Here are some recent pics of my garden, as you can see its come along way. I am in the middle of freezing green beans so I will be back to add more in a few...my beans are blanching right now and I am writing waiting for the time clock to let me know they're ready to cool down and then freeze.
I am back I finished the green beans I had washed and cut. Once you wash them you have to process right away, in fact, once you pick them you only have two days to can or freeze. I prefer freezing as it leaves in more of the nutrition.
So here is my garden. The first row is carrots. I have learned with carrots its best to keep the weeds in them as they grow. One it keeps away the little flies that attract them and secondly they get a chance to grow a strong root. I keep the weeds cut to the length of the green top of the carrots. The first row are baby carrots. Actually you can leave carrots in all winter long. Just cover them with mulch or fall leaves even straw and you can have carrots all winter long. Strange I know.
My second row is lettuce WOW! did I plant way to much. This stuff just keeps right on growing everything you pick. Unless you leave it alone and let it top. Which I am doing now. This particular brand is great to work with has a great taste. It's green salad bowl lettuce. You just have to watch for cabbage worms they like it too. So plant spinach away from lettuce I learned this the hard way. My daughter had one in her bag of lettuce and that's after I washed it.
The Third row is mustard spinach...I love this spinach. First time for me. Has an incredible dijon taste to it. It's actually considered a green like collards etc. I love it in my salads. I have been giving away extra's that I grow. Behind the spinach which is hard to see is parris island cos much like romaine. It's just about ready to harvest.
I AM HAVING A BABY YEAH! NOT....I am talking about my little cantalope in the picture on the right. When I was weeding and I saw this little guy I yelled "I am having a baby" it was so awesome to see. I can't tell you enough how rewarding and delicious growing an organic garden can be. The food itself taste so much better. I had some of my green beans last night and the freshness the crunch everything was just awesome. I know I will be doing another organic garden next year.
The pic on the left side is my veggie squash. Now, I have heard a lot of different opinions on this stuff. You put the whole thing in boiling water then split it open in the center is a spaghetti type veggie. You can add tomato sause or olive oil and seasoning. Some say its awful others say it's okay. Well, I decided to try it! There are so many growing now...maybe about 10 just about ready to harvest.
So now you have seen my garden to date. I said I had a bigger one this year and I wasn't kiddin'. The weeding is relaxing...I always leave weeds up around the root of the plant until it gets strong and beds deep into the soil. Keeping the isles clean is what I do most of unless it rains...then the next couple days you already know what you'll be doing. Stop back again I will keep you posted or just share my day. Keep safe, keep smiling...Blessings to all.
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