Thursday, June 11, 2009
A small little tiny dream come true
Two years ago I saw some beautiful colored glass mason jars at Dollar General. I put off buying them, but then I just had to buy a few. The next year I bought a few more and put them up for "later". I had a vision of stringing them up in the backyard and lighting small candles inside each one. Well, after spreading the hay in the garden, we had a bit of baling wire left over. I decided it was perfect to complete my vision, so I painstakingly made wire curly cues and nailed in nails for the wire to hang on. I then went inside and brought out all of my glasses. I had the girls wipe off the dust outside with a cloth. Then Joe got a couple and with one good bang, shattered a green one to pieces. Well, I took a "lets move on" attitude (after considering crying) and picked up every speck of glass I could find in the grass. Brian took the kids inside. I carefully placed the rest but one. When one of the girls came out I asked her to carefully hand it to me... but it didn't make it. Crash. (I really thought about crying this time - my beautiful glass I've been saving!!!) "Lets move on," I told myself and I ended up with five remaining jars. Five is more visually appealing than six anyway. (Seven would have been better though.) Well thats life. Here's the pictures.
The garden has grown
The garden is looking good. Still green. No dashes of color yet like yellow squash or red tomatoes. We are still looking forward to that.
The tomatoes are getting pretty tall. An inch or two daily isn't unusual.
We've been helping the green bean vines climb, but it seems they just do not climb until they are ready to climb. A very interesting lesson in life.
Brian lined all the walkways with a thick layer of hay to keep the crazy weeds from invading. It has been so helpful. I'm not much of a fan of cultivating and picking weeds.
Did you know potato plants made such pretty flowers?
Here are just a few of our growing tomatoes. I had to go out and give the flowers a good shake on the rest of the plants because they weren't in the mood to produce fruit. Haha! Now they are all going to town. I suppose that is also an interesting lesson for life.
I think the corn is probably our most visually appealing plant. It just looks so corney.
The tomatoes are getting pretty tall. An inch or two daily isn't unusual.
We've been helping the green bean vines climb, but it seems they just do not climb until they are ready to climb. A very interesting lesson in life.
Brian lined all the walkways with a thick layer of hay to keep the crazy weeds from invading. It has been so helpful. I'm not much of a fan of cultivating and picking weeds.
Did you know potato plants made such pretty flowers?
Here are just a few of our growing tomatoes. I had to go out and give the flowers a good shake on the rest of the plants because they weren't in the mood to produce fruit. Haha! Now they are all going to town. I suppose that is also an interesting lesson for life.
I think the corn is probably our most visually appealing plant. It just looks so corney.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Family Farm - Finally unveiled!
With all our focus on the garden, it is surprising that we haven't posted any pictures yet. Well, thats about to change.
Brian engineered trellises for the green beans, tomatoes and cucumbers.
Our lettuce didn't grow too good in its rock hard bed, but a few lucky plants found a soft corner and went wild - lucky us. The salad was yummy.
The onions have been fun to watch pop out of the ground. I hope I didn't plant them to shallow.
Brian engineered trellises for the green beans, tomatoes and cucumbers.
Pepper plants, started inside, babied to perfection... sort of. Lets see what kind of peppers they produce.
These would be newly sprouted cucumbers
Potato plants have made a happy little home here.
This is Brian's #1 favorite tomato plant.
Our corn is fun to watch grow. One day last week, one of the plants grew about 4 inches in one day!
These green beans have such cute heart shaped leaves
This is Brian's #1 favorite tomato plant.
Our corn is fun to watch grow. One day last week, one of the plants grew about 4 inches in one day!
These green beans have such cute heart shaped leaves
Our lettuce didn't grow too good in its rock hard bed, but a few lucky plants found a soft corner and went wild - lucky us. The salad was yummy.
The onions have been fun to watch pop out of the ground. I hope I didn't plant them to shallow.
Well, thats it for our online garden tour for now. More pictures to come of lush, green, wildly producing plants... We hope.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Itty bitty Harvest
YAY! Today we had our first itttty bitty harvest! This morning, Brian consigned a poor unfortuneate potato plant to the compost bin, after discovering a virus beginning to take over. At the bottom of the potato plant was the world's itty bittiest little potato. Probably 1/4th inch all around.
A bit later this morning, I came into the kitchen and saw him microwaving a toy story melamine plate... with nothing on it. I made inquiry, and was informed that he was cooking his potato and planned to eat it. Well, we split that itty bitty thing four ways and enjoyed our first fruits of the garden. New potatoes are tasty little things.
A bit later this morning, I came into the kitchen and saw him microwaving a toy story melamine plate... with nothing on it. I made inquiry, and was informed that he was cooking his potato and planned to eat it. Well, we split that itty bitty thing four ways and enjoyed our first fruits of the garden. New potatoes are tasty little things.
Picture overload
Here are some pictures to keep you visually updated, witty writing to come forth at a later time.
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