Basil and Oregano anyone?

Would anyone like some fresh basil and oregano? Come on over!
It's been washed,
it's organic,
and best of all it's FREE!

I also have some swiss chard but I'm making it for dinner tonight! But there's more in the garden.
While David played in the dirt,


I was working hard, trimmed my oregano : )















and my basil.
What wonderful smells!!




While trimming my oregano, I found a tomato peeking trying to grow past the crazy oregano!

Here it is!
I have lots of tomato seedlings growing everywhere. Hopefully they grow strong and I get lots of tomatoes to share!

My Fall Garden Journal

"Like seed sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a hundredfold" Mark 4:20

Time to Plant

Bed #1

11/2 on right side of bed I sowed a row of Sweet Spanish Yellow Onion Utah Jumbo seeds (germinates in 10-12days; harvest in 115 days) and a row of Red Burgandy Onion (germ 10-12 days; harv in 100 days)

Bed #2

4 Collard greens planted 11/1

Bed #3

Cilantro planted 11/1




Tomato Plants planted 11/1
left to right: beefsteak, early girl, husky cherry, beefsteak

From left to right

1st row- 11/1 tomato plants shown in previous picture

2nd & 3rd row- 11/1 Romaine Lettuce (short rows so I can reach), then existing bell pepper and cilantro shown in previous picture

4th row - 11/2 seeds of Carrot Denvers #126 (germinate 8-12 days; harvest 75days) mixed with radish seeds Easter Egg II Blend Festive & Champion (both germ 4-7days; harv 28 days) there is chives in front of this row which I may pull next time I use because it will grow too big and I have chives elsewhere.

5th row- 11/2 seeds of Spinach Espinaca Giant 157 Hybrid (germ 7-14days; harv 50 days)

6th row- 11/2 seeds of Spinach Espinaca Baby Leaf Hybrid (germ 7-14days; harv 30 days)

7th & 8th row - 11/1 Simpson Elite Leaf Lettuce

9th row - 11/2 seeds of Lettuce Great Lakes #118 (germ 7-10days; harv 82 days); behind is existing basil

I have space for more but there are seedlings popping out so I'll wait to see what they are, then at the very right of bed #3 shown below I sowed a row of seeds (11/2) of Stringless Blue Lake Pole Beans FM1K (germ 7-10days; harv 60 days) I think it's too early for this but I did it anyway. And another chives plant growing on that row.

I haven't decide where to plant this rosemary, maybe I'll keep it in the pot.

These are existing plants and herbs that survived the summer months:

Basil and Bell Pepper

Thyme with new geranium plant

Oregano that grows like a weed



Sage

Around the sage are seedlings coming up. I'm not sure what they are but when I rubbed the leaves they smelled like tomato plants. I didn't have tomatoes growing in this bed so I'm not sure. I'll wait and see, maybe the wind blew some seed over.

Swiss Chard and a tomato plant in the back bed with the new collard greens.

Bell pepper plant which I transplanted from another bed and chives

Eggplant (I think this is it's 4th year)

In the Garden- A Collection of Prayers for Everyday

To quote this favorite book of mine by Marsha Mauer on election day:

The Shovel- A Prayer for our Country

Our nation's prosperity began with shovels, God. It took hard work and the courageous lives of many before us to build homes, to plant crops, to establish lives and government.

We say we love our country, God, but are we willing to work to maintain our nation's liberties? We say we value representative government, but in how many elections do we vote? We say we value democratic process, but how informed are we about local, state, and national issues? We say we value freedom of speech, but how often do we express our views to elected officials or to local media? We say we value education, but how often do we participate in the activities of nearby schools? We say we value justice, but how often do we try to evade jury duty?

May we see the importance of excercising our love for our country. Give wisdom and sound judgement to our officials, our press, our educators, our law enforcement officials, our armed forces. Encourage us to participate in our government. Let us dig in to sustain the freedoms we enjoy. Amen

"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He chose for His inheritance."
Psalm 33:12

Hope everyone voted today.

Happy Halloween 2010

Did you look up at the moon on Halloween night?

boo

us : )

Halloween Party then -
Cody's in Cave Creek

Fun at Schnephs Farm

So adorable!

Elizabeth, Evan, Mikey

Tata David, Nana Julie, and Evan

Evan in the Sunflower Patch

Making Candy Filled Witches Brooms

Adrianna

Marty

Beautiful Grandkids

Fall 2010 - Composting

This is the beginning of my fall veg garden. I'm excited to have done my own compost. Grass clippings, dried leaves, veg scraps, coffee grounds, eggshells, etc. have turned into this... black gold!! Next- planting!

This is how my garden looked in Spring 2010

Mr. Rooster

swiss chard

peaches


lettuce

tomatoes

sage, lettuce, parsley, cilantro


Notice the wine bottle? keeps them happy : )

bench my nephew Danny made for me : )

Of course I have angel jewels in my garden too!

the playhouse

Mr. Rabbit

Sadly summer came and dried up most everything. Looking forward to fall planting! I must keep in mind that..."There is an appointed time for everything, a time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot the plant" Ecclesiastes 3:1-2