Last night we harvested the rest of the produce from our garden. It was supposed to get down close to freezing. We had peppers (lots of them!), unripe tomatoes, diakon radishes, cabbages, eggplant, kale, swiss chard and basil to harvest.
Harvesting tomatoes
Harvesting peppers
A pail full of produce!
A very large diakon radish
Drying all of the peppers
The garden is growing great! The tomato plants have TONS of blossoms and quite a few tomatoes. The peppers have a lot of buds and actual peppers. And the squash have several blossoms and a few squash. Thank you God for making our garden grow!
4-5 ounce tomatoes
The cherry tomato plants are taller than the fence! They have TONS of blossoms
Pimento peppers
Yellow squash
A couple of weeks ago we planted 3 different herbs in one of our flower beds in our back yard. 2 of the 3 have sprouted. We planted: coriander (cilantro), fennel and skullcap. We ordered our seeds from Baker Creek, Territorial and Seeds of Change. We plan to plant several more herbs in the next few weeks.
Coriander sprouts
Fennel sprouts
(above): Rain water collection system: metal 55 gallon drum (with faucet), welded steel stand and down spout.
Irrigation system made with PVC pipes.
Here are some photos of our “hot house” seed starter green house. It is made out of a metal shelving unit with two dual-pane window panals bolted to the front and back with a plywood wall and door on the sides. Trays hold the seed starting cans which can be pulled out of the shelves in order to water and take them out on warm days.
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