Unfortunately, the great big radish you behold above had bolted and the radish was woody from over-maturation. However! It was our first pull from the garden (save some snips from the parsley and cilantro).
Here I am contemplating some of our finer radishes. Did you know that you can eat radish greens? They kind of prickle your tongue!
Chop. Chop. Do you notice the Spanish labels? That's because, my dear, we've labeled a bunch of things in our home to aid our learnin'. My favorite is "la juala de los pajaros" or "los platos de vendimia."
Garden: Part 1. This is our first garden. In front, you can see our herbs, then a few rows of leafy greens, a couple rows of purple onions, carrots, spinach, and then, in back, summer squash, cucumber, peas, and tomatoes. The layout was primarily engineered by Joshua, but I was a full participant in the seeding, replanting, and weeding :)
After roto-tilling Kyle and Stacy's backyard, Joshua was understandably envious of their urban farm. He decided to follow suit. Witness Garden: Part 2. Also: look at those mounds for all our varieties of squash! I made and planted all of them in two afternoons!
These are our happy happy tomato plants and our snow peas. While the tomatoes were starts, we began the peas from seed. They are by far the most satisfying to watch. They are curly and happy and grab onto anything they can wrap their little tendrils around. Joshua engineered these clever string trellises - thrifty and they more than do the trick :)
Apparently, summer squash goes ape-shit in Colorado. We're going to have summer squash coming out of our ears.
Unfortunately, the great big radish you behold above had bolted and the radish was woody from over-maturation. However! It was our first pull from the garden (save some snips from the parsley and cilantro).
Here I am contemplating some of our finer radishes. Did you know that you can eat radish greens? They kind of prickle your tongue!
Chop. Chop. Do you notice the Spanish labels? That's because, my dear, we've labeled a bunch of things in our home to aid our learnin'. My favorite is "la juala de los pajaros" or "los platos de vendimia."
Garden: Part 1. This is our first garden. In front, you can see our herbs, then a few rows of leafy greens, a couple rows of purple onions, carrots, spinach, and then, in back, summer squash, cucumber, peas, and tomatoes. The layout was primarily engineered by Joshua, but I was a full participant in the seeding, replanting, and weeding :)
After roto-tilling Kyle and Stacy's backyard, Joshua was understandably envious of their urban farm. He decided to follow suit. Witness Garden: Part 2. Also: look at those mounds for all our varieties of squash! I made and planted all of them in two afternoons!
These are our happy happy tomato plants and our snow peas. While the tomatoes were starts, we began the peas from seed. They are by far the most satisfying to watch. They are curly and happy and grab onto anything they can wrap their little tendrils around. Joshua engineered these clever string trellises - thrifty and they more than do the trick :)
Apparently, summer squash goes ape-shit in Colorado. We're going to have summer squash coming out of our ears.
Lovely:)!!! We just starting pulling greens and radishes from our garden this past week, about 10 days later than I remember doing it last year. I love the radishes, and they often do not make it into the house before I have eaten them. Next to be enjoyed? The strawberries and rasberries that we planted in a raised bed on the northwestern side of the house just below the deck.
ReplyDeleteWith all of the chopping, have you started a composting area? That will make a difference.
ReplyDeleteI'm jealous of your berries! I want berries! As for compost, we've got it covered - if you count an enormous trash can that Joshua promises to poke holes in any day now :)
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