Harvest Monday!

 = First fresh salad. Along with a few cuttings of lettuce, beet tops, and radish tops, I had...

Plump, juicy, delicious radishes, which I sliced very thinly on that epic new slicer/peeler I got last Christmas... along with part of my finger... whoops. Somebody had some epithelial salad... (ewww..).

And of course, the first of the peas, which are such a delicious sweet treat I can't help but snack on them anytime I'm doing work in the garden. It's an issue.









There should be support groups for people like me - the ones who can't even get their veggies in the house because they eat them all in the garden. And the ones who exercise self-control up to a certain point (ie: the cutting board) and then surrender to deliciousness before they make it into the dish.

first mini-harvest and good news

I pulled the three biggest radishes the other day and they were perfectly round and red and beautiful and delicious.

Everything, and I mean everything, is in excellent shape. My corn (! I still can't believe I'm growing freaking CORN) and beans have both sprouted, lettuce is coming along nicely, and the squash and cukes have moved away from death's door and towards good eatin'!

My garden brings me joy. :)

time to watch the garden grow

Everything's in! The only worry I have is for my squash and cukes, which yet again look like they won't make it through the season. I'm trying to preempt all suspected issues from last year, but that doesn't mean I'll succeed.

Nick is making fun of me for not having enough space, but I promise everything is appropriately planted and will not choke to death.

The peas are trellised (unevenly) in the back. Spring veggies include radishes, beets, lettuce, cabbage, peas, kale, collards, scallions, and broccoli. Herbs include parsley, basil, chives, oregano, thyme, and dill. Summer transplants are tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash, and cukes. Summer plantings are corn and beans. Sound overboard? It is, kind of...but I definitely made good use of space and companion planting, and so far (save the squash) everything looks healthy and fabulous.

Every time I look at my garden this year (which is every time I leave the house) I also smell it. The herbs and scallions and tomatoes just all smell so delectable. Nom nom.

The uploader is being super slow today, so I'll hold off on my veggie-by-veggie photo show. :)