Growing Time!

17 Feb

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Productive day outside! Very proud of my fledgling garden here at the new house. As you can see, Kayla has been “helping” me garden, mainly by chasing lizards in the bushes.
So far, I’ve planted: carrots, beets, Swiss chard, strawberries and parsley.
Now time for a refreshing cocktail with the oranges from our tree!

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18 Responses to “Growing Time!”

  1. lorrielorrieb's avatar
    lorrielorrieb February 17, 2013 at 6:00 pm #

    Nice job!! Regrettably I am still a few weeks behind before I can start to plant things outside, but at least the daffodils are coming up! Won’t be long now!

    • tinykitchenstories's avatar
      tinykitchenstories February 19, 2013 at 4:36 pm #

      LOVE daffodils! We’ve had some paperwhites in the new garden, but no daffs. Can’t wait to see what you’re planting–keep me updated!

  2. lucylox's avatar
    lucylox February 17, 2013 at 10:36 pm #

    Lovely garden x

  3. ayearinredwood's avatar
    ayearinredwood February 18, 2013 at 2:26 am #

    Well done! I finally got my gardening ‘mojo’ back this weekend and planted some seeds – sweetcorn, dill and sweetpea! Way too early for planting outside here yet, so all in polytunnel.

    • tinykitchenstories's avatar
      tinykitchenstories February 19, 2013 at 2:27 pm #

      I need to do sweetpea too, along a fence to cover it up. And I’m very lucky with our central California coast weather. A little rain today, but I’m sure back to sunshine in no time. Keep me posted on your garden!

  4. An Unrefined Vegan's avatar
    An Unrefined Vegan February 18, 2013 at 11:47 am #

    Green with envy! You’ve got a great start there – wonderful selection of plants!

    • tinykitchenstories's avatar
      tinykitchenstories February 19, 2013 at 2:26 pm #

      I’ve got seeds to plant this weekend, but there was only so much I could do on a late Sunday afternoon. It felt SO good to dig in and get started! πŸ™‚

  5. Tracy's avatar
    Tracy February 19, 2013 at 4:24 pm #

    This looks so good, J! Way to stay organic and awesome!

    • tinykitchenstories's avatar
      tinykitchenstories February 19, 2013 at 4:35 pm #

      Just getting started, T! Can’t wait for you to visit and see the new place!

  6. Eliz@MirthandMotivation's avatar
    eof737 February 21, 2013 at 7:38 pm #

    Cool … Good for you and congrats on your new home. πŸ˜‰ Keep us posted. πŸ˜‰

  7. Mama's Gotta Bake's avatar
    Mama's Gotta Bake February 25, 2013 at 6:06 pm #

    How lucky we are to live in California where you can garden almost all year round. I spend hours in my garden. Nice job you’ve done.

    • tinykitchenstories's avatar
      tinykitchenstories February 26, 2013 at 6:16 pm #

      Thank you! We are so lucky, for sure. And I’m still trying to find hours to spend in there–fingers crossed for this weekend!

  8. Karen's avatar
    Karen March 2, 2013 at 11:14 am #

    Gardening and oranges from your tree…how nice. I hope you have a good year gardening at your new home.

    • tinykitchenstories's avatar
      tinykitchenstories March 5, 2013 at 10:13 am #

      Thank you! I’m at war with earwigs. Any advice on how to kill the little f***ers will be gratefully received.

  9. Meenakshi's avatar
    Meenakshi March 29, 2013 at 1:18 am #

    The garden looks wonderful! Can’t wait to see the carrots and broccoli πŸ™‚

    • tinykitchenstories's avatar
      tinykitchenstories March 29, 2013 at 4:15 pm #

      No broccoli yet, and I’m having some serious issues with earwigs–they’re eating a lot of stuff! But fingers crossed. Thank you!

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