Almost there!

Well, this berry anyway, but where there is one there will soon be many! Matilde has already "called" this one, so the rest of us will have to wait to taste the sweet juice of an organic homegrown strawberry. 

A new home for bunny.

Morgan decided to adopt one of our kits. Bun-Bun is loving her new home, and Morgan is loving her new friend. 

Although this one was saved from my stew pot, we were able to recoup some of the cost for feed. It's a nice trade. 

Is that what I think it is?!

Eureka! 

What a sight! I am excited to see our broccoli growing probably as much as the girls are dreading having to eat it! Hahaha #badrap 

A bit of bad luck

Just when I was getting excited for the rapidly growing beets and spinach it turns on me. We aren't sure what happened, but everything but the tomatoes in that bed was scorched. We will have to research the cause and try not to make the same mistake next spring. 

Spinach

We are pretty sure these plants went to seed, but we are not exactly sure why. I think they are diseased and infecting our beets. Don't know what to do next. I guess we'll look it up and ask around because there's not much left to do. 

Playing with the Donnas.

The kids had a lot of fun holding, feeding, and playing with all of our animals today. It was a ton of fun! 

Strawberries (part 2)

Andy suggested I look closer for green berries. I doubted him, but I suppose I shouldn't have because look what I found!! 

Strawberries

The strawberries returned this year and they are bigger than ever! The plants not the berries... I'm not sure, but I feel like we should be seeing little green berry nubs by now. Isn't the end of June strawberry season?  Maybe I'm just a tad antsy and anxious for those sweet little berries. *sigh* 

In progress

I just now noticed these three photos on my phone. They aren't from the same angle, but you can easily see the differences.  It's incredible how big and fast our veggies have grown! 

Rabbits!

All of these are from one kindle! The other doe had four, but we lost one. The three that made it are HUGE! 

Lookin good!

We are off to a good start. Our cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, tomatoes, lettuces, and garlic are looking great!  They are enjoying the rain and continue to grow without consistent sunshine. I'm excited to see what will be around come harvest time. I tend to be a bit pessimistic because of worms from the past seasons. I do, however, feel differently about this year's crop. I've even been talking to the plants more. We'll see if that works....

Oh ya!

There is no excuse for my ketchup missing the mark this year! I look forward to making more soon! 

Papas

One of these years I'll get it right. I absolutely love growing potatoes. They are so darn easy...IF you do them right. I really wanted to grow them again this year because I loved watching Andy sneak them from our planter, boil them up and scarf them down. His face would glow with excitement and amazement that something so small could be so satisfying and delicious. 

We agreed to grow them in the large box this year. All I had to do was ask for advice, but we just went for it.  Potatoes should be planted in a sort of trench. When their leaves pop up, you bury them with soil and continue to bury them every time their leaves reach the surface. The tubers grow off that vine and the deeper you bury them the more they will produce. It will end up looking like a mound of dirt or a mini hillside of soil. Well, we scattered them in the planter and forgot all about that trench. The greens have surfaced and I continue to bury them, but I'm not sure how deep we will be able to go in our front yard. Any suggestions?  Ideas? ALL are welcome! 

Peas

We planted a ton of peas this year and only a few have survived. This little guy is growing strong, and it's growing on the trellis we built to replace the massive rhododendron. We thought our neighbor would be upset that it took some of his privacy away, but it had the opposite effect. He sits on his porch and plays his acoustic guitar while we garden. It is very nice. We are enjoying the company of our new neighbors as well. I've become quite fond of our north Delridge neighborhood. 

❤️🏠🏡🏠

So cute!

These little guys are chubbing up!  They are growing and growing, and today we noticed that they have finally opened their eyes! 

Grapes

All of our grapes are growing this spring!  The last vine has really taken off and has reached up to the wire. The middle grapes are slowly catching up. Our transplant of Grandpa Smith's concords have blossoms!  We thought they were done for, but they're still growing!  

Neighborhood Gardens

We passed these gardens on our walk to water the p-patch this afternoon. I'm always inspired by the planting others are doing. It's nice to see how our neighbors planned their gardens and what they have planted in them. 

Way to go Delridge!!