Garden Vegetable Photos

August 29, 2009 By 3 Comments
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Look how CUTE!!
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These turned red rapidly after this photo.
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Look at all of the tomatoes in there!!  YAHOOO!
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A treat, right off the vine!
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Last Saturday’s harvest.
We’ve gathered a small bowlful of Everbearing strawberries too.  Overall, we were pleasantly surprised with our first year of gardening!  We planted these itty bitty plants in all of the beds, tended to them with a little bit of love and care, and they grew!  And produced!  It has definely encouraged us to keep on gardening, and expand our plans.  It’s been a downright exciting experience, and has reaped very fulfilling rewards.… Read More
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Gardens Progress Update/Front Yard Transformation

August 25, 2009 By 8 Comments

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In our last post, we shared with you the very beginnings of our front yard transformation.  We planned out 3 gardens, built 3 garden beds, had loam delivered, filled the beds with the loam, and got our strawberry plants planted all in mid-May.

At the end of May, after the threat of frost had past, we planted all of the vegetable and flower plants in the beds.   I did not take photos of the extensive work we did that day along the way, because frankly, I was covered in earth and sweat, and wasn’t about to touch my camera. : )

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Here’s a photo of our front yard now, with the 3 garden beds.… Read More

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Our Gardens / Front Yard Transformation

August 16, 2009 By 4 Comments

We have grand dreams for our yard, and it’s likely you’ll be able to watch the transformations take place right here on our blog!   But we can tell you right away….it’ll always be slow-going.  A little a year. Whatever we can do.  Whatever we have the time, or the money for.  And when we’ve thought about it, we’ve realized we need both at the same time, to see any real progress.  ; )    But you know, we’ve learned to enjoy ‘the process’.  The RIDE, as they say.  After all, we may be too old to ever really DO the end.   But having hopes and dreams are half the fun!… Read More

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A Garden Visitor

July 5, 2009 By 1 Comment

The other afternoon, Little {O} and I were working around the gardens, pulling weeds and pinching off dried bits of flower parts, when we noticed we weren’t alone.  There was a bumble bee, working right along beside us.  It was amazing watching him work, seemingly oblivious to our presence.   So graceful, as he floated around.  It was but  moment, before I couldn’t take it anymore. I asked {O} to keep an eye on him, while I ran into get my camera.

He was all over the place, as was my exposure, as he went from light flower to dark, and back again….I could hardly keep up with my settings, and I didn’t have a macro lens either.  So…technically far from the best shots they could have been, but it sure was fun taking them!… Read More

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Strawberry Fields. FOREVER!

June 8, 2009 By 3 Comments

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Our family has gotten into some major gardening this year, and you’ll be seeing a whole lot of  it coming up this summer.   Our first project was a strawberry bed. We LOVE strawberries!  Just fresh picked and washed.  In our cereal.  As strawberry shortcake.  Chocolate covered strawberries.  : )   If our crop is plentiful enough, I may even make some jam!

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In early May,  Michael built the bed, and we filled it with some ordered and delivered loam, because our yard/land is pretty sandy.  Then we planted 2 kinds of strawberries. Junebearing, and Everbearing.  I discovered while planting that we didn’t get a tag for the Everbearing plants.  I was irked with that, not only because I would have liked to know which variety of Everbearing we got, but also because I wanted to photograph that tag too.… Read More

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