Our garden is starting to wrap up its production for the season. It has given us some great things. The usual- tomatoes, corn, beans (including purple beans), peas, strawberries, watermelon, carrots, beets, etc.
It has also given us a few "firsts". One of which was artichokes. We got this huge plant- in this picture it is as tall as Kai- but now it is as tall as Kaleb. Huge leaves. And for a long time- no artichokes. We had just decided it was going to be a BIG dud. A few days later we noticed a little artichoke growing in the base of all that foliage. One little artichoke. Fortunately, all we needed was patience. We have eaten about five and there are about a dozen still out there growing. Yum!
It is a really pretty plant. And the artichokes are so pretty with their purple leaves.
We also decided to grow a zucchini plant. Yup....we had zucchini growing out our ears.
Zucchini is funny. You ignore it for a few days and it explodes. Who wants to deal with a vegetable this big. It is just tooo much. But it makes great muffins.
We also grew cucumbers for the first time. For some reason Brigham and I both had memories of bitter cucumbers from our youth- so we never grew them. Luckily- ours turned out so good. Especially crisp and cold from the fridge.
We also made pickles for the first time. We LOVE pickles! Soooo good!
Cabbage.
We also grew honeydew and cantaloupe. Good stuff!
Thanks garden- you were soooo good to us!
