Cosmo spring garden 2021

[Cosmo spring garden]

Cabbages are looking great and the peas are growing like crazy.

The beans are doing well too. I may have planted way too many beans but we enjoyed the home canned beans so much last year that I wanted to can a lot more this year.

And i am so excited to report that my tomatoes are actually thriving this year!

 

[Cosmo spring garden]

Here is one of the tomatoes. I fertilized them with calcium nitrate few days ago and they perked up!

 

[Cosmo spring garden]

Its finally bean harvest time! These were so good slightly sauteed in butter and sprinkled with salt and pepper. Even my son loved them!

It's hot and humid here now so harden tasks are done in the early morning and later afternoon time.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

Its finally bean harvest time! These were so good slightly sauteed in butter and sprinkled with salt and pepper. Even my son loved them!

It's hot and humid here now so harden tasks are done in the early morning and later afternoon time.

What variety? They look incredible!

 

[Cosmo spring garden]

What variety? They look incredible!

I think they are Louisiana purple pole beans. I bought them from a local feed store. They are doing well and taste delicious

 

[Artichoke Lover]

I think they are Louisiana purple pole beans. I bought them from a local feed store. They are doing well and taste delicious

I just bought a packet of those for next year from my feed store! Now I’m excited!

 

[Cosmo spring garden]

I have been so busy the past two weeks. The beans are being harvested and I've already canned 18 quart jars! My goal is to can 70 quart jars and I think we might make it

Strawberries are finally slowing down but the raspberries and blueberries have started ripening. Always something yummy to eat!

How zucchini loves to grow lol. I missed couple of zucchini and they ended up growing huge like a baseball bat lol. I made two loaves of zucchini bread today.

I also dug up some taters and have been enjoying those.

I love this time of the year. I am busy all day long and sleep so well at night. And I feel so blessed to see the jars being filled up for winter use.

I hope everyone elses gardens are doing great this year!

Here are some pics :

 

[Cosmo spring garden]

I feel like I am so behind on my garden chores. We had VBS last week and I barely had time to do anything else. The kids had so much fun at VBS tho!

Today we spent most of the morning harvesting kakai pumpkins blackberries, pinto beans, some corn, cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers.

Few of the kakai pumpkins had something burrowing in them so we harvested the seeds and got over 2 cups! They were washed and are in the dehydrator now.


I made fresh salsa with the few tomatoes and it was so good with lunch (we make something called haystacks which is basically a taco salad).

After lunch I got busy making BlackBerry rhubarb jam and canned 9 pints.

Then I made a double batch bread and butter pickles (our favorite!) .

I am tired but the day isn't over yet. We still have to harvest squash, transplant sweet corn and start some painted mountain corn.

My house is a mess but it will remain that way until fall lol.

 

[baymule]

Your garden is simply gorgeous. It is awesome and you are awesome! Beautiful plants, so healthy!

 

[Cosmo spring garden]

Your garden is simply gorgeous. It is awesome and you are awesome! Beautiful plants, so healthy!

Thank you for such a great compliment. You are so sweet

There are a lot of weeds and bug damage but those will never go away so I just enjoy the chaos lol.