Our Garden Gnome

This is our garden gnome. His name is Sugar :) Sugar doesn't really protect the garden, but loves to keep us company while working. He enjoys rolling in the grass and knibbling dandelion puffs :)

Greens

Well, in my attempt to grow a nice garden of greens, I overplanted. I was determined that SOMETHING was going to make it. It's lush. I keep it covered with row covers to protect the plants from the cabbage moths. You'll also notice the obligatory "beer traps" to keep the slug population down.

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are growing! When the weather warms these will be planted in the garden as an awesome ground cover and delicious crop!

Delphinium

Microgreens!

Here's the latest crop of microgreens! Microgreens are known for their phenomenal health benefits, similar to sprouts. They are almost ready to harvest. On the left is Detroit Dark Red Beet and on the right, Mammoth Red Rock Cabbage. Beautiful colors!

Gone to Seed...

The cabbage and kale have now started to bolt! This means we shouldn't have to buy seed for our fall crop! Kind of pretty, too, don't you think?

Spring Garden

I had hoped that we would be harvesting cabbage, lettuce, and kale throughout the winter. It was so cold that we didn't get anything from this bed, even though it is on a protected, southern side of the house. After the 3' of snow thawed these plants took off. The fall planted garlic is doing nicely, too. We planted potatoes in the empty spots. We'll harvest kale for dinner!