The Fall Garden

Our Fall garden is coming along quite nicely. The cabbages, kale and tomatillos are in bloom, but the spinach and radishes have yet to make an appearance. We also put in a snazzy new apple tree that Seth picked out. Supposedly it produces 3 different kinds of apples! There is general skepticism about this actually happening, but we shall see. Here are a few pics:

The new "magical apple tree"



The kale



The tomatillos, cabbages, where the spinach should be and the bottom of the grapes:

Fall is in the Air

Well in Florida, not really. But summer has ravaged the garden, the birds and squirrels have feasted on my poor sunflowers and ripped off most of their heads, and the summer sun has fried the tomatoes and watermelon plants, so it was time to sow under the summer garden and replant for the fall. I spent the morning doing so, and now we are ready for Fall veggies! We put in tomatoes, cabbage, spinach, kale, squash, cucumbers and relocated the sole cauliflower that survived the summer sun. Our berries and grapes survived the heat, so they continue to prosper, hopefully they will survive the brutal Orlando Winter (teehee) and flower in the spring.

Let the Harvest Begin!

We have already had a fruitful year from the garden! We have pulled about 6 carrots, 6 strawberries, a handful of radishes and at least 20 cherry tomatoes (those are hard to count, Seth eats them right off the plant). Here is a pic of a harvest: I am especially excited that our corn has started coming up, maybe we will have better luck with it this year, last year it looked beautiful and then the Africa hot Summer started cooking it in the husks. We moved it to a less sunny spot, so maybe we will be able to eat some of it this year! Here is a pic of Seth enjoying some of the goodies!

Spring Is In The Air

While Seth is on Spring Break we have visited the beach and Kennedy Space Center, and last night we "camped" in the backyard (okay, so we toasted marshmallows and slept in the tent, then came inside to pee and drink coffee). This morning we worked on the garden, and finished our planting for this year. We have 15 strawberries, an arugala, a cauliflower, some sweet corn, a cherry tomato, radishes, carrots, a muscadine grape, a cantelope and a watermelon. All of our herbs from last year are still with us (mint, chives, parsley), so we are looking at a good harvest this year! Seth's pear tree has started sprouting flowers for the first time since we planted it when he was born, our magnolia that we planted last year has 2 flowers already (see above for the first bloom of the year), and our grapefruit and lime trees are looking lovely! When we start to sprout goodies I will post some pics, can't wait!