Weekly Update: September Week 4

This weekend was nearly a wash-out, but I did manage to get in a bit of work in the garden in between rain showers. If everything looks wet in these pictures... its probably because it was wet!New this week are two lovely additions thanks to our recent trip to the NY Botanical Gardens, a lovely fall blooming anemone (two pics on the left) and a painted fern. I originally intended to plant both of these out in the front beds, but I changed my mind...

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New This Week: September Week 4

Well, it's officially almost the end of the main season for the garden. It's kind of shocking to be spending more time pulling things out instead of harvesting. It also visually arresting to see what has been more or less walls of green completely disappear. That said, I did manage another hearty harvest this week. The Kentucky wonder beans are still bearing. I was able to clean and freeze this big batch. The bush beans are done, but the KW's may...

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New This Week: September 20th

The arrival of fall may be imminent, but that doesn't mean NOTHING new is going on in the garden. Thankfully!! Perhaps the most exciting new arrival is the blooming of the fall crocuses. Until last year, I never knew that crocuses bloomed in the fall. Imagine my surprise when these beauties popped up! I was exceptionally excited to see them this year because I had to move them earlier this spring right in the middle of their growth phase. They were...

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Weekly Update: September 20th

Well this weekend marked the last weekend of summer. Still quite a bit of activity going on in the garden, even as signs are starting to point towards the winding down of the season. The white flies and aphids won the battle for the tomatoes, so I had to end up just cutting them all down. Next year I'll be better prepared to wage war. They just got to far out of control before I had a chance to fight back! The photo on the right shows the bed now...

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Critters & Creatures

In addition to all of the amazing plants and yummy veggies this summer, the garden has also been literally PACKED with really fascinating creatures big and small. Some are really fascinating and some are extremely annoying, but I guess its like most things in life. You take the good with the bad! Here are just a few of the non-plant highlights from September that I've been delinquent in posting. (I was out of town for a whole week, so give me a break!!)This...

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Weekly Update: August Week 4

I've been waging war on the white fly infestation in my tomato plants for the better part of the summer. Just when I think I'm getting ahead of them, they seem to explode. I started out trying not to use pesticides at all, but it was really hard to watch my precious tomatoes just fading away with my natural remedies doing little if anything to stop them. I finally decided to go with the "if you can't beat them join them" approach and try fighting...

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New This Week: August Week 4

Still playing catch-up! This past week marked the second major harvest of the Roma tomatoes. As you can see, we had quite a few - 9.5 Pounds! Crazy!!! Jason turned all these lovelies into sauce. We sampled it on Tuesday night for the first time and it was absolutely delicious! Made in the oven to caramelize and then run through a food mill to process out the skins. It has a wonderfully rich flavor. I'm hoping we can get enough to make a few more...

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