Showing posts with label Kitchen garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kitchen garden. Show all posts

Corn and Green Beans for the Picking

canning green beans


Everything is happening all at once in our garden and the produce is ripe for the picking. I'm just getting ready to can our green pole beans. We've already been sampling some of our corn but here's an earlier photo of our grandson Ryan in a small corn patch with his blue hat on.

grandson in the corn patch


green beans from the garden


pole beans reaching towards the sky

Photos for Blue Monday and yes, those are Kentucky Wonder green beans!

sweet potato vine starts in water

Each one of the sprouted vines from the main sweet potato are now broken off and are re-rooting in a shallow dish of water. When the roots are longer, they will be placed in prepared soil to grow much bigger. Later on, one can see purple flowers all over the vines growing everywhere.

orange kitchen with sweet potato vines

So, we started growing more and more sweet potato slips for the garden in my pretty orange kitchen and oh, my goodness... those vines sure took off in the soil beds! Here is the same photo edited with a texture and color boost for Mandarin Orange Monday

orange kitchen with photo editing


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“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.” — C. S. Lewis
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Celebrating 5!

grandson celebrating birthday

 Oh, how they grow... grandchildren that is and garden plants, too. One of my grandson's turned five and Ryan was so pleased to have his very own sleeping bag, to celebrate many indoor/outdoor adventures to come! His favorite color is green. Linking to Color Connection

barefoot books garden deck cards

Kids' Garden: 40 Fun Indoor and Outdoor Activities and Games

Barefoot Books offers some gardening cards and picture books that our family likes. You can read the review at Kiwi Magazine Review: Kids Garden

garden lettuce


Spring has arrived in SoCal and our garden soil is all prepared and ready for planting. So far we've purchased lots of seeds and a few starter plants like Basil and Parsley. Will you be growing a vegetable garden this year? I wanted to share this comprehensive article with you for vegetable gardening. Very informative!

Easter baskets and decorations

I've filled 5 Easter baskets for the grandchildren and I'm really excited for the weekend festivities. They'll have bubbles and silly string, jewelry and books. Of course, I'll add pretzels and crackers, maybe a little candy, too! Do you have a favorite Easter tradition? One of my favorite bloggers, +Bernadette Ortiz-Grbic has tons of great ideas for all those accumulated eggs. You'll want to see her post on 10 Ways to Use Plastic Eggs

clivias in my yard

In addition to the vegetable garden, we have a few flower gardens along the way. Our Clivias seem to do well in the shade around the north side of the house. Linking up with Orange You Glad It's Friday

Wishing you and your family a wonderful Easter filled with happy memories!

Blessings,


LadyD



“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.” — C. S. Lewis
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