Last Garden Harvest

Our home garden did not disappoint this year. It was all we could do to keep up with harvest all the goodies, and thanks to some extended warmer weather we harvested well into October, eating the last of it this November. Cheers to green thumbs!

Home Garden Update

The corn is now taller than all of us, and we see the ears of corn starting to grow. The birds have started stealing blueberries. We have a baby watermelon. We picked another squash and plan for cucumbers this weekend. Tomatoes are growing but not ripe yet (it always feels like such a long runway to tomato deliciousness).

How about you? Pick anything summery good from your garden recently?

Home Garden: Blueberries!

We had the good fortune of coming across and advertisement for mature blueberry bushes for sale. Sonoma Swamp Blues of Sebastopol is going out of business and selling their 15 yr old bushes, by the bush. You can go dig them up (as we did) or order them online and pick them up ready to go.

There are small, medium, and large varieties. We opted for the medium variety blue jay. So exciting! It’s hard work, and we definitely have an advantage with an expert plant person in the family, but we are all so excited to see the literal fruits of this labor. If you’ve got some space, you should really check out this rare opportunity.

Our Garden

We had actually decided to expand our garden before the pandemic turned life on its side and helped us focus more on home and not just work. Last year, Francisco removed a large oak tree which left us with room for an additional garden bed this year.

Last year was our first garden, and like true newbies, we started too late. Come fall, the cucumbers were amazing, and the corn some how grew 15’ tall, but most of the summer we spent watering and looking longingly at the plants, waiting for them to offer their fruit.

This year, we got our seeds out in February, and planted indoors in the first week of March. At some point the labels we had on everything washed off (note for next year), so we’re enjoying some guesswork and finger pointing this spring. The plants went into the ground the week of Easter and, well, they look happy to be outside - green and full. We’ve harvested lettuce and spinach. And this week, we cut back the oregano, and are drying it for later use.

Upside down and in the California sun.

Do you have favorite plants/varieties for your home garden?