Playroom

I realized I never posted pics of the completed playroom. Of course, I didnt get any when I had it all nice and organized, but you get the idea:)

Tomatoes

Our tomatoes are finally starting to come in! Our neighbor gave us a bunch of his, and then ours started. According to Dan, they were worth the wait. So far the cour di bue and green sausage are ready.

We harvested the garlic a couple weeks ago....just in time as I ran out and actually had to buy it once!

We are still getting some greens, even with the heat. The rocky top salad mix has not bolted and is still pretty nice tasting. I just am now realizing I have not used any of the siamese dragon stir fry mix in a stir fry! Need to put that on the menu for next week...some of its bolted, but not all, and even if its a bit bitter, it should be fine in a stir fry (I think!).

We have been eating a ton of basil...making pesto and basil garlic vinagarette (usually used over a salad with goat cheese and cranberries, yum!). I am not such a fan of the lettuce leaf basil. It kept smelling anise-y and sort of cinnamon-y to me and I wasnt to happy with the flavor in the pesto. I later saw on P allen Smith's website that it does in fact have anise and sometimes cinnamon undertones. The sweet genovese is great though!

Peppers are starting to come in, as well as eggplants.

Sunflower house is all wonky, but they are getting ready to bloom.

The bean tepee didnt get wired off quick enough and the rabbits got it...Argh! And those were my yard long bean....chinese red noodle, that I was very excited about.

We are getting ready to start setting out plants for fall harvest. The neighbors started a bunch of broccoli, there son got seed happy and they have like hundreds, so we are taking some of theirs to plant:)

I hope to get some pics tomorrow. Thought I would at least sort of catch up while I had a minute:)

Mmmmm.....dinner:)

Trying to Catch Up

Here are some pics from about 1 1/2 weeks ago....they are not good.

Potatoes (and Beans but the rabbits got them, need to start more)

All three beds are tomatoes and basil...the front bed also has some parsley and chives.

Front: Bell Peppers, Jalapenos, Calendula
Mddle: eggplant, cosmos, and pansy
Back: greens, swiss chard, johnny jump ups


Front: Peppers, Tomatillos, Calendula
Middle: Broccoli, Caulifower, Allysum, cosmos
Back: Greens, Johnny jump ups

We have babies!!!

We came home from Cape last night to cheeps in the incubator. Two had hatched and a third was on its way. This morning, the third didnt make it, but the first two are all fluffed out and in the brooder. There are two eggs left....one was moving and then stopped....Dan cracked it a bit and I think it is gone. The last egg I thought was a dud until dan cracked it a bit and it started peeping....so that one may still make it...we will have to see.

So far behind...

We have the majority of the plants in, but I dont have pics yet and its raining today. I do have some random garden pics that I took 2 days ago, so I will post those:)
Sunflower House

Bean Tepee

Last of the Tulips and Lilacs...first of the Roses!

Introducing Soup and Quackers

So, we brought two baby ducks home last weekend. The ILs had a possum get in the coop, so they lost some of the babies. These two survived. I now though have 5 eggs in an incubator, so we will see what happens!

Tulips and (almost) Lilacs, oh my:)

Pretty early still, but the tulips started blooming:)Something is munching on them:(My really old big Lilac and some of its bloomsMy 'sensation' Lilac...its 4 years old and this is the first year I've gotten buds!

The Ducklings are Hatched:)

We went and visited the baby ducks today. They hatched on Thursday and Friday. We are leaving them with Dan's parents for about 3 more weeks so their mama can teach them to swim, forage, etc.

Here is the proud "mama" Emily. The duckings arent actually hers but she hatched them out:)

Chickies '09

Picked up our spring chicks about 1 1/2 weeks ago.

Spedini - Silver-laced Wyandotte

Teriyaki - Australorp

Noodle - Buff Orpington

Gumbo - surprise chick ( I am guessing Partridge Cochin)

Also, our ducklings are hatched:) We are going to visit then tomorrow, but will leave them with their mother until they are a bit older.