One of the best things about the house we are renting is the garden. Our landlords have a garden spot that they've been composting for years and years, as well as grape vines, raspberry bushes, and strawberry plants. Adam and I share an appetite for gardening that was well satiated this year. We did some work, but mostly we just watched the garden day after day as it miraculously transformed itself from a big dirt box to a lush green garden.
Raspberries--kids loved eating these.
View of the grapes leaves and "baby" grapes. The grape vines are prolific and find their way across the fence and into the neighbors pine tree.
We were delighted to find some celery plants growing in the garden.
Made some pickles from our cucumbers.
Adam always wants to have fresh herbs, so we planted basil and cilantro.
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We planted 5 or so tomato plants.
Our twin pumpkins.
The Andersen family gave us four pumpkin plants. We put them in and they soon outgrew their garden corner and spread to cover the lawn. We harvested 6 pumpkins; we'll be carving them tonight.
Most of our tomato plants spontaneously came up throughout the garden. Adam transplanted t welcome volunteers to the spot on the left corner of this photo. Bush beans are pictured on the right corner of this photo.
Picked plenty of beans that are now in the freezer.
The Kids' Garden
Emily and Michael scattered a lot of sunshine, seeds, and water in this corner of the garden. Lots of stuff came up, mostly volunteers.
This beautiful plant (I'm not even sure what it's called) was from a seed that Emily planted during a sunbeam class : )
We'll be moving next summer, so we may not have a garden. We'll really miss it, but for now we're ready for the break this winter will provide. Until then, we still have green grapes to turn into slime juice, and a lot of green tomatoes that we need to can as soon as they decide to turn red.
I think this post may have caused some damage to our computer. Luckily most of the slobber was cleaned off before I finished reading the blog.
ReplyDeleteI love this post. What an amazing garden. How lucky that they had you to tend to their garden while they're away.
ReplyDeleteWow, I am amazed and envious at the fun you have had this summer. Just watching a garden grow is such a pleasure to the soul. Even if that is as far as it gets. But no you went much further and canned, froze, carved :) and more. Dreaming about days when you may be closer to me....
ReplyDeleteUn-be-lievable! The pictures keep coming and coming! What an incredible and beautiful garden. And so fun. It's like Elder Uchdorf's talk, how creating brings happiness. I love it. How exciting!
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