tatume squash
hardly any make it into the house
still more to come…
lucullus chard continues to produce
first year trying okra
beans galore
finding the bottom of the barrel?
sunflowers!
kazakh melons
pigeon peas still young
love his homemade gates
always adding more mulch
What’s happening in your garden?
It begins mid-February. Ever behind in my pursuit to keep up with my own gardening schedule, we watch the weather and catch up when we can, where we can. Summer comes on fast and hard and so these late winter days and some sheets of plastic become the tools we use in at attempt at…
Back in the fall, after the intensity of summer, we started to work in the garden again. Generally August and September are survival months, moving through the hottest of days before we can begin thinking of fall gardening again. So once October and November rolled around we were ready to get back to it. This…
This is the food forest just outside its gate. Somehow we have never shown a full tour of it for many reasons, despite the fact that it was Stewart’s biggest project the spring that Ruth was a babe. He dug swales, planted autumn olives, mayhaws, blackberries, pears, figs, and more. The concept is to create…
Do you remember when we planted sweet potatoes in the chicken field at the beginning of June? Three rows of sweet potatoes in a few different varieties were planted and mulched. Around that same time we planted four rows of beans, including one row of black eyed peas. Shortly after that, Stewart planted a few…
During these November days there is a little time slot in the evenings. The girls have moved on from the sleepiness of nap time but supper is still on hold until just after dark. It’s not quite time to milk Abby so the boys are often traveling down the dirt road to pick up a…
When the roosters begin to crow in the black of early morning, I know Joshua is right on time. These babes have all awoke right between four and five to eat and drift back to slumber, leaving Mama wide awake in the peace of morning. It is a gift. Before breakfast is begun and little…
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Our garden is doing well this year – but my tomatoes are all still green. The colder than normal winter delayed everything this year. Okra – one of my favorite things to grow. Hope you have good success with it. We grow Clemson spineless okra. Enjoyed your pictures as always.
How I wish I could grow melons up here! We have some local farms that do, but they never seem to grow in my garden. It looks wonderful!