Sights from around Crooked Acres.
First squash harvested – yellow straight neck, pattypan, and zucchini – along with the lettuce for that day’s lunch salad. By the time I could finally get into the garden without sinking in up to my ankles in mud, there was a zucchini that was 12 inches long and weighed two pounds. (We gave it to the chickens, because when zucchini are that big, they’re less tender and more seedy than we like.)
First ripe blueberry!
Kiwi, growing along the fence.
Red romaine lettuce. I didn’t order the seeds for that lettuce; I got them free with an order and decided to give them a try. I didn’t really like it, because it’s more than a little bitter. After I took this picture, I pulled it all up and gave it to the chickens, then planted more Jericho romaine in that bed.
The purslane is happy, and we’ve been eating a lot of it, on salads. Not only is it tasty, it’s highest in omega-3 fats of any edible plant.
Jericho romaine, two weeks after I planted it. It’ll need to be thinned soon.
The garden, last Saturday. SO much standing water.
The corn is bouncing back, but the green beans (on the left) are very unhappy. We talked about replanting, but I think we’ll get enough beans to get us through the summer. I’m not a huge green bean fan, I much prefer squash and tomatoes.
Fertilizin’ Pollinatin’ going on.
That squash plant would like to know why I’m drowning it. “Why you drown me, lady? Whyyyyyy?”
The catnip is happy, and threatening to take over that bed.
The dill is doing okay, too.
The basil’s hanging in there. All I need it to do is survive ’til we start getting tomatoes!
Standing water by the raised beds. As of yesterday, there were no more puddles, but the ground was still pretty wet.
In the front flower beds, the hydrangeas are super happy (and pretty!)
The Paw Paw trees are doing well.
In several months, this Meyer lemon will be ready for picking.
::thlurrrp::
I know the Crooked Acres Wednesdays have been low on dog and chicken and duck pictures. I’ll make it up to you next time, promise!
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I get the feeling Grant’s not enjoying this particular maneuver.
He seems a little happier here. Gilbert is such a bitey little brat.
Mooch, doing his morning crunches.
Flirty Grant.
Mooch spends a lot of time showing those pillows who the boss is.
“You kids! Keep it down! I’m NAPPING.”
Mooch is actually laying inside the pillow case here. He’s such a little nut.
“I BITE YOU BUTT.”
“Paws up, y’all!”
Bitin’ Gilbert bites again.
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Stinkerbelle keeping an eye on things. Despite the fact that she’s atop the kitchen cabinets in this picture, she’s actually been spending a lot of time on the floor following Tommy around. She sure does love that boy!
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Previously
2013: “He just keeeeeps on talkin’.”
2012: These pictures of Stompers are killing me dead.
2011: No entry.
2010: Who’s THAT?
2009: No entry.
2008: I wouldn’t want to see THAT carnage.
2007: Mister Suspicious.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.