It is hands down my favorite time of year. The garden is turning lovely shades of earthy browns, greens, and yellows and the cool mornings lead right into beautiful afternoons here in NH. This week I’m finally starting to get some of the garden beds cleaned up, although it is a slow process with a […]
I am torn in the garden between still clinging to summer by taking time each day to slowly harvest the squash and tomatoes that keep coming in, and pulling out beds and getting them put to sleep for the winter. It still feels a bit like summer around here, but I feel like it is
After a full week away there were some major changes in the garden – there were (unfortunately) some rotten tomatoes and a few baseball bat sized zucchini, but there were also buckets of orange pumpkins, lots of ripe perfect tomatoes, okra, sun drying popcorn, ground cherries galore, and more and more squash everywhere I look.
This week I only have a short update of our garden! Enjoy the photos and have a great week in the garden. How’s your garden growing? Each Friday I share photos from our garden with an update about what we’re doing, what’s growing, and what we’re eating. I invite you to come play along, I
Everywhere I look in the garden these days there are more and more colors bursting into view: red tomatoes, purple cosmos, yellow squash, the orange of ripening pumpkins, and everywhere the green green green of a fully flourishing August garden. There are so many treasures tucking into small places and under leaves, and it is
Just as I headed out last night to snap some photos, it started pouring buckets, but luckily I was rewarded with a tremendous view after the rain cleared out. The garden seems to be in a bit of a lull this week – the copious amounts of beans and berries are slowing down, and the
The garden has officially passed from slightly organized to a complete jungle. Every year I reach this point and promise that the next year I won’t over-plant and I will stay on top of building supports for all those tomatoes – ah next year! The one thing that is looking particularly good this year are
Let me give you a little vegetable garden tour this week! Start at the gate to the main gardens. First you will find the large raised bed that my mother cares for that is simply stuffed full of growing thriving plants and an abundance of kale! Turn left through the gate and you come into
This week we started filling up our pantry with jams and other treats from the garden all ready for the winter: cherry preserves, strawberry jam, radish relish, rhubarb sauce, frozen fruit and juiced kale, hung and dried garlic, and black raspberry jam. It is immensely satisfying to collect fresh food straight from the garden and
The garden is producing now, and not just a little supplement to go with dinner, but a whole mess of fruit and veggies that we are eating and sharing as fast as we can. We’re quickly surpassing our consumption and finding ways to save and preserve food as we can. We never seem to leave
