animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

horseradish

While this plant might look like a gigantic weed, it’s actually horseradish. The Cambria County plant sale was offering horseradish this year and I thought it might be fun to try. It’s not like we eat a ton of horseradish, but we do go through a few jars a year. …

herbs

Here’s a partial shot of my herb garden. The monstrosity that is taking it over is lemon balm. I’ve got to cut that plant back or something. Each block in the herb garden is one square foot, so obviously this was a bad plant for me to pick. Of course, …

blueberry

This cluster of blueberries looks pretty good. I’m going to try to eat the almost ripe one before the birds do. While the blueberry bushes look better this year than ever, they are still pretty small, so I’m not too worried if the birds get the berries again this year …

the garden

I’m pretty pleased with the way the garden is progressing this year. I finally finished mulching it this past week. I had a few plants die on me and they have been replaced. I had my first major “harvest” this week, too–garlic scapes. I made a garlic scape frittata for …

tomatoes

As promised, some pictures of the tomatoes. The ones on the right used the tomato teepees and the ones on the left did not. As you can see the ones that used the teepees are almost twice as tall. I do have some flowers on both sets of plants, so …