three!

most of the photos courtesy of Fred K., proud grandpa

enjoying the garden

front yard garden is coming along nicely: tomatoes, peppers, basil, beans, turnips, beets, fennel, celeriac, melons, gooseberries, groundcherries, tart cherries, currants, lettuces, broccoli, onions, chives, leeks, sage, mint, tarragon, cilantro, parsley, carrots, lemon thyme, regular thyme, rosemary, kale, and I'm sure I'm forgetting a few things. I least SOME of that has to work out, right?

back yard garden: peas, favas, chard, mizuna, arugula, garlic, asparagus, rhubarb, mint, sage, oregano, raspberries, grapes, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries (we harvested the first one this weekend), sunflowers, more chives.

hard part is done. now we are mostly urging the plants along, unburying the tiny plants from the mulch & hanging on the front porch with Sara's friend Lilia.

hallelujah

the mulch is in! that was a lot bigger pain than we realized it would be. luckily mike is super tough & strong & manly & did the vast majority of it.

so now the yard looks very mulch-centric. can't wait for all the plants to grow in a bit more so you can actually see them. but the mulch should help them stay alive so they can be nice & big next year.

yum

local pulled pork + mike-made parkerhouse rolls + mizuna from the garden + local (adam-the-milk-guy) cheddar + mike-made-camembert-style-cheese + apple.

food-and-ornamentals-not-lawn: plants are in

Ok, its not ALL food. We put all the landscape plants in this weekend. In there we did manage to work in currants, (sand) cherry (bushes) cherry trees, gooseberries and edible thyme. And lots of food plants for the bees. Will be adding some more chives & other edibles in the empty spots. Next up, need to mulch everything and then get all the veggies beds planted. Thanks mom & dad for the help.