June 2009 Archives
4:50 PM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink
Cindy Brummer
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My friend and co-worker Micah has been telling me about the bounty in his garden, and today he shared these photos with me. I thought I'd share them with the workld -- they are just so beautiful.
They look gorgeous -- much better than my crop. He's going to have some delicious salsa!
4:34 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink
Cindy Brummer
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KVUE's Amy Johnston brought my hard evidence this week of a critter nibbling on her tomatoes. This is a photo of the tomato she brought in. I say an animal -- like a squirrel is chomping on them. She says she's not so sure, because all of the holes are on the bottom.
What do you think?
12:18 PM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 | Permalink
Cindy Brummer
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I absolutely love when people talk to me about gardening. It's so satisfying to see my friends, colleagues... even strangers!... light up when they tell me about their successes in the garden. Recently, one of KVUE's photographers, Lex, shared this photo from his balcony garden.
Lex says he first got this cactus 4 years ago and it was in pretty bad shape. He nursed it back to health, and it is now 7 feet tall and blooming for the very first time. The really cool thing? It only blooms at night.
Lex took these photos one night using a long exposure, and the flowers are striking!
Do you have a garden you're proud of? Share your photos on KVUE.com and leave a comment to let me know about it!
12:22 PM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 | Permalink
Cindy Brummer
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How is your garden going? Mine is going strong, and I'm excited to hear my colleagues here at KVUE tell me about their gardens.
One of our producers is growing his tomatoes, herbs and peppers in pots outside of his rental home, and he tells me everything is growing well.
And KVUE's Amy Johnston, who just started her own garden this year, surprised me at work the other day when she brought veggies to share.
Are those onions beautiful or what?! She also brought me tomatoes, but I didn't have a chance to take a picture of them before they were quickly devoured by my tomato-eating son. We enjoyed all three tomatoes in an egg scramble the same night they arrived, and they were sweet, juicy and delicious.
These are some of the ripening tomatoes in my garden. I haven't been able to bring any of them inside yet. As soon as they ripen they have been eaten... by my tomato-loving son. So I'm not complaining. He's enjoying them.
Sorry about the poor picture quality, but this was the best shot I got of my peppers. I was shocked to find nearly all of my plants have at least one pepper on them -- even the scrawny ones I started from seed that barely grew 6 inches. These peppers are poblanos I think -- definitely not jalapeno.
I guess is just goes to show how easy peppers are to grow. And I didn't get a good picture -- but the tomatillos are going crazy. They are covered with little husked fruit. Thiose are so easy to grow, they're practically weeds. I found a volunteer over the the strawberry bed -- and it has fruit. MMMMMMMMM... verde salsa.
This is another veggie that is producing a lot and none of the fruit has made it inside -- green beans. My son hates them cooked, but he's thrilled to eat them off the vine. It's fun for him to find them and pull them off. And that's good enough for me.
And check out that tiny little ear of corn. It probably won't be big enough to do much with -- but it's growing! So fun.
6:20 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink
Cindy Brummer
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A woman told me months ago that artichokes have the most stunning purple flowers if allowed to bloom. Well, I had to see it for myself, so I let one bloom.
I would classify that as gorgeous. My son's babysitter is absolutely amazed by it, and with good reason -- it's huge.
I didn't pounce on the buds early enough to harvest and eat. This is my first time for growing artichoke. but I have to say, I'm not disappointed. They are fairly easy to grow from seed, and I plan on planting more in the future. And if this is what I get when I don;t harvest, then I'm one happy camper.
If I ever do harvest the blooms, I plan to try out a recipe I saw on Good Eats years ago.
