and it's Saturday again...

So it's again time for Saturday Farmers' Market. (Though the farmers market we go to is on Sundays, and it's finally opening so hopefully we'll be headed there tomorrow.) And I feel a bit lame even participating in this, as we're always on the tail end of things. Some of you are harvesting goodies already, and other have these big lush plants growing away. And we, just last weekend, finally got the final things planted. (Oh, okay, not final--we still have to plant a few green beans and some pumpkins. Oh, and my herbs.) And waiting until last weekend to put the tomatoes and peppers in the ground almost wasn't good enough, as we had a hard freeze warning Sunday night---luckily, our baby plants fared okay. And just a few days later it was in the 90s--good thing plants are so hardy, huh?

There has been much prep and expansion going on in our little garden world this spring. That far rectangular section--that was the garden we put in last year. All the rest, we've added this year. We've probably tripled the amount of space. Thanks to a lot of hard work from my Dad, Rich, and the kiddos. Gray pretty much tilled the soil and got the strawberry patches (the square sections closest) ready himself. But yeah, not a lot to see yet.

We will have a few bites of fruit to eat soon. These are strawberries we planted in a planter last season. We may end up with a couple dozen berries, but as for this year, I'll still have to buy a bunch at the farmers market for preserving.

We planted four blueberry bushes this year, but again, it will probably be a few years before they produce enough to keep us from having to go pick a bunch to make it through the winter. I didn't think to take a picture of the blackberry bushes we planted last year, but they are coming back beautifully this year. Hopefully we'll get a few more berries this year than we did last year.

















As far as the things planted in the main garden, I'm not really sure how much of it is doing. We're trying quite a few things for the first time, and I just don't know if they're looking as they should or not. :P  Like this cabbage:

The leaves look pretty to me, but I have no idea how it should be looking at this stage. Should it be bigger by now? *shrugs*

Oooh, and the celery. Another new one for us. Looks good to me, but again, what the hell do I know?!! Of course, if it does do well and we end up with as much as I planted, I'm probably going to have to learn to like eating it. *shudders*

(And yes, I totally need to weed again.)

And hooray for those early bursts of deliciousness! Won't be too long until we're eating radishes. (Yep, they need to be thinned--badly.)

Like I said, it just doesn't seem like much now...but hopefully we've got lots to look forward to this summer in our little garden. :)

























For more (and better) fresh food and gardening posts, be sure to head over to Chris's Saturday Market post and round-up!