Garden Update - 2013

"Be as simple as you can be;  you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become." Paramahansa Togananda.  When I started to analyze why I have not been blogging quite as much, this quote seemed to fit.  If I give myself the chance to slow down, breathe, laugh with my kids, and dance to the music I can find great joy.  And with 3 kids and a full-time job sometimes slowing down can be difficult but the payoffs are huge.

My garden is my happy place and right now we have a VERY prolific garden which includes broccoli, 30 pepper plants (wide variety of peppers), 40 tomato plants, pumpkins, zucchini, cucumbers, sweet peas, green beans, asparagus, zinnias, sunflowers and cauliflower. 

Here's a picture of the garden on June 20th:

Greta on June 20th - the skeets were REALLY bad that day

Six weeks later:

Greta in the same spot 6 weeks later - wow!

I'm 5 foot 6 and many of the tomato plants are taller than me

 

 

 

My tomato plants include a WIDE variety of heirlooms. 
This tomato plant is called a BORAGE.  It started out as a runt but with some
organic fertilizer and TLC it was soon over 5 feet tall.  The flowers are purple, lavender and occasionally hot pink.  I can't wait to see the end product.  By far this is my favorite plant in the garden.

 

Today's harvest includes a bunch of different peppers, broccoli and sweet peas featured on my Grandma's platter

Green beans have been abundant this year so I was able to preserve a bunch (pressure canning) for the winter.

Some of my favorite things in the world include running with friends, reading by the fire (it's cold here today), taking a little nap, laughing with the family, and gardening and I've had all that today so I'm feeling pretty darn blessed.  What are your favorite things?  How's your garden?

Thanks for reading,

Kristin