We started this garden in 2010 and could not believe the harvest!!! We expanded in 2011 and now we are exhausted because the harvest was so much more. We are completely organic and feel that this is so helpful for our family. GMO foods are causing us (our family) many allergy problems and we are trying to get away from them completely. We harvest, freeze, can and dehydrate all our produce. So far we have done well and are continuing to try to have our produce last all year till the next harvest.
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| Soon to be dinner, salad and pie.... All sounds good to me :) Jul 12, 2012 | |
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Guess I could add a fresh (frozen) caught salmon to this and it will be an awesome meal. Pies are done. Guess we are eating a late dinner. Nicer to eat when it is cooler out. Have a great evening. :) |
| Artichoke looking odd... parent must have been a hybrid?? Jul 11, 2012 | |
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Is this normal, for an artichoke? or is this guy mixed up? It was a volunteer, so maybe the parent was a hybrid?? |
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Not much to eat there. Do you have other plants to compare to? Maybe he just needs to fill out some? |
| Weather has been over 100 for about a week! Jul 11, 2012 | ||
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Well, the sun is certainly making up for lost time. We are watering as much as we can to give all the plants a good chance. It is hard with so many gardens in so many areas... I really want a better/easier watering system for next year. Guess it would not be all that hard, it just isn't fun. :) Things are starting to... ...see more |
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I feel your pain on the watering front - what a chore! And your garden is way bigger than mine! At least your peppers should get a kick start from the heat, if there's any silver lining :) |
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I've been working at perfecting my watering system for the 4 years I've been gardening in this location. Seems like there is always one more thing to do to make it better. This year we switched a few thing... more » |
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I can't believe the 100+ weather everywhere ... it is miserable. |
| First Sunflower Bloom! Love it! Jul 11, 2012 | |
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| We have a new friend of the family... :) :) Jul 11, 2012 | |
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OH my gosh it's so cute. We are constantly teasing about picking up a skunk for a pet. I watched a show once about a lady who had them as pets and they make great pets. |
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He sure is cute ... I've heard that they can make good pets although I've never had one. |
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He IS cute! You de-skunked him eh?. I heard they can make ok pets. |
| Zucchini pie..... or "Apple Poser" pie, as we call it... :) :) Jul 11, 2012 | |
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Just an odd comment...but did you realize we are the same gardening zone? Cool. |
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That looks truly fabulous!!! |
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Well I can share a first hand account from last November the the 'Poser Pie' was mmmmmm good =P |
| Pruning tomatoes... can you even tell which side I did?? Jul 10, 2012 | |
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Well if you look at the first two pictures, can you tell the right side got about 3 hours of cleaning up, pruning and tying up? It really was fun, once I got going. I could not get to... more » |
| Volunteer tomatos still coming up everywhere... trying to hide. :) Jul 10, 2012 | |
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As I cleaned up and pruned the tomato plants, I kept finding more volunteers! Amazing how quickly they come up. |
| Bush beans! How fun... :) :) Jul 10, 2012 | |
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Found a few bush beans today... Hooray~ they are coming! |
| Aphids, my worst enemy of the past.....is here. :( Jul 10, 2012 | |
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I am so happy my broccoli is done, and missed the attack of the Killer Aphids. I hate this bug, generally they win the battle. This year I am fighting back. |
| Fuzzy Wuzzy... Thought he was a chicken feather... :) Jul 10, 2012 | |
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I was pulling out some pea plants, when I thought I saw a critter... then I re-looked and decided it was a chicken feather... then while I was pulling the peas off the plant, I realized again tha... more » |
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It looks like he should be an Arctic caterpillar =) |
| Just like this picture... makes me smile. :) Jul 09, 2012 | |
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Super photo ! Liked your storm photos too...even though they are hard to photograph ! ♥ |
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What a happy picture :) |
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I do! About 13 yrs ago we had a ladybug infestation in our area...dustbusting them ...they were everywhere! |
| Heat wave brought a storm... Tried to capture in pictures... Jul 09, 2012 | |
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I left for the cousins house and John headed outside to get some evening pictures. As he photographed, and enjoyed the evening, the weather started to change..... The color of the whole va... more » |
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Great storm pics! I can just about smell the rain coming :) I love how gardening and photography go hand in hand! |
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Very cool photo series! How do the mountains influence your weather? |
| Well time to catch up on the rest of my gardening:) Jul 08, 2012 | |
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| Interesting morning.up very early watering expected high 102+ Jul 08, 2012 | |
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