A little birdie

and his friend

stopped by today in our little corner of the Garden State.

They didn't eat all the raspberries though, we found a couple to enjoy

as we played with friends in the yard.

Today in the Garden State

Sorry it has been so long since I blogged here... Today we were outside all day...enjoying the end of Summer in our corner
of the Garden State. The above photo shows the cranberries. We have flowers again..

This Butternut Squash flower just makes me feel happy.

The Figs are ripening!!!

A little Butternut Squash growing in the grass...

Princess's friend came over and worked side by side with me in the garden.

She was a gem!!

This little one only eats....

An Organic Backyard Garden in New Jersey

We have butternut squash growing up over the green beans... Bugs are welcome

we aim for a harmonious balance between bugs who eat our food, and the bugs

who eat them.

This little cucumber is getting a second wind...

Butterflies are encouraged to come and go at whim

with lots of their favorite plants surrounding the vegetable garden

Heirloom tomatoes

a golden squash

grown from organic seed right here by us...

Zucchini and swiss chard too...

We know the balance is working when so many different creatures

choose to make their home right here..

Can you see the Robin in the plum tree?

Long overdue update

We've been too busy tending to this to blog.... good thing we love zucchini

this guy will not stay away...

We are canning these now....

Enjoying these..

Checking out the cool bugs who drop in

Did I mention hoping the rain stops long enough to weed?

I hope you enjoyed these pictures of our corner of the Garden State.

Hopefully it will not be so long before I can blog again.

Garden State Harvest

Just a bit if what we're harvesting right now...zucchini, cucumber,

greyzinni, yellow squash, cabbage,green beans,swiss chard,lettuce,beets,carrots,

peas, gooseberries, currants, black berries, golden raspberries....

blog break

I am taking a blog break.
Too many tech difficulties.
Be well.

Rednesday

I am participating in Rednesday again today, but have been experiencing

technical difficulties due to the very wet wires outside my house.

Today I will show you where I blog from...

no, it's not red...

it's Happy Green, but look closely,

my vintage tablecloth has lovely strawberries

perfect for my blog pal, Sue..host of Rednesday

this and every other week.

Go see the delicious redness over at her Secret Garden.

Still raining in the Garden State

Alert the butterflies...we have flowers on their bush! We also have some lovely plums...

Farmer Dad and I both thought we would get up to our Community Garden plots today to

weed and mulch some more, but it is not to be. It is raining again in the Garden State.

In case you are all concerned, we are safe and sound inside today, the Ark is coming along

just fine, but we are still waiting for the two Zebra, and two Ostrich to show up.

All the other animals have arrived, but sad to say we took a vote, and the Ground Hogs

will be turned away on this voyage. Please don't cry too long over their fate, there is far too much water here already, and we are leaving them with plenty of provisions.

Before the rain started up again this morning, we were out picking more peas, and

golden raspberries, and a bit of lettuce, and we even weeded a bit and planted two new

raspberry plants my sister picked up on Freecycle for me (Thanks Shell). The bees were making sure we will soon have blackberries as well.

We also re-planted a baby blueberry bush that something had pulled out of the ground, and re-filled the bird feeders. Then we watched the birds from the dry kitchen.

This little gal was watching me watch the other birds at the feeder.


Here's hoping the rain doesn't wash out all the crops, and the sun returns someday soon.