actually, the teeniest strawberries probably grow wild in our back yard…
but i don’t think these are edible… 😉
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{a make-up blog : saturdays in the garden – volume six}
29 Maythings are moving along quickly in the garden!! i actually harvested lots of kale this week and my dill is turning into a forrest! cilantro will only be here for a little while longer, and my peas are producing but will also begin to dwindle as the heat increases. i should be able to harvest some cucumbers next week. which means next month, i’ll be making some delicious pickles!! so so so excited about that!
on a community level, we have been donating over 15 pounds of collard greens each week and lots of radishes are going to donation, as well. our beans are starting to blossom, and the blueberries are coming in nicely. we also have tons of healthy tomato plants growing. june and july are the exciting months for gardening, as everything really starts to produce… i just love it.
and since i have fallen behind a little bit on updating on the garden, i am putting these fotos in gallery form, so i can squeeze them all into this post 🙂
{click on any photo to enlarge and scroll through gallery}
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- my basil cluster…
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- my peas…
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- my {donated} san marzano tomato
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- my other {donated} tomato – tasmanian chocolate!
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- my {transplanted} celery…
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- my cabbage…
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- my dill…
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- my cucumbers…
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- my cucumbers… a week later…
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- i love my garden!
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- i love my garden!
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- harvesting some of my cilantro…
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- community radishes!
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- setting up the drip system…
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- we thought this looked cool…
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- we got a ton of rain one night and this happened…
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- red clover in the community section…
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- a labyrinth sits not far from the garden… i like to walk in it from time to time.
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- honeycomb from our lovely bees!
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- cool mushroom…
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- hoein’ 😉
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- gettin’ dirty…
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- happy farmer…
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- one of the other volunteers made these with some kiddos…
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- they used some of the seashells i donated from beach-combing… so cute!
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- community blueberries!
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- basil going strong!
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- peas climbing the trellis…
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- i’m fascinated by the way peas grow…
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- so intricate…
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- pea blossoms!
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- lacinato kale…
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- celery…
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- a tomato i started from seed in the ground!
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- red kale…
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- mmm, cilantro…
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- second row of cilantro… i love the little sprouts!
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- aerial view of my san marzano…
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- cabbage going strong!!
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- pulling back cucumbers for vertical growing…
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- cucumbers taking over the trellis!
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- my first cucumber starting!
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- tons of dill!
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- from the outside, looking in…
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- my 4 x 8 plot!
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- my plot!
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a {sort of} pano of my plot…
from left to right, counter-clockwise-ish :
jalapeños {hidden, back row} basil {back row}, peas {along left trellis}, lacinato kale, tomatoes {middle}, cilantro, celery, more tomatoes {middle}, cabbage, more kale {middle}, romanesco, more tomatoes, {middle}, cucumbers {along right trellis}, and dill.
i kind of planted in a zig-zag pattern…
i also squeezed in a few spinach plants throughout, but i’m not sure how they’ll fare.
thanks for following along!
how is your garden looking??! 🙂
{portrait of an egg}
17 Mayfarm fresh eggs are just so beautiful! and they are so much more nutrient-dense than store-bought eggs!
i hope to have backyard chickens one day in the near future!
i just love all the colours!
and the flavour can’t be matched! farm fresh is the best!
i just love the variety… eat the rainbow!
#eggportraits
{saturdays in the garden – volumes four & five}
13 Mayi have been slightly slacking with updates on the garden. i have so many fotos to share, that i’m lumping {2} volumes together 🙂
a couple weeks ago, we had some eagle scouts come help in the garden. it was fun to see the boys get so excited about digging and planting.
as we prepped some of the community beds, we found some sweet potatoes! the boys were super excited about this part of the day! they collected probably 3 dozen or so, and i overheard one of them saying, “we are going to donate these!” – so charming. 🙂
i personally got so excited about this little frog i found under one of the tarps… i moved him away from the garden and let him go on his way…
planting beans!
planted okra in these plots…
radishes are so rewarding because they grow so fast!
we also planted some green onions and swiss chard…
i love it when someone brings coffee!
our garden leader shared some honey from last years harvest!! nom nom Continue reading
{saturdays in the garden – volume three}
15 Aprthings are moving along nicely at the community garden…
it’s so rewarding to interact with other people who are just as passionate as i am about gardening. having us all come together and work as a team to prep the beds and tend to the crops is just such a marvelous reality. it’s something i really wish that every single person on the planet could and would experience.
last week, we had some eagle scouts come and help work in the garden. it was quite fun seeing their excitement as they helped move tarps and logs and plant seeds. we uncovered some potatoes from last season and the boys were very eager to collect them all and “donate them” – which was so endearing.
i am forever grateful to be a part of this community garden and it pleases my soul so tremendously to engage in it all. my cucumbers, along with other plants, are sprouting and the peas are growing quite nicely… i can’t wait to share those fotos next week!
in the meantime, here are some fotos of recent days at the garden… i hope you enjoy.
things are growing!! radishes and lettuce…
kale and peppers…
tools!
laying mulch around the blueberry bushes…
looks so good!
transplanting raspberries…
i can’t wait to get my paws on some of those!!
fig trees! oh my, i’m excited about these, too!!!
happy bees!
side note : would you believe i got stung AGAIN!? this time – right on my nose! – i was shocked. the garden leader thinks it may have been my sunscreen, so i switched to an unscented version. let’s hope that helps! if you follow me on instagram, you saw the story. annoyingly hilarious. Continue reading
{saturdays in the garden – volume two}
8 Aprsome updates on my community garden…
my uncle helped me make repurpose some materials and make these trellises for my peas and cucumbers. last year, thanks to a good friend, i learned a lot about vertical gardening… particularly, how it helps in maximizing space. since my plot is only 4 x 8, i was adamant about making sure to get the most food i could growing in there.
in particular, peas and cucumbers. they were the most fun to grow last year, and i had quite the bounty. not to mention the taste – so fresh and delicious!
i do love my garden!
another shot of my plot and trellises…
{saturdays in the garden – volume one}
25 Mardo you love gardening as much as i do?!
i recently discovered that gardening is one of my most favourite things ever!
last summer, i participated in a community garden when i still lived in denver. unfortunately, i wasn’t able to blog about it due to crazy scheduling conflicts and lack of good computer/internet access. thankfully, that has all changed as of late.
this year, i am fortunate to again have found a community garden to participate in… and it’s right up the street from my house! my plot this year is only half the size of the one i had last year, but i am still super thankful and i can still grow a ton of food in this 4 x 8 plot. last year, i didn’t exactly know what i was doing, and i kind of over-planted. a lot of my neighbours jokingly called my plot the “cucumber farm” because i literally had to give away about half my harvest due to having such an abundance! {which was obviously a good thing, overall!}
this year, i am planting similar items, just not as much of it. i am eager to share the pictures and the experience as i go along, so i will be posting about it on saturdays.
and without further ado, here are some fotos from the journey thus far. i hope you enjoy… and please do leave comments if you wish, as i love to discuss gardening just about as much as i enjoy discussing and sharing fotography.
here’s what i’m planting this year…
last year, i made lots of pickles and tomato sauce with my harvest. this year, i’m planting romanesco, which i’ve never grown but as you may know, i’m in love with!
our community has an herb garden, and the mint is already coming up, and {of course} taking over!
there is also a blueberry patch, which i’m so excited about!
lots of little critters make this garden their home, as well…
we also keep bees, which makes me sooooo happy!
getting the garden ready for the season…
laying fresh compost, clay, and manure…
pulling weeds and admiring the kale…
that’s my plot! Continue reading
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