I hadn’t been out for a peek in a while- and look what I found! By the look of it, I’ll have enough to harvest within a week. I guess I’d better start thinking about what fun things to do with them. (I’ve had this on my mind since last spring!) Isn’t this season lovely?
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Spring treats in the making
Posted in the garden, tagged fava beans on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
glowing with new growth
Posted in the garden on March 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Spring, glorious spring! I love the light, the breeze, the flowers and the new growth! And I’m always amazed at how the new growth seems to glow from within under the spring sun…glory be!
Machete
Posted in the garden, tagged okra on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If these were daggers….. Then these must be machetes… …or maybe one of those cool Hattori Hanso swords like The Bride had in Kill Bill… …and I’d like to take this moment to offer up a ton of overgrown, tough, practically inedible okra….anyone? anyone?…
All the leaves are brown
Posted in the garden on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’d like to dedicate this one to the mamas and the pappas… Well, singular actually. Though all mammas and pappas are welcome to join in. Come on!…”and the skies are grey” See, I happened to be “out there for a wa—-alk, on a summer’s day” when I came upon the sad, sad arugula in my [...]
The Southern Belle and the Dagger
Posted in the garden, the savory life, tagged okra on August 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The miracle of the garden has happened again. Those lovely little okra flowers have turned into fierce-looking daggers of red okra that make me long for Scott’s gumbo. Maybe, if I’m very, very lucky, he’ll have a batch waiting for me when I get home from work tomorrow (along with my slippers and cigar, of [...]
Yarrow, lovely Yarrow
Posted in the garden, tagged yarrow on August 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yarrow is like the miracle plant. It’s drought tolerant, it’s beautiful, and it attracts all the little flying insects that I want in my garden. I really love this particular yarrow because the little white flowers look like snow. It’s cooling to look at in the warm weather. And those doggone little flowers are just [...]
Southern Belle
Posted in the garden on July 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I just love taking a stroll through the garden and suddenly spying something so lovely that I just can’t stop looking at it. That’s what happened the day I found this okra flower hiding bashfully beneath the canopy of leaves above it. I imagined it cooing to me with the accent of a Southern Belle, [...]
Everything’s Comin’ up Roses and Daffodils
Posted in the garden, tagged grapes, okra, yellow wax beans on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, well…maybe not roses and daffodils. I don’t actually have any roses, and as you can see, the daffodils are done. So maybe everything’s comin’ up okra and yellow wax beans. But that makes me just as happy!
Kissin’ Callas!
Posted in the garden on June 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
From the moment I saw these kissin’ Callas, I’ve had little orphan Annie’s exclamation, “Leapin’ Lizzards!” running through my head. Maybe I’ll start using this phrase instead, which sounds somewhat cuter… Let’s see….like when I find a line of ants trailing through my living room…”Kissin’ Callas!” Or when I find that traffic is backed up [...]
Do you see what I see? (What I see, what I see…)
Posted in the garden, tagged apples, beans, peppers, radish on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I would hereby like to thank the sun for finally coming out from behind those clouds. Both my garden, and my disposition are more cheerful now. Grazie, and good night.
