Waiting on Strawberries

I hope my niece enjoys watching her garden unfold as much as I do. I had some little helpers clearing out the grass in her new bed this afternoon. Now all she needs is her dad to add some good soil and she can plant tomorrow.

Sharing The Love & The Loot

So I think I found the thing that tops sharing the loot that is your vegetable garden harvest and it's digging up some herbs out of the garden for your 6-year old niece who's recently decided she wants a green thumb and a garden of her own. Lucky for my niece, her dad is just the kind to make this new dream a reality, and so I found myself on a train this Easter Sunday with some oregano, a strawberry and thyme, freshly dug out of my garden, and a chamomile seedling as my traveling companions. My niece is not a kid who eats a lot of things, let alone vegetables, which she now wants to grow, and her favorite colors are pink and purple so this ought to be interesting to watch. I'm looking forward to playing in the dirt with this beautiful girl and already have a list of way too many plants I want to give her.

Monday harvest

some of it at least...the strawberries are everbearing so they will produce throughout the season and were leftovers from my plot's former gardener and from a neighbor. I can't believe how much they are producing this year and I can't take any credit for it. I've pretty much left them alone to do their thing, except for cutting out some runners and making room for some newer plants by thinning out the older ones.

First Strawberries

Of the 2010 season. 5/22.