo at all. There weren't any onions. They just look like green onions/scallions. I wonder what we didn't do right. I guess we've got our work cut out for us next year. We'll have to do lots of research on how to make them grow big. Anyone have any pointers on growing onions?

Today I...

...felt the weather changing. I think it's going to start cooling down (for real this time). I can feel the rain coming too. Mommy wasn't convinced so she watched the news to catch a glimpse of the weather report. The rain for next week has been moved up to the end of this week. Oh no! I hope that all of our tomatoes turn red soon. Daddy harvested three big ones tonight. I had to see them for myself. They are look yummy. Mommy said if the other tomatoes don't turn red before first frost we'll have to eat lots fried green tomatoes. Have any of you ever eaten fried green tomatoes before?

Week thirty two in the garden

I was too tired to help Daddy in our veggie garden. I asked Sierra if she could fill in and she said, "Sure!" The bees were getting help from the flowers on our basil plants to aid in their pollination process. We all love honey so we're glad to help! Daddy says the cantaloupe is almost ready to harvest. We can't wait. We have a few red tomatoes that will be harvested sometime this week. We still have a lot of green ones that need to turn red. The weather report calls for rain next week. Sierra did a great job helping Daddy today while I caught up on my beauty sleep. Thanks, little sister!

Week thirty in the garden

I was extremely exhausted from yesterday so I spent most of today napping. The fall weather disappeared for a while last week but it came back today. It even brought along a nice cool breeze. Daddy wanted to check on the sweet potatoes. He took out the top layer and discovered that they are still too small. We have lots of cucumbers still coming in. And guess what? Remember the cucumber from last week? Well, it turns out that it's a watermelon. Daddy's not sure if it will have enough time to ripen. I hope he's wrong. The same goes for the tomatoes. Daddy hopes that they all turn red before the first frost. We had a great walk. I think Sierra was a little cold but I loved the crisp breezy air!