Animals
Bee Haven Acres is coming into the close of our harvesting season. We are inundated with tomatoes, corn,and peppers but most of the other vegetables have gone to seed. Our last zucchinis, cabbages, cucumbers, green beans and broccoli were harvested this weekend. Pumpkins remain on their dying vines, waiting for use in Autumn displays around the farm.
Although some of the vegetables still look good and remain nutritious, some of the cooler weather crops have begun to taste bitter and strong. We still have carrots and potatoes in the ground that need to be harvested. All in all, it was a magnificent growing season. It was also a learning experience. Next year we will rotate our crops and try new techiniques. Our garden is always a bit of a biology experiment.
Along with plant life, the garden is still teeming with insect life.....and the cycle goes on and on and on.....
- Welcome September!
For all intents and purposes, the summer is now over.Another Labor Day weekend has come and gone.The days are shorter; the nights are cooler.The swallows are flocking. The ragweed/goldenrod is blooming. The garden is offering forth the last of summer's...
- Gardening
Seeds for this summer's garden have started to arrive. This year I am trying some new vegetables.Parsnips... Red Dragon Carrots... Red Emperor Beans.... and Romanesco Cauliflower.... These are just a few of the varieties of veggies that will...
- Autumn Gardening
Amazingly, it is mid October and soon the end of this year's gardening season.You wouldn't guess that, though, if you looked at my garden.So much of it is still going strong. The garden fences are totally covered in flowering vines and gourds...just...
- Garden Views
I am so happy I could just dance! "Why?" you ask. Because gardening in my raised boxes is such a joy.... and the boxes are growing like gangbusters!This box is loaded with sugar peas and a couple of cabbages in the front. The sugar peas are just...
- Minerva, Master-weeder
Amazingly, since Minerva has taken up residence in the garden, it is virtually weed free (we won't mention that I spent the entire past week on my hands and knees). Regardless, the garden is the best it has ever looked at this point of the season....
Animals
The Life Cycle of Gardening....
Bee Haven Acres is coming into the close of our harvesting season. We are inundated with tomatoes, corn,and peppers but most of the other vegetables have gone to seed. Our last zucchinis, cabbages, cucumbers, green beans and broccoli were harvested this weekend. Pumpkins remain on their dying vines, waiting for use in Autumn displays around the farm.
Although some of the vegetables still look good and remain nutritious, some of the cooler weather crops have begun to taste bitter and strong. We still have carrots and potatoes in the ground that need to be harvested. All in all, it was a magnificent growing season. It was also a learning experience. Next year we will rotate our crops and try new techiniques. Our garden is always a bit of a biology experiment.
Along with plant life, the garden is still teeming with insect life.....and the cycle goes on and on and on.....
- Welcome September!
For all intents and purposes, the summer is now over.Another Labor Day weekend has come and gone.The days are shorter; the nights are cooler.The swallows are flocking. The ragweed/goldenrod is blooming. The garden is offering forth the last of summer's...
- Gardening
Seeds for this summer's garden have started to arrive. This year I am trying some new vegetables.Parsnips... Red Dragon Carrots... Red Emperor Beans.... and Romanesco Cauliflower.... These are just a few of the varieties of veggies that will...
- Autumn Gardening
Amazingly, it is mid October and soon the end of this year's gardening season.You wouldn't guess that, though, if you looked at my garden.So much of it is still going strong. The garden fences are totally covered in flowering vines and gourds...just...
- Garden Views
I am so happy I could just dance! "Why?" you ask. Because gardening in my raised boxes is such a joy.... and the boxes are growing like gangbusters!This box is loaded with sugar peas and a couple of cabbages in the front. The sugar peas are just...
- Minerva, Master-weeder
Amazingly, since Minerva has taken up residence in the garden, it is virtually weed free (we won't mention that I spent the entire past week on my hands and knees). Regardless, the garden is the best it has ever looked at this point of the season....