Proud parent feeling

This morning as I went to the garden to take a few pictures of my greenhouses for the previous entry...I couldn't stop taking pictures of my vegetables. And looking at those pictures I felt like I wanted to show the rest of the world what I was able to grow on my own. Almost like a parent getting his flip book out of his wallet to show his kids =) So enjoy the fruits of my labor!

Stretching Summer

Where I live, Summer starts ending in September....sadly. But tomorrow I am going to try to stretch my zucchini's life cycle. I'll build some simple mini greehouses over the plants in the garden. Now I have no idea how I'll do this. In fact I still haven't checked if I have plastic left in the garage. But it will be done tomorrow and I will post about it (probably even a video on Youtube). But in the meantime if you want to stretch Summer for your plants. I heard that to avoid freeze, you can simply put plastic over your plants at night.But you need to take it out in the morning or else they will steam during the day. Still some plants that need lots of heat might stop producing as the tempreture drops. I guess we will see if it's the case for my zucchinis =)

Surprising surprises of surprise

This afternoon I went for a stroll in my garden. Got a few cherry tomatoes that were ripe....looked at the zucchinis....and looked for radishes ready to come out. Instead of my small radishes I found a huge one! After coming out of my amazement I washed it and ate it. I got 5 bites out of it! Which brings me to my point. I love these little surprises in the garden. Like the one I had....or like finding a mature cucumber unoticed before, a "mutant" carrot with 5 legs.

It's as if the earth is giving you a special gift for helping her out (so corny! I know!)