Bush Beans

Today Antonio and I sowed some Bush Beans of the Medinah variety. We sowed some dill, radishes and carrots along with them. Here are a few pictures of the garden & Antonio trying out his new helmet.

Worms

On Wednesday our shipment of a pound of worms (approximately 500 worms) arrived. How exciting. Antonio was all oo's and ah's, but did not want to try to touch them. So our worms are now happily in their new home (or at least we hope), in our home-made compost bin. I am excited to finally start composting our kitchen scraps and producing our very own fertilizer. One step closer to closing the loop and being more self sufficient at our little homestead.

Harvesting Lettuce

This Monday night we harvested 2.1 ounces of our organic lettuce. That was enough for all three of us to make salads using only homegrown lettuce. Up to now we had been adding our homegrown lettuce to our store-bought lettuce. It was definitely a nice feeling to be eating something that we knew came about by the efforts of our labor.

Alfalfa Sprouts

I started another batch of alfalfa sprouts. Can't get over how easy it is to grow sprouts to have when ever I want.

Lemon Basil, Opal Basil, & Genovese Basil

I was excited when I got the mail today, because we received our free basil seeds from www.tomatoheirlooms.com. So I sowed some Lemon Basil, Opal Basil and Genovese Basil. I also transplanted a few more of our tomatoes into small pots.

Blueberry & Sweet Alyssum

I sowed some Sweet Alyssum seeds around my blueberries, to act as a living mulch, and attract bees. I am excited, I found out that the Rabbit-Eye Blueberry plant I have is actually native to the area.

Blueberries

This weekend we purchased and potted two blueberry plants. One is a Tiftblue and the other is a Rabbit-Eye Blueberry. I am excited, as Antonio and I love eating blueberries, and I love their little white flowers, and the spectacular red leaves in the fall.