GREEN THUMB IS GROWING

Holy cow- our garden has taken off!!! we have now picked lettuce 4 times and gotten HUGE bowls full each time and we only picked small sections each time.

Green beans have been picked 4 times also and each time we have gotten a huge bowl full also.

The carrots are doing great- not ready to eat yet but getting close.

Onions are slooooooow, but that is to be expected because we planted seeds not sets.

The cabbage is a loss, we had bugs get to it- which stinks, but we also only planted it because we were curious.

Tomatoes are huge but only have had 3 cherry tomatoes turn red so far- so I'm guessing when they do start turning it will all be at once-woofda

cucumbers and butternut squash are growing like crazy but still have a ways to go- I think i need to water more tonight for sure!

Our volunteer broccoli was picked today, and it is amazing- who would have thought :)

here are some pictures of todays pick-remember it is only a fraction of what we have ready to be picked, looks like I'll have to spend a day freezing beans again :)

grow on!

GARDEN FRESH GREEN BEANS

Nothing is better than eating fresh out of the garden! here is how i prepared my green beans tonight

Ingredients
*green beans-stemed
*butter
*sea salt
*pepper

Directions
-snap the ends off the beans
-rinse off dirt
-boil water
-toss the beans in
-check for tenderness every once in a while
-once done strain and rinse again with cold water
-place the beans in a tupperware that will hold them all(i do this so that when we are done eating them they are ready to store, don't need to use too many containers that means dishes for me. no thanks! )
-put a scoop of butter in the beans, salt and pepper to taste
-put lid on beans tight and shake up. this will melt the butter and mix everything up :)

ENJOY!!!!!!
we ate this with water and wonder roast


bean on!

GARDEN UPDATE

End of June 2012 Garden Update

here are pictures of the garden so far

 green beans

 carrots

 lettuce

 onions

 cabbage

 our surprise broccoli- didn't plant this but we have it 

tomatoes, cucumbers and butternut squash

garden on!

GREEN THUMB

Garden 2012 excited to see what turns up-

we have planted butternut squash, green beans, onions, lettuce, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers and tomatoes- I also believe we have volunteer broccoli -hahah whoops fun though.

 GREEN BEANS

CARROTS

 LETTUCE

 ONIONS AND CABBAGE

TOMATOES, CUCUMBERS, BUTTERNUT SQUASH
OH AND THE LARGE DOG EATING OUR ASPARAGUS
There are mums and shasta daises growing around the garden.


We flattened old spoons and wrote the plant on them with a paint marker to show us what we planted-or we forget :)

HERE IS THE SPOON WITH "CUC" ON IT.

Last year we had a very abundant garden and we are excited to see how this one turns out- I will update as our green thumbs continue to work

Plant on!