Oatmeal and Garden-Fresh Berries for Breakfast!

Hot Steamy Oatmeal with Garden-Fresh Berries

It's a cool 65 degrees here this morning and a light rain is falling.  This weather makes it a perfect morning for a breakfast of hot, steaming oatmeal and garden-fresh raspberries and blackberries.  Delicious!

We are so lucky to be getting these golden raspberries and there are many more coming on.  I can hardly believe that these plants were mere sticks when planted this spring.

Berries, fresh from the vine, are so much more yummy than those available in the stores.

Thinking about growing a few berries in your backyard?  Do it!

Dogwoods, devilish pea-stealing thieves, potatoes, and weeds...a garden update

Brocoli & Lettuce Seedlings
now in the coldframes

Walked out to garden yesterday morning and lo and behold, some evil creature (rabbit, deer, vole, troll,  garden gnome?) had consumed 95% of my pea seedlings.  Sadly we will harvest no peas from the garden this year.  However, having no time to mourn, we moved the cold frames to this bed and planted planted out our tiny brocoli and lettuce seedlings just in time for a major thunder storm.  They were snug and cozy while the storm raged about them.   Hopefully they will not suffer the same terrible fate as our lovely little pea plants. 

Before the storm hit, we were working like crazy to prepare more planting beds and did manage to get a nice bed created for the five yellow raspberry plants we received from Norse Farms in the mail two days ago.  I hope they flourish in their lovely new space.

Potatoes poking through the soil

More good news.  The potatoes are up and the onions we planted seem to be thriving.  We did lose about ten of the yellow onions; however, all the purple onions seem to be growing well.  The potato, strawberry, and onion/herb beds were all weeded.

There is much, much more to do.  But the garden looks happy after its manicure.







I saved the best for last...check out the Dogwood - now in full bloom.

Stay tuned, the Iris and Viburnums and roses will bloom next.

Planning Work Continues...

Ground is soggy from yesterday's downpours..did spend an hour or so planning what to plant and how many square feet we would need to get the job done.  We currently have beds which total approximately 350 square feet...we will have to prepare more beds if we want to grow an annual supply of veggies....not to mention a strawberry bed...and raspberries...oh, so much to do.