Friday's harvest (08/29/08):That large dark green round blob on the left is a 24.5 pound watermelon! That's 9 pounds bigger than the previous record holder. I haven't cut into it yet so hopefully it is ripe. I can't imagine that it wouldn't be. It's been sitting in the garden for quite a while.Now the green… Continue reading I’m Choppin’ Broccoli….

Here's what I harvested yesterday:The peppers are looking better and better. The first few I picked about a week or 10 days ago were not looking so hot. And before that there were several that rotted right on the plant that had to go straight to the compost.That's the biggest quantity of big boy tomatoes… Continue reading Harvest 8/27/08

Finally some pictures of the garden. A lot has happened in the past month. I've been picking TONS of vegetables - tomatoes, zucchini, beans, okra, watermelon, eggplant. I have been writing down everything I've picked and I want to go through and add it all up to see just how much the garden has yielded… Continue reading Garden: Welcome Broccoli

Here's what I harvested yesterday:Quite a haul!

About a week ago I posted about how I picked a watermelon a little bit too early. Well also about a week ago I decided to go ahead and pick another one despite my fears of getting another unripe melon. I took my clippers out to the garden and picked out the biggest melon in… Continue reading The Truthful Watermelon

Two weeks ago I was out in my garden, per the usual. After inspecting everything, I moseyed on over to the watermelons to check out their growth. When the watermelons first started growing I had 10-15 little melons on the vines. Now I could only see 5or 6 big ones. I checked around the vines… Continue reading That Watermelon Is A Liar!

This is my 100th post! Yeaaaaa, woooooo, ahhhhhhh! Ok back to normal. I forgot to take my camera out to the garden this evening so I don't have any pictures of the plants. But I do have a picture of yesterday's harvest which was a bit more exciting than previous harvests......because I picked that eggplant!… Continue reading Quick Garden Update & 100th Post!

After a wonderful weekend away it's back to regular life and back to the garden. I thought I would miss it while I was away but actually it was a really nice break. I was excited though to get out there last night and see how everything had changed in my three days away. First… Continue reading Garden: Welcome Eggplant

Finally some new stuff in the CSA share this week! Tonight I received:Turnips with greensYellow squashBanana pepperSweet basilI was happy to see a yellow squash for a change. I've about had enough zucchini and it's only been seven days since I picked the first ones. I'm not quite sure what to do with this banana… Continue reading CSA: Week 8

It is late. I am tired. I just spent a long time cutting, blanching and bagging several zucchinis and green beans for the freezer. I put up everything I had picked including the 67 bush beans and three zucchinis I picked today. Because I know that tomorrow there will be even more beans to pick… Continue reading Garden: Green Bean Production is in Full Swing