Humble Beginnings

Just a few pictures

Here are a few pictures of our growing garden...

This is the side garden that contains the herbs + the green peas (seeds are planted in the trough and in the soil right in front of the trough).  The cucumbers are next to the trough in the smaller pots.  I'm hoping to get plenty of cucumbers for more pickles (although we still have a lot from last year).

This is a picture of the green bean plants I have left.  I put row cover over them yesterday only to have the guineas walk over the netting this morning!!!  And yes, those metal "cages" are halves of our minnow trap.

These are my tomatoes (about 25-26 of them)...mostly Roma tomatoes (I plan to make tons of spaghetti sauce & salsa this year).

James & Lauren looking for caterpillars (they wrap themselves up in the Spanish Oak leaves every spring).  It's like Christmas for them (unwrapping the leaves, that is!).

Little Lauren...

And James..

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{ 03:20 , Friday, April 11, 2008 } { Posted by jennickless }

Fantastic pictures! I love seeing kids being kids outside and not playing video games. My son has a difficult time with some friends because that is their idea of playing. (I have nothing against them mind you, my son plays them too. His time is strictly limited.)
Your gardens look great and so does you weather!
Have a great weekend!

Jennifer

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{ 06:25 , Friday, April 11, 2008 } { Posted by homesteadinthemaking }

Your children are precious and I am so envious of your gardening, as it looks like we will only be doing a little bit in pots this year.
Blessings,
Trixi

Protecting your green beans

{ 08:47 , Saturday, April 12, 2008 } { Posted by Nurseforlife }

Just a suggestion, but have you thought about tying some disposable pie plates onto some sticks with some twine and let the breeze blow them around to make enough noise to scare the guineas away from the garden? Our chickens are free range during the day and I use the pie plates and rubber snakes in the garden to keep them out, just a thought. Your garden makes me even more anxious to have ours going. Enjoy!