Garden Friday

 

 

 

Welcome to Garden Friday!

We are enjoying days in the 70's

with abundant sunshine!

I hope the weather agrees with you where you are.

 

The first veggie bed we planted this fall

is doing fairly well.

We have snap peas, leek, carrots and several lettuce varieties sown.

Sampling a few of the baby greens yesterday

encouraged me as the taste was sweet and tender.

There are countless varieties of lettuce from which to choose,

but I've become quite fond of buttercrunch, Red Planet mix,

Red Salad Bowl and Green Oakleaf.

These will remain my tried and true favorites.

 

 

The carrots are filling in and I'll need to thin them,

something I've not been very good at doing in the past.

We eat carrots every week in one form or another,

so I look forward to harvesting our own.

 

 As you may be able to see in this picture,

we had very good germination in all of the 3X4 beds we planted out.

I started installing the drip irrigation last weekend,

but ran into a bit of trouble,

so it will, hopefully, be finished up this weekend.

A couple of parts had to be ordered to complete the system,

and I'm hoping that it will be as problem-free

as it was in the former garden site.

Using drip irrigation is really a game-changer!

 

 

A friend gave me a basket of beans to sort through.

These will be shelled and kept for dried bean use

in soups, stews and for making bean burgers.

I'm even planning on trying something new

by soaking and sprouting them for the chooks.

 

We still have plenty of beautiful blooms to enjoy on the property

as well as friendly and photogenic critters.

Here's hoping you can find some time to spend outside

to drink in all the wonder of nature's bounty.

"Autumn shows us 

how beautiful it is

to let things go."

~Author unknown