Jellybean and Our First-of-the-Year Garden Pumpkin

Garden Onions in Bowl 9/6/12

Tomato Harvest 9/5/12

Corn and Chard

Potatoes

Yesterday evening we harvested 10 pounds of potatoes.

Garden Veggies (and a Jellybean)

Relish Plate of Garden Veggies -- Lemon Cucumber, Multi-Colored Carrots, Cherokee Purple Tomato

Jellybean

Cherokee Purple Tomato

In John's big hand.

Carrot and Potatoes

Female side

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Male side

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fingerlings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yukon Golds

Garden Potatoes

German Butterball potatoes (from one plant), green beans, white carrot.  Freshly picked from the garden.

Little black Jellybean.

July 2012

Cornstalks and Color

The cornstalks on either side of the garage door are from our garden plot.




Our very own blaze of fall color.

Putting the Garden Plot to Bed for the Winter

Bruce was able to get burlap bags from a local coffee roasting company.





Leaves and old straw are layered under the bags.

Snow Peas on the Patio

A couple of years ago my sister-in-law, Alison, grew snow peas in her garden in Vermont. I was insanely jealous. I had never even considered snow peas as something I could grow -- you either ate them in a Chinese restaurant or paid $$$$$ for them at the grocery store.

This summer, on our way to visit son John at Boy Scout camp, we stopped at Nichol's Garden Nursery in Albany, Oregon. We enjoyed the trial garden out back and then visited the store, where I bought a quarter pound of snow pea seeds. I planted lots in our community garden plot and quite a few in pots at home.

The plants have been very productive; we've been enjoying fresh, organic snow peas for weeks. The only down-side is trying to keep up with the harvesting!

Click on the photos to enlarge and see detail (look for the pea pods).

I am joining the Tuesday Garden Party at An Oregon Cottage.

Sauvie Island Corn Maze

Saturday, October 8, 2011








































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