Sunday, May 1, 2011

May Day Garden Update

Happy May Day everyone! {Or Beltane, if you prefer :}

So, I decided that a pictorial update on the garden might be in order. Most of this stuff I planted back in February, and have been continuously adding since. So, without further ado, here it is...My Garden :)

Here's looking out at the 4 raised beds in the yard.

Here's some closeups: This is watermelons and cantelopes.
Here's yellow squash, zucchini, and winter squash, plus some romaine lettuce.


Matt's Amarinth and tomatoes.
Matt's corn. It's going crazy!
The newest bed: strawberries and herbs.


Here you can see strawberries in the foreground, and two types of basil and rosemary in the background.

More strawberries. I planted 18 strawberry plants. Some of them are runner producing, some aren't, but they are all everbearing. I counted 12 strawberry fruits growing just today!
Here's the original square foot garden from this past fall/winter. There's a lot going on :)
Here we have romaine lettuce, onions, peas, marigolds, and some sprouts of something...can't remember right now!
Here's some beans, peas, radishes, lettuce, and a few carrots.


And, the pie'ce de re'sistance: Potatoes. :)
I was trying to help out one of the plants today that had fallen over in the wind, and I actually skewered a new potato, so I decided to harvest them :)

Don't they look yummy! I'm actually going to roast them in the oven right now, and we'll eat them with some grilled chicken and sauteed asparagus that we got from our shipment of veggies from Farm Fresh To You. What a neat company. We get a box about once every 4 weeks, and it's only $31.50. Can't beat that for organic produce right to our door. We love it! :)

Anyways, I need to get dinner going, so I'll wrap this up. Hope you enjoyed reading about my garden. I'm lovin' it!

~Pam

2 comments:

  1. Nice! The garden is looking good! :) How were the potatoes?

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  2. Delicious! I'm eating them as I write this :)

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