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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay – August 7, 2015
Another week, another downpour, more squash bugs and spider mites! This gardening season has certainly come with its share of challenges in the Demo Garden, and I’m sure you are experiencing the same things at home. The general overview shows that things are still looking pretty green, although the tomatoes…
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Continue reading →: Bean Variety Review, Part 1
Our Bean trial garden has finished up the first planting as of a couple weeks ago and we are now on to the second planting. I wanted to take the opportunity to give you a few thoughts on how the varieties performed from the spring planting. We planted different varieties…
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay – July 31, 2015
Even though the tomatoes are just starting to ripen, we are beginning to think about fall in the garden! Here’s a before and after look at the garden this week. Can you tell what changed? Before: This is Tuesday before our regular work day. After: This is Thursday, after the…
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Continue reading →: A Summer Recipe Roundup
It has been quite some time since I’ve gotten around to posting some recipes on the blog. I wanted to share both some recipes I’ve tried as well as our Saturday Sampler recipes from this year. This is one of the recipes that Denise sampled on Saturday for our Saturday…
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay – July 17, 2015
The garden is growing well in the heat, but we are starting to see the effects of the heat. Spider mites are popping up on the beans and tomatoes, the squash are looking a bit scorched, and the strawberries are tiny. Let’s take a look! The garden doesn’t look quite…