My Vegetable Garden: Open for business

 Today we are officially open for business

 hopefully you brought your market basket...if not you can borrow mine!

 first stop the apple trees

 we have a choice of Anna's or Fuji 

 the squirrels are just gorging themselves on my fruit trees...so pick quick

we have grapes this year too

 they are not quite ready to eat

 but I'm hopeful they will be wonderful and sweet

 when they are ripe

 we have around 40 or so vines of edible varieties

this is year three for these vines 

and I was told by a friend that you will start to get fruit by the third year....

and she was right!

 we work really hard keeping the potager really tidy 

because of all of the animals...

 I swear, it seems like the squirrels eat everything 

but nuts

 new this year is corn...waist high by July

 love these big fat cucumbers

 I planted these yellow banana peppers last year too 

and they produce all summer long 

and into the fall

 interspersed with the Basil 

are these bright marigolds

 I think I might experiment with more flowers in the vegetable garden 

because it really makes the beds pop

 we have yellow squash and zucchini

 beets...which are huge!

 the tomato's are just now starting to ripen...I have six big plants this year

 Early Girl, Sweet 1000's and a few heirloom varities

 parsley...both flat and curly

 I self sow all of the lettuce and mesclun and it really does well

soon these little guys...

 will look just like this...

it takes only about 4 weeks and I like to harvest the leaves when they are 

small and young 

for a more tender and less bitter flavor

 we have Japanese eggplant, watermelon and pumpkin vines,

yellow wax beans and a few varieties of spring onions

 I hope your market basket is full and 

you can whip up something really good for dinner

PS

don't forget to invite me!