June Kitchen Garden Update...

onions co-planted with okra, on the left and peppers on the right...

tomatoes and summer squash

squash is growing...

squash also planted at the end of the greenbean bed...

green beans...

baby tomatoes, there really only about the size of a quarter...

Kitchgarden 2011...

mint from last year...

summer squash planted at the end of two planters...

tomatoes...

okra planted all amongst the onions...

green beans fill this planter...

Thank you...

I would like to thank all those who called or have left comments lately. I need to make two corrections on the previous posts. 1st the new boat is only 15' long and 2nd NO! I'm not growing illegal drugs in the back yard garden.

Nothing much has happened the last few weeks, we had 6" of rain and then one really hot week, temps over 100*, but the last few days have been perfect fall weather. Kenneth has been getting the boat ready to use and we took it out once to test drive it and I got my first lesson on running it. We are planning a camping trip the end of September.

The garden is still giving us okra and squash. We have decided that we like squash fried with a little cornmeal or just boiled with a little butter. I have tried a couple different recipes for casseroles and haven't found one yet that has been "Yeah! you can make that one again!". I am open to any suggestions, really.

We have been trying to get things ready for Emily's 1st birthday party. I just wish I didn't have to work that weekend. Hope everyone can make it for her special day.

I continue using the clothesline as much as possible and trying not to run the air conditioning whenever possible. So these 60* mornings have been really nice.

Peter Piper...

picked a peck of purple peppers...

some tomatoes, okra, an orange pepper and a baby cantalope

aren't those the prettiest peppers

Okra grows up?

Okra blooms

See the okra growing up, I didn't know it grew that way. Then you must use a sharp knife to cut it off. We have been getting about 5 okra every other day.

This may come as a shock to some who think I have all the knowledge of the ages when it comes to growing a garden, but I don't really have a clue as to what I'm doing. That's why I'm so amazed when it grows. I just started with an idea that things were going to get a little rough over the next couple of years and started doing research on the computer to put in a little kitchen garden and here we are now.

We still aren't getting anymore from the garden then we can eat, but I know that this is still helping with the grocery bill. Now if I can just get Kenneth to become a vegetarian...