One More Batch

This is my last planting of Swiss Chard. Five little plants that are giving me tender greens for breakfast eggs and smoothies. I will sure miss my chard when it finally gets too warm for it!

A Good Breakfast

This is all from my garden. I harvested it this morning, after outside chores.

The chard joined two eggs, some bacon and cheese for this delightful dish, and the rest went into a green smoothie that we enjoyed mid-morning. I love having a garden!

Someone Got Bit...

...by the gardening bug! GirlofGod is preparing an area for a flowerbed. My Honey and I bought Alyssum today to get her started. I promise there will be pictures when she is finished!

Carrots, Tomatoes and Corn, Oh My!

My carrots are getting nearly big enough to eat. Volunteer tomatoes are popping up all over the place and the corn my daughter planted in the fall suddenly decided to come to life. Things are getting crowded in the Crew's garden.

Monster Chard!

One of my daughters snapped this pic, without my preparing myself for a photo, I must say. I used just two Swiss chard leaves in our dinner salad. See why I only needed two? I'm so glad chard doesn't go bitter when they get enormous!

Garden Bounty

Here's the basket of greens that I brought to church Sunday. I have copious amounts of Swiss chard and several kinds of lettuce. My second and third sowings are coming up, so it's time to share!

Hard Working Boy

Nothing makes my heart so glad as seeing my boys working like men. Today was the first mow of the season and the thick backyard grass wasn't all that dry. Vic sure enjoys making the yard neat and clean. I'm glad he takes such pride in his work...

...even if he wears hippie-shoes to do it.

A Primal Breakfast

Two farm-fresh eggs, cooked in butter, with three heaping tablespoons of finely chopped swiss chard/spinach/tomatoes (greens from my garden!) and a tablespoon of bacon included, seasoned with kosher salt, freshly cracked black pepper, garlic and onion powder, topped off with Tillamook Cheese.

Too Many!

I'm rebooting my kombucha right now and realized that my 'extras' jar is stuffed full! Time to blend these babies up and make some kombucha slurry. It can be used in many different ways, including adding it to smoothies and to the garden, as fertilizer.

Tomato Starts

This is my little eggshell tray of germinating tomato seeds. At least I hope they are germinating. I guess I'll know sooner than later...and there's always Lowe's if needed.

Little Beauties

These are our cute, little pea-flowers. Hopefully we will see pea pods soon!

Harvest Time

The fall-planted greens are ready to begin gracing our table. We planted more varieties of lettuce, spinach and chard today, along with carrots for a spring harvest.