Farmstand

My poor eggplant.  One of them was undermined by a nasty rodent last night and it was wilting badly this morning. I though I lost it, but I tried tamping the dirt down and watering it thoroughly.  And it worked!  This evening it is standing strong and happy!

Picked the first of the snow peas today.  Lovely, sweet and tender will be great in stir-fry.  The terrible winds of this week knocked them down, but not out.  Yum!

What a blast.  The yw came from church to help paint the fences.  But, it rained.  For a quick substitute project we did garden work:  Drew jobs from the job jar I made, and each girl learned a new project in the garden.  Three clipped back the spent blossoms on the chives.  Three got to…

Our backyard appears a sanctuary for birds.  We have all types – robin, cardinal, sparrow, purple finch, yellow finch, and bluebirds.  The babies are all off the nests; and moms and dads are frantically trying to teach them to find their own food and to stay safe.  So fun to see an adult bird fly…

I don’t usually post on Sunday, but feel I must say that we are safe from the terrible wind and rain storm we had today.  The wind felt more like a tornado than a thunderstorm.  We could see the cloud line coming — dark and roiling.  Worst I have ever seen.  The wind was horizontal…

Picked our first pea pods today for the stir-fry for dinner.  Peas plants will climb the fence and produce for a long time and grow to be 12 feet long.  That’s why they are planted by the fence!

Second planting of beets are in.  I am already eating some greens from the first planting.  Weather is perfect for beets…coolish nights and sunny days.  Interplanting with radish helps to find the row before seeds sprout.

Time to plant the second crop of carrots.  By staggering the planting dates, There will be fresh carrots all summer long, and into the winter with mulch protection.

We have just spotted a nest of baby robins outside on the window ledge beside the air conditioner.  When the sun is just rising, the babies cast shadows on the A/C  when Mommy robin brings them food.  We can hear them cheeping and see the shadows jousting for food.  So cute!  The babies in the…