We'll be on a break for a while

as we focus on family.

Thank you.

Heather

Heritage Tomatoes & more.

  Cherokee Purple                          

     Green Zebras {a family favorite!}

 Maybe Big Yellow 

 

 Zapotecs or Scillians possibly?  

Amazing heirlooms from the regular grocery store. Normally, we have to wait for the farmer's market mid-summer to enjoy these heritage seasonal goodies. Fresh pico de gallo & guacamole really hit the spot!

Now we're crossing our fingers, waiting & hoping the store continues to stock them. As I was chopping, someone thought the tomatoes smelled too good to resist. When laying in my lap didn't pan out, he climbed behind me and watched over my shoulder...hoping to be there just in case I dropped some (or all) of it. Since the tomatoes weren't labeled with the specifics, any help identifying would be greatly appreciated. I recognize some from the organic CSA but not all of them. Also, I'm looking to add some Amish Paste to the garden this year and possibly a few others. Any suggestions? 

All my best,

Heather

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! I'll be playing in the garden all day long.

Heather

Butterfly Days

             

Our youngest spent a little time with the camera today, snapping photos of a very patient butterfly & the Siberian Iris. The mild spring continues as we take in the warm sunshine and cool breezes. I've been to the garden center several times this week and am anxious to get digging....Mother's Day weekend is our traditional planting time since chances of frost after that are pretty slim here.

Happy Gardening! Heather

Strawberry Fields FOREVER

                                                

 

The strawberries are coming in full blast, so full in fact, they're dropping to the sidewalk before turning. The ants are feasting on the berries as they begin to change color. But I'd rather give a few up to mother nature than treat my kids to pesticide flavored berries in the midst of researching organic methods of control and will probably have a few laughs along the way. 

Our first introduction to natural means research was cardboard slathered in sugar & syrup and dipped in yeast {which requires reapplication throughout the patch after every rain and at least once a week}....I'm not sure how natural that process really is. 

There must be a simpler solution. After all, I'm just happy the strawberries are growing. 

We planted them on a whim for the kids. They've learned a lot along the way and shared the process with their friends. Everything else is a bonus, a cherry on top, if you will. 

Happy Sunshine, Heather