Seems to me that, this year, a lot more folks are doing vegetable gardens.
Maybe I’ve just been paying more attention, maybe it’s the ever growing popularity of everything organic/slow food/locavores/food porn or maybe it’s thestupideconomy.
Anyway, this is our first year of gardening in the new place. And it’s been a challenge–so different than in past years.
And I realized that, with last month’s focus on kid-friendly Napa Valley, I haven’t done a garden update recently.
So, we’ve been harvesting the pole beans and are almost at the point where it’s “Are we having green beans again tonight? Really?–again?” The zucchini and green zebra tomatoes should be pickable this week. The other heirloom tomatoes are not doing that great; we think there’s just not enough sun in this yard. But we’ve been harvesting herbs on a daily basis since March.
In all, we have some success and some failure–but we are learning a lot this year.
And, most importantly, we are enjoying our garden.
Zucchini Blossoms
Basil
Pole Beans
Green Zebra Tomatoes