July 15th- Garden Update!

"Rainbow Mix" Swiss Chard is ready to cook up in pasta, stir-frys or as a side.

Fresh organic blue-berries ready to pick!

Ripening Green "Early Girl" Tomatoes in the Raised beds.

"Alaska Mix" Nasturtium in bloom. I've been enjoying a few on my salad every night.

We have been really lucky have a very sunny, hot and stormy July so far. This is perfect for heat loving plants like, fruit (raspberries, blue-berries, blackberries) and the end of my ever-bearing strawberries. Tomatoes and eggplants also benefit from the insatiable heat. Other plants like, lettuce, spinach, radish and chard tend to become tough and bitter, and start to form seed heads. Bronwyn and I have been spending 1-2hrs around dinner time, weeding, thinning, pick and snacking down in the garden. Everything is super healthy this year. Soon we will have a great harvest of carrots, beets, beans, kohlrabi, joy-choi, hot peppers and celery! Like always, the herbs are growing strong and we have had no shortage of seasoning for meats, salads and potatoes. Keep in touch, stay up-dated!

June 29th- Garden Update!

This spring has been super hot and wet. Bronwyn and I have been busy in the garden, planting, sowing and munching away. This photo to the left is one of the strawberries from the ongoing harvest of our backyard garden. Bronwyn is learning that it takes along time to plant things from seed and that some strawberries are smaller than others. She loves to check for new fruit at the end of each day, we eat and count up our bounty. So far we have picked 24 strawberries. Bronwyn is also learning about insects, soil and how bees help the garden. She is still working on conquering her fears or creepy crawlies. Other plants in the garden that we have been enjoying are Lettuce, Rainbow Chard, Spinach, Radishes, Nasturtium Flowers, Herbs, Calendula, Onions and Rhubarb! This photo is of an Herb bouquet I made for some friends.