Garden sharing with neighbors
These stunning peppers and tiny orange tomatoes came from neighbors on either side of us. We’ve lucked out with a huge zucchini crop this year, so we’ve been happily sharing. […]
Cuts like butter…
It’s the official start of zucchini season in our house. We’re growing two different varieties: Dark Green and Romanesco. Both types of zucchini are fighting the A-frame trellis with which […]
Tiny orange tomatoes or candy?
Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was enjoying these candy-like, golden-yellow cherry tomatoes in our garden! It is one of three varieties we’re growing this summer and the first to be ripe. What […]
Fast-growing zucchini
After a difficult last few days, Mama and I were thrilled to get a chance to spend a little time in our garden this evening. It was especially exciting to […]
It finally broke…
The days-long heat wave finally broke this evening! Hooray! Refreshing honeydew melon mint popsicles saved us from overheating. Paisley spent much of the hot afternoon trying to keep cool passed […]
A squash solution
When we first grew zucchini a few summers ago, we discovered it was greedy in our garden box and tried to muscle out the other vegetables. Then we planted it […]
Making planting plans
Every year Mama and I try to learn from our previous year’s garden and make it better. We’ve been talking for a while about which crops will make the cut […]
Tomato taste-off
We are growing three varieties of tomatoes in our backyard veggie garden this year. So, to determine which one is our favorite, I created a blind taste test for Mama! […]
A gourmet day
“It’s like a gourmet restaurant,” Mama proclaimed today, after I brought her this dish of Caprese skewers, featuring luscious tomatoes from our garden and our favorite Balsamic vinegar. Please don’t misunderstand. […]
Pulling carrots
Today’s #OneGoodThing was our first carrot harvest! Mama and I grew these babies from seeds, and it was fun to see the bright orange appear as we pulled them from the depths […]
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