Well the weeding season is upon us. I went out this morning and took care of a few unwanted visitors. Plants look well. A bit smaller garden this year, but I think we will still have quite a harvest. I told Tony today that I think it should be one of our life goals to eventually grow most of what we eat through the year. Last year we planted 8 potato plants and they lasted until December. We would only need to double that to get almost a years worth. Here are some pictures of my garden status.
This is my flower pot on the deck. I used an old silver wash tub and the brilliant blue and orange look wonderful in it.
I can get another picking of rhubarb in. I’m thinking maybe some rhubarb sauce since I don’t need to make any more jam. (I didn’t have to make any jam this year–I still have a ton from last year.)
Herbs are growing very well. This is sage and a bunch of basil and oregano.
Peas and beans are coming along nicely. We had to do a double fence around these this year so the bunnies don’t get any free meals.
And finally the lovely potato plants. Variety=Kennebec=good for lefse=a proud Norwegian.
What are your garden favorites?
fall is beginning to inch it’s way toward us. Last week Tony’s grandparents brought me over a box of tomatoes from their garden so I got 9 cans of sauce in the freezer for future spaghetti and pizza meals. We also dug all the potatoes up from our garden after church on Sunday. (Fresh hash browns as soon as we got home! Oh, the key to homemade hash browns…you can’t let your grated potatoes sit too long before they hit the pan and you need to squeeze as much of the moisture out of them as well.) It was our first year doing potatoes and it was a lot of fun. Some of the potatoes were really big and others were smaller—it was like digging for gold treasure! I’m anxious to see how long they keep. I also have been craving soup lately, so I made cream of cauliflower soup and sourdough bread. Yum! You can see I have a constant comp
