First Fruits 2008

Last year:

This year:

Much improved, no? 

Filed under: Food, Pictures, Tender Lumplings, Gardening on June 23rd, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Expanding Our Garden

Remember last year's foray into growing strawberries? Remember the pathetic harvest that was barely even a pint? I think we're going to do better this year.

Filed under: Food, Pictures, Gardening on May 25th, 2008 | 14 Comments »

The First Fruits

It's barely even a mouthful, but oh so good. I'm hoping that some of the tiny berries will give way to larger ones later in the season.

Filed under: Food, Pictures, Tender Lumplings, Gardening on June 11th, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Proof That We Can Garden

This is despite Annabelle managing to destroy both the plastic tarp protecting them from yesterdays snow AND about half of the fence around the planter. Hardy indeed.

Filed under: Pictures, Tender Lumplings, Annabelle, Gardening on April 19th, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Did you know that we’re gardeners now? We garden?

Outside in the dirt in the ground? With the wind and the sky and everything? We garden!

Isn't it beautiful? That's what 50 newly planted strawberry plants look like. You're all invited for strawberry shortcake this summer.

The kit included this little netting thingie that's supposed to be for keeping the birds away from our strawberries. But […]

Filed under: Homeownership, Food, Pictures, Tender Lumplings, Annabelle, Gardening on March 17th, 2007 | 10 Comments »