Garden Update

I haven't shown any pictures of the vegetable garden in a while. This is partly due to how out of control the weeds are! I need to do a few days of intense work on the garden in general! But here is how some of the plants are faring...

The corn is getting really tall! Some of it is over my head...

A watermelon! This variety is Georgia Rattlesnake...

Some green beans are getting ready to be picked!

The lettuce is flowering or almost done... I want to save some seeds, but I need to let it dry out just a little more...

The snow peas are all fairly dried up. I am going to pick them and save the seeds for next year. I am hoping the success rate will be worth it.

We have ripe tomatoes! Can't remember exactly what kind this was...

Most of these ones are still green... This variety is Roma I believe.

Some of the green onions produced seed heads! Trying to save those too!

Another kind of sunflower (not the Russian Mammoth) is getting very large!

The basil is all in flower... and the bees are all over it!

The parsley is producing seed heads as well...

And we still have swiss chard, radishes, and carrots!

Tomorrow I will show what some of the volunteers we had turned out to be!


- Dan

Snow Pea Harvest

Today I picked the majority of the Snow Peas! There were a lot more than I was expecting. I had picked a small bowl a little over a week ago, but I went through them more thoroughly this time...

 

This is the difference between May 30 and June 18: Notice how much of the path they took over!

 

The peas exceeded the height of the trellis structures I made for them!

 

Snow Pea 'Taichung TC 11' / Pisum sativum var. saccharatum 'Taichung TC 11'

 
I picked two giant bowls (plus another half that didn't make the picture)! We are going to freeze some of them because we can't eat so many all at once.

I love eating them fresh! The flavor is good and they have a nice crunch to them that I can't get enough of. Sometimes I will dip them in hummus for a healthy, more filling snack.


- Dan

Garden Update

Today I am giving an update on the garden!

 

Here are some snapshots:

 

 

Baby Spinach... been snipping off a few leaves here and there, so yummy!

 

 

 

Early Wonder Beets... still growing, haven't harvested any yet.

 

 

 

Buttercrunch Lettuce... we've been eating this for a while!

 

 

 

Look at them carrots...

 

 

 

Finally starting to harvest carrots, so good to eat!

 

 

 

Strawberries are starting to get red. Something is eating them though, need to fix that.

 

 

 

The radishes love you! This is a Champion Heirloom Radish.

 

 

 

Sweet Golden x Bantam (Hybrid) Corn... it's getting bigger! Only half the seeds are sprouting though.

 

 

 

This is a McCaslan Pole Bean peeping through the heavy clay.

 

 

 

Some small ornamental pumpkins sprouting from seeds I saved.

 

 

Mammoth Russian Sunflower... it's going to be big!

 

 

 
Snow Peas are ready to harvest!

 

 Mmm mmm good!


- Dan

Garden and Grass Cutting

This year we have been gardening like crazy! Well... compared to last year we have.

Living on the toe-slope of a small butte, the "mount" as it is so named, in the Willamette Valley means we have very heavy clay soil. Not so good for a productive garden. We are surrounded by lush fields with great soil but ours is not... So I have taken to creating some raised garden beds! (I will probably do a more detailed post of this later)

And here is some of the fruits, or rather vegetables, of our labor:




Snow Peas, Green Onions, and Early Wonder Beets
 

Aren't they beautiful?

 

 

 

Snow Peas, Valencia Onions, and a volunteer plant from our compost (A pumpkin, I think)

 

 

Another sign that June is here: my grandpa's grass field has been cut! Time to let the sun dry it out and hay hauling will be around the corner before we know it.

 

 

 

Cutting the field...

 

 

Cut vs. Uncut

 

 

This will be hay soon!

 

 

- Dan