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July Harvest, July Planting

July tomato harvest

Here is the first of my July harvest, my first tomato of the season (that’s a quarter in the photo to show the scale). It was juicy and slightly tart with a chewy skin. Mmm…

July Harvest

Here is a list of farm produce to expect in Eastern Kansas for July harvest: Basil, Beans, [...]

It’s that time between spring harvest and the ripening of summer fruits. I’m finding it hard to wait for the fruits of summer. They are on their way, but they don’t look delicious yet! It will take a few more weeks of sun.

Then I read this morning of a garden being flattened by a [...]

Garden Corner 06/04/09

I was very thankful this week for the thunderstorm which brought my Kansas garden corner some much needed rain. I’ve had a couple of days of cooler weather and I’ve been out weeding with my hoe. I just wonder, is the ability to use an old-fashioned hoe a lost art? My hoe is old – [...]

Garden Corner 05/28/09

My Kansas garden corner grows more leaves, and more green, by the day. Is May normally this green? I confess, I must have had my eyes shut in years past. What was I thinking, was my mind off traveling to another place and time? This year I feel rooted right here and it is beautiful.

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Garden Corner 05/21/09

Today my Kansas garden corner is blessed with blue blooms. This Tradescantia is often known as Spiderwort. I love the fresh, blue blooms, which the camera can’t do justice to. In real life the blooms are a bright violet blue, which somehow the camera can’t capture. The contrast of blue flower and yellow stamens just [...]