watermelon!
I rarely get a watermelon to grow to ripeness. I’m wondering if I picked this one too soon as its supposed to turn completely yellow. Well, there are several more on the vines. I’m waiting to cut this one open until I have my martini glass ready! Variety: Golden Midget from Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
today’s harvest
This is what I picked today from my community garden plot. That’s Suzie helping me out. I’ll have to donate some of the butternut to the Pantry I think – it’s probably way too much for us. Especially since I let a volunteer plant grow over my chicken coop at home and it’s a giant plant producing another 4 or 5 squashes.
today’s harvest
Hurricane Hermine knocked over two of my tomato supports, so I ended up with some green tomatoes that fell off. I hope they’ll all ripen. I got the support back up and the tomato vines strung up again. I added extra stakes and lashing so I hope it can handle another storm.
today’s harvest
This is today’s harvest from my community garden. It was boring digging potatoes alone. As a pup, Skippy would dig a bit with me. As an adult, he would bark at passersby. Not really a good think to do. I’d say “shush!”. He thought it was his garden and I was more than glad to share it with him. The other story today is the dryness. The garden soil is rising in clouds as I dig. So dry. I’ve been watering as when I can, probably every four days, a…
This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy thinks the garden is his, even though I do all the work. We're located near Boston, in USDA zone 6. I have bees, chickens, fruit trees and berry bushes, too. I use all sustainable organic methods and strive to grow all of my family's vegetables myself. -Kathy
weeks and counting until my last spring frost
My garden this week
Skippy’s vegetable of the month – Egyptian walking onions!
