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| He went to the greenhouse to get trimmers and came back with a snack, too. Multitasker that he is :) |
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| How to eat a tomato AND harvest tarragon??? Of course, free up your hands and keep going. |
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| How to count colorful carrots? As a group and out LOUD :) What is it about number 16 being left out? |
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| Snapdragons. Little kids of all ages like to play with these. :) |
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| Anna's lunch today. Penne pasta with asparagus, basil, onions, tomatoes. She even delivered to the potting shed! Raspberries in the background may become dessert. |
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| The first raspberries for the harvest boxes. Sooo delicious. |
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| Thyme. This will be wonderful dried and used in the fall/winter in soups. Falling leaves, rain, fire in the woodstove, homemade soup. Ahhh. I can almost smell it. |
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| Sylvanberries. In the boxes for week 5. 1st blackberries to ripen. |
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| Grams helps harvest the curly Kale. She likes hers steamed with balsamic vinegar. |
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| A "potted" little flower. Ahhhh. :) |
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| A cutie pie with her milk. Flowered raincoat was useful today. |
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| This year's newest addition, developed at OSU, this is a baby 'Indigo Rose' tomato. Purple on the outside, red on the inside. Bred for high levels of antioxidants. Read more here: |
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| Harvest box headed home. |
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| Red on the outside, orange on the inside. What are the carrot breeders thinking! |
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| Blueberries starting to ripen. Sunshine will speed this up. |
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| Birds are snacking on them already. See the empty stems? |
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| Netting to try and keep the birds away. They figure out how to go under. Sneaky like that. |
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| Netting on an entire row. Tied down underneath, too. Florencio will win this battle! |
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| Grapes set first on a cluster, then they bloom. Each little bump will grow into a grape, hopefully. |
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| First boxes with berries. More to come. Yummy. |
