In the garden

We’re supposed to have a couple of days of rain so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to go ahead and plant our green beans. Our average date of last frost was the 15th so I think we’ll be ok. I’m really, really hoping to get enough to can this year.

Benjamin helped me plant the beans. We’re still working on raised beds but since we have about 14 beds, they’re not all getting done this year. This is a handy little seed planter that my mom gave us. Thanks, Mom! It has a little hopper that you put the seeds in. It makes a rut, drops the seed, covers the seed and pats it down. I probably wouldn’t go out and buy one, but it’s fun to have.

We have several hot pepper plants that have survived the winter and are growing peppers. We also have a bell pepper plant. I’m the only bell pepper lover so one will be plenty for the year.

Our Swiss Chard is doing great. We planted Bright Lights variety and an all green variety. The Bright Lights are beautiful. I think they all taste the same but my children think the all green is better. No one but me likes it just sauteed, so I’ve been putting it in eggs, lasagna, chicken alfredo and soups. No complaints when I add to something they already like.

So maybe the cauliflower wasn’t an epic fail after all. It’s just a late bloomer. We’ve been enjoying a lot of cauliflower the past few weeks.

Benjamin found some more sweet potatoes in the patch where we grew them last year. I’m going to try to grow them in rows this year to make harvest a little easier. Looks like we’re going to have some sweet potato pie soon.

Here’s our lemon tree. The crazy thing with citrus, and lemon in particular, is that they can bloom year round. This tree bloomed in the early fall and so we have about 20 small lemons already growing. I think it’s fun to see blooms and fruit on the same tree.

Our orange tree also has lots of blooms. We didn’t get any oranges last year so I’m anxiously waiting to see if we get some this year.

Although I’ve enjoyed the warm winter, I’m afraid we might also have a hotter than normal summer, which isn’t so nice.

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