Goodness Gracious Gardening

There's always a bit of room for magic in the garden.

Time to dry a whole load of things: spearmint, mint, oregano, dill, parsley, sage, tarragon, thyme, etc.

Cilantro.  Another garden treat this year (as last year we didn't get any).  Made a great fresh salsa out of it, with fresh garden scapes and local tomaotes...

Lemon Balm... Bundles dried and ready for tea. Great for relaxing, and sleeping.

Dill.  Great on fresh potatoe hashbrowns...homemade borsht.

Garden Delights

And then there was fruit.   Currants, cherries, raspberries, strawberries, and soon blueberries.  Raspberry shakes and pancakes....wild strawberries with cream....

We've shelled a big bowl of peas.  We have also enjoyed our snap peas (in salads and stirfrys).

There is nothing like eating fresh peas out of the pod, fresh from the garden.

We are so excited to have pears this year. We did not get any last year.  So this year, just in case we manually pollinated the flowers with q-tips, just in case the bees did not make it to the garden in time.

Fresh potatoes already!

Collards chips are just as fantastic as Kale chips.   Collards also are great chopped up in salads (including coleslaws) and in soups...

Enjoying fresh lettuce and spinach since February.

Our Garden Retreat

We are enjoying our garden more and more each day as we watch everything grow.

Maintaining the garden though, takes a lot of time and there is alway something to do.