Baby Robins

So glad these little ones made it.  A robin lays her eggs on this stored ladder every year.  I think the raccoon got them last year.  Tenacity!

Zucchini

Container Gardening

We'll be doing a lot of container gardening this year, because we don't have much time.  Here we have lettuce coming up in self watering containers.

Blueberry

Transplanted this blueberry plant from the garden into a clay pot.  Let's see how he does.  I will need to cover the berries as they develop to save them from the birds.

Yes, I'm Planting Seeds!

We've been stuck inside during the snowstorm.  I've been watching garden and permaculture videos.  Sad, I know.  I had to start some seeds!  Hopefully these broccoli seedlings will make it and I'll be able to put them outside in a south facing coldframe in a couple of months.

Morning Harvest - Sweet Potatoes!

Harvested sweet potatoes this morning from the front flower bed.  The neighborhood deer had trimmed the leaves from the vines and the frost killed the rest.  This treasure was waiting underground :)

Strawberries

I've been waiting for strawberries this year.  I was determined to grow delicious strawberries rather than always buy them from the store.  There is no comparison in the flavor.

My favorite way to grow them is definitely in Earthboxes or self watering grow boxes.  We have two boxes on the picnic table on the back patio.  No worrying about slugs (which always seem to beat me to the fruit) and they rarely dry out.  Easy to keep watered.  :)