All my squash plants died last week. The watermelon plants are still struggling. Actually that's not completely true.  One is thriving very nicely, I don't know what its problem is. It is sending out runners all over the place. No flowers or baby watermelons, just prolific green vines. However, my tomato plants are struggling. I had hoped to muster up some energy over the weekend to give them a trim and cover them with shadecloth to help them withstand the… Read the rest

I'm sorry to say the chard died due to my neglect of my garden. I'd asked Mr. A to water last week, and he got out there every morning faithfully for me, but I assumed he knew what to water.  He didn't realize the shelter over the Swiss Chard was there for a reason, so he didn't water that bed. By the time I thought to ask him about it, it had gone without watering for three solid days, and… Read the rest

I just found out about a fairly new non-profit organization which allows backyard gardeners to donate their extra produce!! I have had such a bounty of eggplant and I can only eat, share and freeze so much of it, I am thrilled to find a place that will help me find food pantries that would accept my organic vegetables. Ample Harvest program was created so that food pantries and backyard gardeners can find each other. There isn't one in my… Read the rest

11 Lavender Touch Eggplant 2#12oz 3 Scalloped Squash plus four unpollinated baby squash 1#11oz 7 Pickling cukes 1#8oz 2 regular cukes 12 oz 3 Tomatoes 9 oz 4 zucchini squash 3#1.4oz 1 Yellow Crookneck squash 4.4oz 14 Raveena Eggplant 1#9oz For breakfast I cut up two eggplants I had from last weekend's harvest, a small crookneck squash, 3 tomatoes (1 leftover from slicing last night for hamburgers, two with ugly scars that were perfectly delicious, even though ugly) and steamed… Read the rest