Bitter Green... BE GONE!

Hope that you had a wonderful 4th of July celebration with your family & friends!

Arugula.

I planted some more Arugula in some empty squares... oh how I love this peppery... spicy green in salad... and I love SFG!!

My garlic harvest.

Funny... a neighbor gave me some garlic bulbs a few years ago. So I put them in the ground and that's it!

I didn't have a clue when to harvest or what to do with them. But then I got to reading some of my favorite garden blogs and learned about garlic scapes... and more importantly... that it was time to harvest my garlic.

Lunch time Harvest!

Yes, more radishes, a head of Baby Romaine, and some Arugula.

Bitter Green... BE GONE!

YUCKY... I pulled out all of this bitter green. It was growing beautifully... but.. It just tasted awful...

I way over planted this 2x2ish SFG. The bitter green is all gone now...

Toni's Gardening Lesson...

Always put markers in your squares so that you know what you planted!

Woke up to Rain this morning... YEAH!!!

Rain!
We are sooo blessed to have rain during the night! My garden is going to LOVE it!!!

Yesterday, I noticed blossoms and little peppers on my cherry pepper plant. Forgot to take a picture, but this is my lettuce bed!

Lettuce Harvest

Today, we're celebrating my birthday with a dinner at Mom's. I'm going harvest a bunch of this lettuce to share. Should be yummy!

We've especially been enjoying the arugula! So spicey... yummy! Didn't plant enough of it!!! Got more in the works though...

Building beds... Filling beds

I'm done building beds... ran out of stuff to fill my popping corn bed... it needs a bit more... will get more supplies on Monday. I also have a few smaller boxes to fill for flowers and a zucchini plant.

I'm am soo loving walking around my garden... watching everything grow!

I picked...

I am sooooo excited! My pre-teen son, Aaron, & I were uncovering the garden this morning... when... he spotted some Radishes that needed to be picked!

So we pulled 1/2 dozen or so radishes... (then replanted more together!!!)

We cut some lettuce leafs... and some spinach... and some arugula.

Aaron loves to eat it all!

So we had greens to go in sandwiches for lunch with radishes to much on too!

Another Garden Giggle...

The other day Aaron came up to help me work in the garden. When I got near him... I could smell this strong... pungent odor... "Aaron, have you been eating chives?" YES!

Well, they were very fragrant!

Mandan Corn is sprouting!

Everyday I see changes in my garden! It's so exciting! I have certainly been "bitten" by the gardening bug... LOL!

My Mandan Corn is sprouting!!!

And this weekend, we enjoyed little snipits of fresh lettuce, spinach, arugula on our sandwiches.