Birthday Veggie Basket

My neighbor had a birthday and we brought her this basket of veggies and herbs from our garden. She had a baby earlier this spring and did not have a chance to get her own garden planted.

mid July... part 2

West bed and Sidney.

Sidney

Silly Alli

Baby pumpkin in Sidney's garden?

Sidney's garden

Sidney's garden

Alli's garden. Can you see the watermelon plant between the petunia and pumpkin?

mid July

White onions

Can you spot the jalapeño in that mess of tomato plant?

Middle bed. 

I had to stake the tomato cages to keep them up. Note to self: prune the tomatoes next year.

Whole garden

East bed.

I love this trellis!

Watermelon, YAY!

Little lettuce growing under the cucumber trellis

Tangled. A twisted love story about overgrown tomato plants.

The tomatoes are trying to reach out to the Blue Spruce.

Pumpkin plant. No pumpkins...yet.

Squash. Why did I think this needed a trellis?

Teeny tiny broccoli.

4th of July

July 4th. The mid summer holiday that makes everyone realize SUMMER IS HERE AND GOING FAST! You'd better get out there and enjoy it or it will be gone!

Little green tomatoes! Just a glimpse of what is to come!

Baby Cherry Tomatoes. This is the best biggest tomato plant I have in the garden. I'm glad I only planted one. Otherwise I would have more cherry tomatoes than I know what to do with. I don't know of any way to can cherry tomatoes!

West Bed. My potatoes have decided to lay down and have a nap I guess. They seem to be growing fine despite laying down and all the damage the aphids or whatever other little critter is munching on their leaves. Perhaps they were just too tall to keep standing. I did dig down a bit and was surprised to see a red potato just an inch or so down! 

West Bed.

Poor broccoli. I think whatever was eating it (aphids and his bazillion family members) have taken off for another garden. I haven't noticed any further damage and don't see the pests hanging around anymore.

Guess what I am slicing up and sautéing for dinner?

Middle bed. Curly parsley. I like to make tabouleh, middle eastern salad, with parsley, but didn't have the right ingredients on hand. So I made a chimichurri sauce inspired by Dan & I's recent visit to Highland Tap & Burger. They make great burgers. I had the Chimi burger, which had this sauce on it. I had never had it before. Basically a garlicky pesto type of sauce made with parsley. It is a South American thing. Anyway. Delicious.  

East bed. Cucumbers are making a home out of the trellis. As with the squash, I think I planted them too close. We'll see if it hurts production.

Watermelon. East bed. These are my lone 2 plants of watermelon. I find myself rooting for these guys like the underdog team. They were SO slow to sprout and when they finally did, only 2 of them popped up. They don't grow very fast and I'm having my doubts on whether we will actually get any melon from then by the end of the season.

Lettuce. East bed. I harvested some of this. We've been eating it and unlike the bitter sample I took a couple weeks ago, this tastes great.

Red leaf lettuce. East bed. This is so pretty I don't want to eat it.

Green beans. East bed. See that tiny little white bed? Yep, that is a teeny tiny baby bean.