I spent a really lovely, though exhausting, day working hard in my garden yesterday. 93 degrees and burning sun! I really shouldn’t work out in the midday heat on days like that, and it reminded me what an indoor season the Summertime can be, unfortunately… which is probably why I prefer Autumn! But it’s summer and it’s supposed to be hot, and that was OK. I was really glad just to be outside in my beloved garden!
I harvested potatoes, jalapeños, a couple tomatoes, some herbs, cucumbers, lots of kale, some garlic, and all the onions. Almost 90 yellow onions from an area 3’x4′! Then I weeded some, added more mulch, and fertilized everything. Shew! I was so tired! I stayed for dinner (my mom made it — delicious!), and well into the evening…visiting with my parents and basking in the very balmy summer night…then rode my bike home. I love those peaceful night rides (and don’t worry, I have a really good strobe headlight…and three blinking tail lights…and a reflective triangle on my backpack….and reflective tape on each and every wheel spoke…and…yeeeaahhh…).
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What are you harvesting??
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You had a wonderful harvest.
I am harvesting onions, courgettes, kale and lots of french beans.
Love the sunset photo.
Much love.
GREAT pictures!! The spiral, and the spider, and the CAT, and the craggy potatoes and the micro-potato and the homey kitchen and the SKY! Looks like you had a wonderful day! I’m harvesting Thai basil from my dinky little plant–but it’s big on flavor :). <3
Trish and Snowpeas,
Thank you!! It was a lovely harvest day :).
Trish, your harvest sounds like mine, but I wish my zucchinis (courgettes) would hurry up!
Snowpeas, Thai basil is scrumptious isn’t it! Glad you planted one 🙂
Gorgeous! And yum!
Loved all your beautiful pictures from your harvest Lindsey…they are blessings for my heart
and soul. Alas, the professional gardener’s garden is last on the list for getting attention, as
indicated when friends walking thru it last week got to the end of the meandering path and called
out, “Where’s your vegetable garden?” A pretty weedy affair for sure, but I did harvest a year’s
worth of garlic, curley leaf kale daily, basil, parsley, foraged greens and the second rounds of
strawberries and rasberries coming on.
Hi Jane!! Happy Summer to you! I’m envious of those raspberries! Wish I had some in my garden! Kale, garlic, basil, parsley, foraged greens — the stuff of HEALTH!!! Excellent. Happy eating, and lovely to hear from you.
Love,
Lindsey