To be honest, the garden is a little sad this year. I thought we were off to a good start, but I think we didn't prepare the soil enough, didn't water enough and weren't back there tending enough. The tomato plants are a third the size they should be, the beets never came and the radishes were too hot. We ate a few and then left the rest sitting there until they were literally the size of cucumbers with 2 foot tall spiney foliage. It was disgusting. We are getting some tomatoes though and the butternut squash seems to be okay. Ben harvested an ear of corn which was really tasty and sweet. Our little apples trees produced this year too. Ok, it's not so bad.
The herbs have done well too - good because they're my favorite anyway.
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Vera loves to go out and pick tomatoes, dig her thumbs in and then eat them like apples.
Here she is smelling the corn, making sure it's ok to eat.
We'll try again next year - hopefully remembering what we learned this year.
3 comments:
What a thrill! Your own apples. I should send you a picture of Ben with his ears of corn in his hands. He was about 7 or 8 and had planted, watered, tended, and harvested his own little crop in the backyard!
i totally used to eat tomatoes like an apple when i was a kid...still do actually.
i love your photo editing to make some of your pics look old...how'd you do that? photo shop? i'm curious :)
What a bounty! It sounds like you've been able to enjoy many wonderful treats, and will be ready for next year!
xoxo
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