6:08 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | Permalink
Cindy Brummer
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I snapped a few photos in the garden the other day, and I thought I'd share.
I've watched the tomato vines flower for what seems like weeks now. Finally, my family told me there were little tomatoes growing, but in my haste to take pictures, I couldn't find them. Hopefully I'll see them when I'm out in the garden this weekend.
We have basil coming out of our ears. I'm going to have to get creative with basil in the kitchen, and I'm thinking about freezing it when the frost comes.
It will soon be time to prune Limey, our trusty Mexican Lime tree which has put on amazing growth since the rains started. The morning glory has been using it as a trellis, and I planted a fall crop of sunflowers right next to it.
There are cute little eggplants growing here! Yum!
Below, these are some of the cool season crops I'm hoping to grow into the winter, including Chinese cabbage, lettuce and cauliflower.
There's been something munching on the cauliflower, butt it's not too bad. I've been trying to check the plants often for signs of critters, and so far, so good.
Mmmmm.... chard. I think we'll harvest some this weekend for dinner!
Here are some more of the cool season crops, surrounded by a forest of borage. The borage really is taking hold here, but I think I'd rather have it around the garden -- not in it.
And finally, here's an artichoke I planted from seed pretty late last winter. It made it through the summer, shaded by some sage and a really tall parsley plant. I should have an amazing harvest this fall.
