~Garden Notes ~ June 21, 2010

 

~Cucumbers a-plenty, cucumbers galore~

 

 

~Green beans in various stages~

~Beautiful wildflowers adding touches of color~

~Insects – some busy helping and some busy hurting~

 ~bees and dragonflies~

 

~results of squash borer worm which left one lone yellow squash for the family & me~

~Corn that tells the story of little critters~

 

~First picture taken on Saturday and second picture taken this morning.  Some stalks were stripped bare.  I’m pulling corn this evening and am going to enjoy fresh corn from the Farmer’s Market instead.  The little critters left us very little corn.~

~Sweet surprises from the compost~

 ~These little squash plants sprouted around the peppers as a result of the compost that I used.  I dug them up and planted them in various places in the garden.  I’m waiting to see which types of squash plants that they are!~

~Mulch that works~

~I haven’t been able to make it out the homes of our country-living friends to harvest some pine straw so I used the leaves from the yard compost pile for mulch.  It has been a life saver.  This row was weeded and mulched about 3 weeks ago!  It has definitely kept the weeds at bay.~ 

~Yukon Gold potato harvest and an early morning helper~

~Summer surplus from a neighbor~

~Okra, tomatoes, and a kershaw (curshaw,?) ~

I’m really not sure what the squash plant is.  My neighbor said a kershaw or something like that.  He said it was in the pumpkin squash family.  I’m going to google it but if you have any ideas, I’d love to hear them.  I’m really not sure what to do with it.~

 

~Farmer’s Market goodness~

 ~We keep local honey around to help combat allergies.  When I saw this honey with the honeycomb, I could not pass it by.  My impulse buy was honey!  We also bought some fresh peaches (yum), a watermelon, and some tomatoes at the famer’s market.~

~A yummy book~

~I have wanted this book for a while and when we saw it at Cracker Barrel, David bought it for me. (click picture for link to amazon for book information)