Harvest of the day

Peas...


Spinach and broccoli



Broccoli



Mustard


Basil



Potatoes...



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Harvest...part2

Cucumbers...


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Harvest...part1

Spring 2012 pictures

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Location:Eagle Ln,Methuen,United States

It's a wrap

So growing season for me is coming to an end slowly. We have loads of tomatoes,cucumbers,okra,bottle gourds and peppers. Here are some of the pictures we took along the way to remember the beauties by.

Springing into action...

2010 spring... I have been waiting for you eagerly. The list of things to do get long, the list of things I want to do get longer. Oh how can I keep track of everything. I often find myself in my sleep thinking - rather reminding myself - to remember and run an errand in the morning. Monotony aside, I did start my seeds when I planned to start them approximately. Some of them have sprouted. I am still investigating why most of them haven't. With a warm spell passing through New England - I mustered up the courage to leave them outside overnight - to benefit from bright sunshine and fresh warm air. I hope I did the right thing. I will have to remind myself to bring them inside when the weather isn't so co-operative anymore.

Here is the first tray with some veggie seeds. I will replace the ones that didn't start by the end of this month with more seeds.

More updates will follow and I see them emerge. Green thumbs and brown fingers crossed!

The grower in me...

I've never been one with a green thumb, toe or even a nail in me. There were times when I saw my mother tirelessly spend time nurturing her saplings and watching them grow and bear fruit. She would be ecstatic when that would happen - even if it was one hot pepper in the entire meal - made with store brought vegetables except that one pepper!
I never knew I even had that trait in me - until very recently when I started feeling very green! Not with envy - but the urge to dig up some soil and put a seed in it has been unbearable. It could be some genes I inherited from my mother - or it could simply be my way of having my mother close to me. It probably makes me feel like she is around here somewhere - living through my plants. I know she would be a million times more thrilled than me to see my little green babies. Imagining her smile makes me smile. I can never be as good a gardener as she is - she knows and understands plants much better than anyone I know. She feels their pain even when a leaf falls off - it is touching to see her tend to them.
I have seen that same affection in her all my life - may she never lose it. May she always give love to everyone around her and I know she will receive much more than that.

So back on track from my emotional tangent - with my other set of parents' help I planted quite a few seeds and saplings this year. My very first attempt to vegetable gardening. What do we have? Here goes... Onions, beans, tomatoes, peppers (a few different kinds), Eggplants (a couple kinds), Cauliflower, Okra, Corn, Herbs (Lavendar, Lemon Balm, Basil,Mint), Cucumber, Gourd (a couple kinds), Spinach and Fenugreek. Although most of them aren't doing so well and we are not hoping for a miracle either - there have been some fruits. Some of the pictures (to follow) posted here are of various stages and some fruits. Hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed them.