It's not over yet!

While I have been silent, the garden grows. The season has certainly turned, but that doesn't mean I'm done for the year - I'm working on my next harvest!


I've planted a whole new set of seedlings, which are slowly making their way to maturity. There's only one pepper left, but the carrots keep coming in from the summer. Most of the herbs are looking good still too - plenty of basil, rosemary, oregano and chives.

I'm most excited for the peas! I planted the same Little Marvel Dwarf Peas as in the spring, and they are blooming. I found a little trellis that's perfect for the pea plant vines.




Red Winter Kale, Purple and While Vienna Blend Kohlrabi, Cherry Bell Radish, and broccoli too. The seedlings are still small and I hope they keep growing for a full harvest! They looked quite magical this morning, with drops of dew remaining.



It's the time for lettuce and I have in the raised beds, in pots and everything I can think to grow it.




As the days grow dark and the air cool, pansies show their true color.

Though new eyes: celebrating a new Nikon

marigold

lariope

Rose of Sharon

rosemary

Royal Burgundy Bean Bush

near perfect tomato

basil

parsley

mystery beauty from Lindsey's soap box

cucumber

cucumber

cucumber

Rose of Sharon

marigold

marigold + butterfly

mums

September Harvest

Cucumbers are here! I've been pulling out tons of carrots. The tomatoes continue. We have bell peppers here and there. A few beans and a little romaine lettuce.

early September harvest

Freckles - Romaine Lettuce

Bloomsdale Spinach

Chocolate Bell Pepper

Royal Burgundy Bean Bush

Straight Eight Cucumber

And the first salad made of entirely garden veggies!

Tomato, cucumber, carrot, bell pepper, swiss chard, romaine lettuce, carrot greens and parsley.

Best Seed Company: Botantical Interests

www.botanicalinterests.com

Check it out. Beautiful illustrations, amazing selection of organic and heirloom seeds. NON-GMO. They are family owned and out of Colorado. They have great resources on the site and even a new iPhone app that I need to check out. Each packet of seeds is not only artfully packaged, but contains tons of growing insights, tips and illustrations.

I purchased my fall seeds here and had to stop myself from going nuts - so many interesting things to choose from! I can't wait for their spring catalog to come out. If you'd like to get one too, you can sign up here: 2011 Seed Catalog

I've just started to plant for my fall harvest:

Royal Burgundy Bean Bush
Cherry Belle Radish
Freckles Lettuce Romaine
Bloomsdale Spinach
Tokyo Long White Onion Bunching/Scallion
Di Cicco Broccoli
Red Winter Kale
Purple and White Vienna Blend Kohlrabi

And for indoors:

Broccoli Sprouts
Cat grass

Watch out - It's fun shopping!

Seriously Sized Zucchini

The place: Rosemary Street, Denver, CO
The item: Zucchini
The size: A burly man's arm


On our trip out west, we had the pleasure to see and taste our friend's enormous zucchini. They started out the spring building two raised bed gardens in Denver and now its harvest time and they have more zucchini than they know what to do with! They are pretty tasty on the grill. Lesson for next year? Maybe one plant will do! Check out the beautiful monsters and their blossoms.




It's not all zucchini. There's corn with colorful purple hinted tassels, just about ripe for picking.



Cucumber lemon too - which I have never seen before, nor even heard of! What does it taste like and how do you eat it? This one is a mystery to me.



They have lots more growing and making its way to harvest. The raised beds are a great size, plopped into a huge yard with lots of room for lounging. Wow - check out that new fence. What a beauty.


Thanks for sharing the garden - can't wait to see what happens next year!

Sully Street Garden, Laramie, WY

Heading out west to visit friends in Denver, CO and Laramie, WY, I've been pleasantly surprised to find thriving boxed gardens! Considering the dramatically harsh climate and growing season, I'm totally impressed!

The Sully Street Garden is brimming with veggies, most of which I haven't tried growing. Lettuces, tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini, broccoli, chili peppers and herbs are all making their way to harvest. The growing season in Laramie is short, but a lot can happen in a little time.







The Sully Street Garden is complete with a compost pile and a water barrel collecting rainwater from the roof. How perfect. Next step for the garden: cold frame on the deck to protect plants from the tough, long WY winter.

Good luck, guys!!!