This could possibly be the first year I have not had some sort of a garden...
It has not been easy for me.
Above pictured is our proposed garden space for next season. It seems like an eternity to me sometimes.
Certainly everytime I go to the grocery store and have to buy things I used to get for free in my backyard.
It stings a bit at the checkout too.
However...in true Pedersen fashion...we are making the best with what we have!
We started a number of containers with herbs.
My mother in law donated a whole herd of plants!
Crazy stuff like lime basil and purple basil.
The living mint plant I bought from the grocery store in march still lives!
Ches turned the back part of the old garden patch and planted all of the gifted plants.
Tomatoes a plenty! Romas, cherry, beefsteaks and yellow plum tomatoes.
Our pepper plants went into an old metal container we found next to the garage.
Repositioned at the end of the big garden , we have a bunch of pepper types growing.
Yellow wax hot peppers...
Also regular green bell peppers.
It's amazing what you can do with a little imagination!
So the garden efforts are a bit hampered this year, they are not spent!
There are other things happening on our property that were pre-existing.
The concord grapes are coming along nicely (we think)...we've never grown grapes before!
I plan on reading up on their care this winter, but for now we are just marveling at how they grow.
Another thing we seem to have plenty of, in all of the areas with disturbed soil, is lamb's quarter.
Lamb's quarter is one of those wild edibles you never forget once you identify them.
We're seeing it in all of those containers pictured at the top, basically anywhere we used the free topsoil from my husband's parents property.
You can use lamb's quarter like you use spinach, either steamed or raw.
I seem to only like the young leaves in salads...other wise the leaves of just about any age plant (before flowering) are good cooked. The reportedly have astronomical health benefits.
How are your gardens doing?
Be sure to post pictures of your gardens and bounties on my facebook page!
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