Today's Fresh Food from the Garden

Here are my tomatoes:

And If you didn't see what was on the bottom left corner..:

A small and sweet Strawberry.

Today's Fresh Food from the Garden

Here are nine tomatoes from today! Look here:

And some say having a garden isn't productive... bologna!

Today's (soon to be) Fresh Food from the Garden

Here is my biggest Cantaloupes! It's not ready yet, but in a few weeks it will be plump, juicy, and sweet. Take A look:

The Corn is up!

Here is a picture of ONE of the FIVE ears on that little sprout of Silver Queen Corn I posted about a few months ago:

Today's Fresh Food from the Garden

Here are MORE tomatoes! See here:

Today's Fresh Food from the Garden

Here are the tomatoes and peppers I just got:

Gorgeous right?

I Got it!

   I figured out what that herb was called, Common Purslane. It's a Middle-Eastern herb that is used in salads and stews.  It's name in spanish is Verdolagas (pronounced: Vair-doe-la-gas). It's been bugging me that I couldn't remember the name of it for a while. 

But I found out what it is!

A Feast for the Family

Here's the garden's stock pile. FROM ONE DAY OF PICKING!! Check this out:

Fire In New Mexico

   Lately there have been a lot of fires, like the one in Los Alamos, NM. And if this isn't enough, the fire started right by a nuclear waste treatment plant. The fire started 6/30/2011 and has spread over 193 sq. miles of New Mexico land. Again one way to reduce the risk of a fire happening in your garden is to keep all dry matter is a cool place and all compost wet. And NEVER start a fire near a compost bin because when plant matter decays it creates highly flammable methane gas which with even the slightest spark could explode.


Read more:
http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=637242

Today's Fresh Food from the Garden

I finally got some tomatoes from my other plant, the variety is Celebrity:

Gorgeous!