This may not look like it should be on a cooking blog---but it's the garden we grow so we have lots of yummy fresh things to cook with. This is the top or south end of the garden and contains onions (which we are beginning to harvest now), leeks ( my first time growing them), beans, flowers, corn, peppers, eggplants, and tomatollos.
The rest of the garden and the second terrace. We are growing our tomatoes on black plastic this year, also our melons, cucumbers, and melons. You can see potatoes, green beans, peas, carrots, etc. On the lower terrace we have a new variety of strawberries (on the black plastic), raspberries and blackberries--plus some of our melons, squash etc. We are beginning to eat some of the sugar snap peas this week, and we are picking a few strawberries--not from thsi patch, but from others scattered around the yard. We are also harvesting our rhubarb--it's in a flower bed. I made a rhubarb crisp the other day that was a big hit at the Primary party. I also planted a small herb garden this year, but we also have herbs among the flowers all over the yard. The mower belongs to a neighbor boy who mowed the grass by the pond. The fish in the pond are now between 8 and 12 pounds. The little trees are a cherry and a plum--both loaded with fruit this year--we also have apricots, apples, peaches and pears.
For retired folks, you sure seem to plant a full-time garden. It looks delicious. It must be so rewarding to be able to grow and eat so much of your own food. I've been so tickled with the lettuce and onions and radishes and peas that we've been picking and eating from our garden so far. Now I just have to figure out what animal is eating my tomato leaves and put a stop to that.
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