Garden of Eatin'

Mimi vs The Beet

We've been hard at work on our garden, and we're starting to reap the benefits!  There are still a few plots that need to be weeded and seeded, but for the most part, it's planted and producing.  We've got artichokes galore and were even forced to harvest the remainder of our beets from the winter garden - they were so massive they were practically jumping out of the soil!  (Not to mention they were about to seed.)

At the moment and most of our radishes and lettuces are up and ready.  Last night we made an awesome salad with wild arugula, fennel, lettuce, dandelion greens and radishes.  Nothing quite like fresh picked veggies. 

Our Artichokes

David has definitely been the ring leader when it comes to the garden.  He's one of those highly organized types ...  who creates a garden log, maps the garden layout, keeps track of dates, stays up late at night reading about adding bananas and eggshells to tomato plants ... and then experiments with it!  (This is after he made another batch of his killer homemade yogurt.)  I like to call him Super David.  We'd be no where near where we are in the garden if it weren't for him.  He's well on his way to Garden Guru status.

Chamomile

One thing we're particularly proud of this year is that we have started everything from seed!  Yes, even the tomatoes.  Aggressive ... but that's how we roll. 

Some of the other items in our garden:  kale, squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, strawberries, lemon cucumbers, blueberries, swiss and rainbow chard, chives, green onions, red onions, potatoes, corn, sweet peas, broccoli, peppers, cherries, apples, eggplant, pepperoncinis, carrots, pears, quince, garlic, basil, oregano, dill yada yada yada the list goes on.  I'm sure I've forgotten at least a few.  (Forgive me David.)  And for those who like medicinal herbs ... we have tulsi, ashwaganda, echinecea, elecampane, burdock, skullcap, chamomile, calendula. valerian, comfrey, feverfew, peppermint and lemon balm!  And of course there's dandelion and yellow dock growing wild (among a million others)... I'm pretty much in heaven.

Our Happy (not so) Little Garden

Stay tuned for more updates on the progress of our garden, the new permaculture practices we're learning about from Eric (who's Eric?! You'll find out shortly ...), our new 3 part composting bin (being built as I blog), and whether or not eggshells and bananas really do make better tomatoes.