big and green
August 14, 2012 at 9:46 am 8 comments
What’s big, green and full of crab grass? Aah, yes, the garden. Despite the out-of-control weeds in some areas, the garden is actually looking pretty good. Or pretty green and full of hope anyway. It’s hard to believe with all the heat and sun this summer that we haven’t yet harvested ONE red tomato. Or really much of anything else besides basil, beans and a handful of sugar snap peas. Soon enough we’ll be inundated with tomatoes and I’ll be begging for new tomato recipes, right? Please?
There is beauty in this August garden of green, no?
How is your garden growing, lovelies? Are you harvesting anything yet or are you (impatiently) waiting for something delicious to magically come from the earth like me?
Entry filed under: gardening. Tags: food, gardening, gardening with toddlers, restaurants.
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MrPloverFGS | August 14, 2012 at 10:01 am
Like you we’ve had beans and basil. We have gotten lots of cherry tomatoes though. My 3 yo picks beans with us and eats them like a champ. He’s psyched when he gets the hose to water and spray his sister of course!
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BeSquirrely | August 14, 2012 at 10:08 am
ahh yes, the hose is a highlight of the toddler gardening experience…!
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doreen | August 14, 2012 at 12:48 pm
the summer heat here did a number on our potted tomatoes… basil was rampant early on, got dried out with the heat and now we are seeing a second round. The tomatoes also are somewhat reviving with temps down in the low 90s now! next year hopefully we’ll be back in the ground again… it was just too much for us to handle this year. hope you are well and have been thinking about you!
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BeSquirrely | August 15, 2012 at 5:52 pm
maybe a fall garden? I’ve been thinking of planting a few things in the areas that have not done well in the summer garden… like three rows of corn, which the squirrels have reduced to TWO lonely corn stalks. Boo!
miss you!
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Growing Up in the Garden | August 15, 2012 at 9:48 am
My garden has just now started to give me almost more than I can handle. Something new I am trying this year is sun drying tomatoes in the car. That, right. Just slice in half, lay face up on a baking sheet, place on the dash board on a hot day. I hope your bounty comes soon!
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BeSquirrely | August 15, 2012 at 10:58 am
Your comment brought back a childhood memory. Down the street lived a family who dried apple slices in their car. We loved to play in that car and I can still smell it today!
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Growing Up in the Garden | August 15, 2012 at 11:34 am
Oh, I bet drying apples in the car smell a lot better than drying tomatoes. Yesterday, when we got in, my daughter said the car smelled like milk that had gone bad.
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