How My Garden Grows

Ok, just a little taste because what comes fresh out of the garden tastes so good.

I needed a potato. Hmmmm... all out. Should I go to the store or the local stand and get some? No.... wait.... if the local stand has some already, then..... I wonder.

I wandered down the yard . A couple of the potato plants were kind of in the way of the dill cuke plant. I picked on those. Here's what I found.

One plant out of the way of the dill cukes.



Two potato plants out of the way.... and there's a couple more potatoes there yet. Found 'em after I took this picture. This is where french fries come from, kids!

One potato, two potato, three potato, four.... Are all the potatoes ready?


See those little dibs on there? They would have grown bigger, so I'm just going to leave the rest of the potatoes alone. I've got enough for now... I'll pick as I need them.

So, what else is ready? Well the garlic is... I'll get all of that out of the garden tomorrow and do it up ready for pickling season. How 'bout the tomatoes?

Unless you want fried green tomatoes, those have got a ways to go yet.

The zucchini squash is about the size of a man's finger. There are peas on the pea plants and flowers still on the bean plants. Mmmmmm.... food. It's all comin' along. :)

Victory Garden?

During WWII there was a food shortage, which made it difficult to put food on the table for the family. One solution was the victory garden where household after household dug up that lawn and grew carrots for the night-fighters... um.. no, I mean veggies for the family. (Containers work too.)

There are compelling reasons why victory gardens are being encouraged again now, not the least of which is economic downturn, crop failure, weather anomolies, etc. Michelle Obama is showing people how by growing a vege garden at the white house and involving her kids in the process. Ellen DeGeneres has put in her oar by having garden people on her show to demonstrate, and by starting her own.. she says. ;o)

The city of San Francisco has a Victory Garden program begun in 2008 to "support the transition of backyard, front yard, window boxes, roof tops, and unused land into organic food production.."

I enjoy gardening. I grow veges, as well as plants to attract butterflies and bees, etc. (If you attract the bees, they will help your vege garden.) Thing is, I love veges. Yes.. no kidding ~ I actually EAT them. I think they're YUMMY. Back in the day people thought of veges as good food too. Yet, these days I have a suspicion that there'd be more victory gardens in North America if one could grow ... you know... take out burgers and fries?

Here is my chicken nugget bush... lots of fat here. They're under the daisies there, near the toadstool where the fae people gather at midnight.

These plants grow fries, but you have to look carefully under the leaves. They're in the dirt... I know.. ick. But really, all you have to do is wash 'em, then add lots of fat and table salt to increase blood pressure and heart disease. Easy.

Yep ~ gardening... good stuff.