Blue Berries

Woo hoo the first ripe blueberries today!  They are huge and taste amazing.  I should have taken some pictures before they were swallowed up, the size of grapes they were.  There are still more ripening, I will have to get some photos.

I can't think of blueberries without thinking of The Bigsby Show Muffin Man song.

Weeding, pruning, picking

I spent a good bit of time tonight weeding beds (manure was full of weed seed apparently), pruning suckers off some tomatoes, and picking a few things.  We picked all of the peas off of most of the pea plants, all the purples.  I also plucked a good amount of basil, maybe a little bit of fresh pesto tomorrow will be in the plans.  There are several small summer squash growing well, lots of strawberry blossoms again, more beets ready, some loaded blueberry plants, good sized green early girls and cherry tomatoes, huge nasturtiums, and many other beautiful things happening out there :)

Glamorous Illusions by Lisa Bergren

Glamorous Illusions
by Lisa Bergren



Review coming soon...

Bountiful Baskets June 23rd

Another great basket today :)  Our biggest excitement was for the cherries.  This week there were cherries, celery, nectarines, tomatoes, bananas, cantaloupe, two heads of leaf lettuce, onions, spaghetti squash, blueberries, and a bag of potatoes.

We also got a Mexican pack add-on there are tomatillos, a couple small summer squash, two bunches of green onions, three avocados, an onions, garlic, jalapeno peppers, lots of large peppers (not sure which variety), cilantro, and limes.

I tried to get a tortilla add-on but they were sold out, they are pretty clean as far as ingredients.  I wish they weren't made with soy oil, but way better than grocery store tortillas. 

Pretty beets and a bit more harvested

We got to harvest another great veggie from the garden yesterday, beets.  Mainly they were the fun bulls eye target looking Chioggia.  God is so creative!  Some things I grow just amaze me at the fun design or color.  We also harvested more chard, some lettuce, and lots more peas.  I weeded the small bed that had gotten out of control a bit with weeds and planted carrots, lots of carrots, little seeds and little boys don't always go so well together.  I cooked up the beets as well as the yummy greens and threw in a green onion I harvested as well.

Unit Studies in the Great Outdoors

Some great specials on Unit Studies this week!  

Twisting Tornado $4

Volatile Volcanoes $4

Magnificent Moon $4

Tremendous Trees $4

 &

Gardens $5 for a 4 week study!

 Wonderful deals now through June 23rd.
The buy 5, save $5 is still going as well!

And the June and July specials of buy 10 get one free and buy 15 get two free!
Head on over to Unit Studies by Amanda Bennett to get in on this great sale :)

Bountiful Baskets June 16th

This week's basket included celery, a baby watermelon, mushrooms, apricots, plums, small spaghetti squash, pineapple, a bag of russet potatoes, bananas, head of lettuce, and grapes. I also got another great Asian pack add-on as well as a sourdough bread add-on.